Senior Cloud Financial Analyst

ROBERT TAYLOR, BA (Hons), CMA

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Cloud FinOps Senior Analyst

FinOps analyst with strong history of finance management and business support. Experience includes FinOps management of IT on-premises and Cloud computing environments. Strengths include designing financial governance and reporting process for AWS Cloud Services and producing client pricing and chargebacks for IT services, IaaS, SaaS, and Cloud services. Expertise in IT strategy development, sales proposal, contract negotiation & management. Function as a financial partner to sales, operations, and delivery management.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Microsoft Excel Word PowerPoint Access Cloudability AWS Compute Optimizer

AWS cost modelling & optimization AWS and Azure pricing Cloud Computing

EXPERIENCE

Ahold Delhaize, Massachsetts September 2024 – February 2025

Cloud FinOps Senior Analyst

Cloud cost tracking and long range planning vs Microsoft Azure MACC agreement.

Produce cloud actual v forecast v budget cost reports.

Identify and evaluate cloud optimization opportunities.

Support cloud migration strategy and enterprise Azure agreements.

Prepare Azure project evaluations.

Assist cloud control framework and security compliance.

A six month temporary contract completed. Looking for a new position

KKR & Co, Massachusetts August 2023 – September 2024

Cloud FinOps Senior Analyst

Completed a One Year contract assignment to establish AWS and Azure cloud cost dashboard visibility, reporting, forecast and financial controls.

Oversee optimization of Cloud spend with AWS and Microsoft Azure worldwide.

Produce financial and operational dashboard reporting of IT spend.

Identify and evaluate cloud optimization opportunities.

Manage Azure reserved instance and AWS savings plans portfolio.

Support cloud migration strategy and enterprise vendor agreements.

Prepare AWS and Azure project evaluations.

Experienced in AWS cost explorer, Cloudability, Apptio Bi and Azure Advisor.

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, Waltham, Massachusetts July 2019 – May 2023

Cloud FinOps Lead

Oversee optimization of Cloud spend with AWS and Microsoft Azure worldwide.

Support cloud migration strategy and prepare project evaluations.

Produce financial and operational dashboard reporting of IT spend.

Manage forecast and annual operating plan.

Experience with AWS cost explorer, Azure Advisor and Google Cloud.

System administrator for Cloudability, Teevity.

Identify and evaluate cloud optimization opportunities.

Support charge-back to multiple company divisions.

EOTSS COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston April 2018 – June 2019

Senior Financial Analyst IT

Prepared the financial forecast, plan, and actual results for four IT service lines.

Supported the CTO in controlling major IT capital projects.

Prepared financial management guidelines and cost control of Cloud migration and operations.

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE, Marlborough, Massachusetts October 2002 – May 2017

Senior Financial Analyst

Prepared the financial analysis of multi-year IT hardware and service contracts to large corporate Clients worldwide.

Evaluated deals between $50m to $800m contract values over five years. Including costs, price, cash flow and risk management.

Collaborated with IT solution teams to meet customer requirements for Infrastructure Services, Cloud Services, End User Compute, Application Management and Service Desk at a competitive price.

Assisted contract negotiation including pricing and contract terms and conditions.

Presentation of pricing to Client customers.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Studies, BBS, (Honors)

Lanchester University.

Chartered Management Accountant, CMA (UK)

FinOps Foundation Certified Practitioner

AWS Cerified Cloud Practitioner

Dual Citizenship, USA and UK

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