Principal Cloud Cost Analyst

Comcast Comcast · Media · Philadelphia, PA

Principal Cloud Cost Analyst role focused on FinOps, cloud cost governance, and financial optimization across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). Responsibilities include leading FinOps governance, driving cost optimization strategies, financial modeling, analyzing billing data, building cost reporting dashboards, and implementing FinOps best practices. Requires strong experience in cloud cost management, financial analysis, and collaboration with engineering, product, and finance teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead FinOps governance and manage optimization tracking and reporting while providing strategic guidance for cloud cost forecasting and budgeting
  2. Serve as the Lead FinOps Practitioner for Cloud Engineering & Acceleration, driving enterprise-wide accountability
  3. Define, standardize, and manage FinOps KPIs and metrics
  4. Serve as a subject matter expert on FinOps systems, tools, and integrations, guiding stakeholders on best practices for implementation and optimization
  5. Lead cross-functional collaboration with engineering, product, and finance partners to align cloud cost strategies with business objectives

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud cost optimization, cloud capacity engineering, or related cloud governance roles
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP), including cost drivers, architecture, and resource utilization patterns
  • Proven experience driving cloud cost optimization strategies, including identifying savings opportunities, forecasting spend, and influencing engineering teams to implement changes
  • Advanced financial modeling and forecasting skills, with the ability to translate complex usage data into actionable insights and business recommendations
  • Proficiency with cloud cost management and FinOps tooling and data visualization platforms
  • Experience partnering with engineering, product, and finance stakeholders in a cross-functional, enterprise environment
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

Nice to have

  • FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional certification

What the JD emphasized

  • deep expertise in Public Cloud Cost Governance
  • drive strategic financial accountability and optimization
  • deliver cost optimization opportunities, cost transparency, and governance best practices at scale
  • shaping long-term cloud financial strategy
  • enabling efficient resource utilization
  • supporting data-driven decision-making for senior leadership
  • driving innovation in cloud cost management and governance
  • thrive on big challenges, results, quality, and agility
  • Lead FinOps governance
  • manage optimization tracking and reporting
  • strategic guidance for cloud cost forecasting and budgeting
  • Lead FinOps Practitioner
  • driving enterprise-wide accountability
  • Define, standardize, and manage FinOps KPIs and metrics
  • subject matter expert on FinOps systems, tools, and integrations
  • guiding stakeholders on best practices for implementation and optimization
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration
  • align cloud cost strategies with business objectives
  • improve and automate cost management processes
  • Identify, track, and prioritize cost-saving opportunities
  • Demonstrate expertise in evaluating and recommending cloud commitment instruments
  • building and maintaining financial models to analyze usage patterns, forecast demand, quantify trade-offs, and support data-driven commitment decisions
  • Analyze billing data and usage patterns to identify optimization opportunities
  • gather and document business and technical requirements
  • translating FinOps and cost optimization needs into scalable system and tooling requirements
  • develop and implement cost optimization solutions
  • Analyze dependencies across cloud platforms, tools, and engineering workflows
  • assess the impact of cost optimization strategies and system changes
  • Build dashboards and tools that visualize cost trends and KPIs
  • Develop and maintain reporting for cloud costs, optimization progress, and financial risk tracking
  • Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency across cloud billing, usage, and reporting datasets
  • Support validation and testing of cost models, dashboards, and automation outputs
  • ensure solutions meet defined requirements and expected outcomes
  • Define and implement FinOps best practices for budgeting, showback/chargeback, and governance
  • Document and communicate process improvements
  • Lead periodic briefings and updates for engineering teams and executives
  • visibility to C-suite executives
  • 5+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud cost optimization, cloud capacity engineering, or related cloud governance roles
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP), including cost drivers, architecture, and resource utilization patterns
  • Proven experience driving cloud cost optimization strategies, including identifying savings opportunities, forecasting spend, and influencing engineering teams to implement changes
  • Advanced financial modeling and forecasting skills
  • ability to translate complex usage data into actionable insights and business recommendations
  • Proficiency with cloud cost management and FinOps tooling and data visualization platforms
  • Experience partnering with engineering, product, and finance stakeholders in a cross-functional, enterprise environment
  • FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional certification preferred
  • legally authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship for employment now or in the future