Responsibilities
- Support cloud cost allocation, anomaly detection, and optimization analysis across Azure environments, translating usage data into actionable financial insights
- Build and maintain automated reports and dashboards to improve FinOps visibility across cost, margin, and utilization metrics for internal stakeholders
- Leverage AI and machine learning techniques to enhance anomaly detection, forecast cloud spend, and identify cost optimization opportunities at scale
- Analyze cognitive product margins and contribute to gross margin improvement initiatives through data-driven recommendations
- Maintain the software asset inventory, ensuring accurate tracking of licenses, entitlements, and consumption across the organization
- Manage the third-party software renewal calendar, coordinating with internal stakeholders to ensure timely and cost-effective renewals
- Identify and prototype AI-powered automation opportunities within FinOps and SAM workflows — including contract analysis, license reconciliation, and spend alerting
- Partner with Finance, Engineering, Procurement, and IT teams to support both cloud optimization strategies and software contract management
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, cloud cost management, software asset management, or a related role
- Proficiency in SQL and Excel; experience with Python is a plus
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and tools — experience applying them to financial analysis, anomaly detection, or automation workflows is a strong plus
- Hands-on experience with Azure cost management tools, Databricks, or Power BI is preferred
- Understanding of software licensing models — including SaaS, subscription, consumption-based, and perpetual structures
- Strong analytical and organizational skills with high attention to detail
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to present findings clearly to finance and non-finance audiences
- Experience in enterprise SaaS, cloud technology, or supply chain industry is a plus
If you are a motivated analyst with a passion for cloud financial management, software optimization, and an eagerness to apply AI and automation to drive smarter, faster decisions — we encourage you to apply. Join Blue Yonder's FinOps team and help shape how we manage cloud economics and software assets across our global supply chain platform.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, cloud cost management, software asset management, or related role
- Proficiency in SQL and Excel
- Experience with Python
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and tools; experience applying them to financial analysis or anomaly detection
- Hands-on experience with Azure cost management tools, Databricks, or Power BI
- Understanding of software licensing models (SaaS, subscription, consumption-based, perpetual)
- Strong analytical and organizational skills with high attention to detail
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience in enterprise SaaS, cloud technology, or supply chain industry
Blue Yonder Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Blue Yonder and has not been reviewed or approved by Blue Yonder.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is described as generous or “unlimited” in the U.S., alongside paid holidays, sick time, and two paid volunteer days. These policies are often highlighted as strengths that support work–life balance.
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Flexible Benefits — Remote-work options and flexible arrangements are emphasized as part of the package. This flexibility is valued alongside compensation and can help offset middling pay for some roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are provided, with mental health/EAP support and HSA/FSA options referenced. These core coverages are portrayed as solid and comprehensive.
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What We Do
Blue Yonder is the world leader in digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment. Our intelligent, end-to-end platform enables retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers to seamlessly predict, pivot and fulfill customer demand. With Blue Yonder, you can make more automated, profitable business decisions that deliver greater growth and re-imagined customer experiences. Blue Yonder - Fulfill your Potential Blue Yonder’s tagline “Fulfill Your Potential” reflects the company’s mission to empower every organization and person on the planet to fulfill their potential. Each day, our global teams of associates and business partners work together to accelerate global economic growth, increase sustainability and prosperity with a Sonoran Spirit.
