# Senior Cloud FinOps Analyst

**Company**: NEXT
**Location**: Leicester
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £41,500 - £53,400
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Senior Cloud FinOps Analyst at NEXT, you will play a key role in driving the FinOps practice, focusing on Microsoft Azure.

You will help design and implement financial governance policies, processes, and frameworks to ensure cloud investments deliver maximum value and efficiency.

Working with cross-functional teams, you will champion financial accountability and help shape the way cloud footprint is managed, optimised, and forecasted.

NEXT offers a collaborative environment where you can develop skills, share best practices, and build a mature cloud financial culture.

**Responsibilities:**

- Develop FinOps frameworks: Create and roll out practical cloud cost management policies, processes, and best practices across cloud teams.

- Drive cost optimisation: Identify and act on savings opportunities across Azure services through resource optimisation, rightsizing, and utilisation tracking.

- Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Cloud Engineers, DevOps, Finance, and Procurement to integrate FinOps principles into everyday workflows.

- Build clear dashboards and reports: Design, manage, and maintain scalable Power BI dashboards and tabular data models to deliver clear spend visibility, trends, and actionable insights.

- Lead forecasting and budgeting: Establish Azure cloud budgets, track consumption, and produce accurate forecasts to keep spend aligned with financial goals.

- Promote financial awareness: Conduct interactive training sessions and workshops to equip teams with the skills and knowledge needed to take ownership of their cloud spend.

- Assess FinOps maturity: Carry out periodic assessments to identify areas for improvement and continuously evolve cloud financial management practices.

**Requirements:**

- FinOps certification: Recognised FinOps Foundation certification and strong understanding of core FinOps principles.

- Azure and FinOps tooling expertise: Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure services and familiarity with tools like Infracost.

- Data analysis and visualisation: Advanced proficiency in Power BI, Google Sheets, and tabular data modelling.

- Automation and scripting skills: Proficiency with scripting tools like PowerShell.

- Cross-functional collaboration: Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

- Analytical and organised mindset: Great attention to detail and strong problem-solving capabilities.

**Benefits:**

- 25% off most NEXT, MADE, Lipsy, Gap, and Victoria's Secret products

- Company performance-based bonus

- Sharesave scheme

- On-site nursery available

- 10% off most partner brands and up to 15% off Branded Beauty

- Early VIP access to sale stock

- Access to fantastic discounts at staff shops

- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices

- Access to digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services

- Free on-site parking

- Financial wellbeing services

- Apprenticeship opportunities

- Direct to Work discounts

- Support networks

- Wellhub discounted gym memberships

## Skills

### Required
- FinOps
- Microsoft Azure
- Power BI
- PowerShell
- Infracost
- Google Sheets
- tabular data modelling

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