The Role
Manage cloud budgets, forecasts, consumption monitoring, spend optimization, financial MIS, invoicing, and expense tracking. Analyze cloud billing and usage data, develop KPIs and reports, investigate anomalies, coordinate with Finance and business stakeholders, and automate FinOps processes. The role also supports cloud commitment planning, cost-cutting initiatives, procurement activities, and strategic decision-making across AWS and Azure environments.
Summary Generated by Built In
Department Information Technology Location Bangalore/Hyderabad Number of Positions 1 Department Finance (Cloud Finops) Reporting Relationships Deputy Vice President, dotted line to Cloud COE Position Grade Senior Manager / AVP
- Manage monthly cloud budget and forecast process in managing consumption and savings in collaboration with accounting, finance, and technical owners.
- Support stakeholders in understanding their cloud spend based on their business roadmap and budgeted forecast.
- Monitor cloud consumption at the account level to detect, investigate, and escalate anomalies and unplanned spikes.
- Analyze, report, and produce meaningful insights from large raw datasets within cloud billing and usage tools, data lake, CMDB, and other asset inventories as applicable.
- Collaborate with Cost Optimization Engineers to track resource utilization to define and execute relevant cloud commitment plans and to define strategies to re-purpose free capacity.
- Design, develop, and maintain reports and KPIs that provide detailed usage statistics of resources across the multi cloud landscape.
- Evaluate and investigate data patterns to derive insightful knowledge that can inform strategic and operational decisions.
- Participate in automating, integrating, and maturing the Cloud FinOps processes and data.
- Ability to understand problems, identify opportunities for improvement and provide solutions and innovative cost-cutting initiatives
- IT MIS preparation – for IT department including Financial and Internal
- Assisting in preparing Cloud Budgets and tracking expenses against them
- Monthly Provisioning of cloud expenses, co-ordination with internal Finance team for timely PO, Invoicing and Payments.
- Coordinate with different business functions including IT department, Business verticals, PMO, Fincon, APPC team and to ensure corrective measures on financial MIS
- Good working knowledge in MS-Excel, Oracle, (MS Access and Macros additional advantage)
- Structuring of Processes and automation of manual activities
- 7+ years of relevant experience in Cloud FinOps/Cloud Spend optimization.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology
- MBA/PGDM in Supply Chain, Operations, or Business Administration (preferred).
- Good knowledge of public cloud players (AWS, Azure), their product portfolio and commercial models.
- Knowledge of the core Finance principles and basic understanding of the corporate accounting process (forecast, invoicing, show back, accruals, procurement, etc.)
- Ability to properly structure, model and visualize cloud platform data to support decision making.
- Ability to communicate effectively and deliver presentations to leaders.
- Aptitude to learn and understand new concepts and technologies to become an expert in the field.
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Team player and interpersonal skills
- Ability to operate successfully in a lean, agile, and fast-paced organization.
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Possess a current FinOps certification, or ability to attain within 12 months.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of relevant experience in Cloud FinOps or cloud spend optimization
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology
- MBA or PGDM in Supply Chain, Operations, or Business Administration
- Knowledge of AWS, Azure, public cloud product portfolios, and commercial models
- Understanding of finance principles and corporate accounting processes, including forecasting, invoicing, showback, accruals, and procurement
- Ability to structure, model, and visualize cloud platform data
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
- Current FinOps certification or ability to obtain one within 12 months
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Oracle
- Knowledge of Microsoft Access and macros
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The Company
What We Do
Kotak Mahindra Group is an Indian financial services conglomerate founded in 1985. Its flagship Kotak Mahindra Bank provides commercial banking and serves individuals and corporate customers through banking, lending, payments, and corporate solutions. Across the wider group, offerings include stock broking, mutual funds, life insurance, and investment banking, addressing diverse personal and corporate financial needs across India.
