Associate Consultant - FinOps

SoftwareOne is a leading global software and cloud solutions provider that is redefining how companies build, buy and manage everything in the cloud. By helping clients to migrate and modernize their workloads and applications – and in parallel, to navigate and optimize the resulting software and cloud changes – SoftwareOne unlocks the value of technology. The company’s 8,900 employees are driven to deliver a portfolio of 7,500 software brands with sales and delivery capabilities . Headquartered in Switzerland, SoftwareOne is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker symbol SWON.

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• Lead and deliver professional and managed projects under FinOps services. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to apply FinOps best practices, optimizing cloud resources for cost and performance.
• Key tasks include analyzing cloud spend, developing dashboards for real-time insights, and producing strategic reports. Acting as a bridge between technical teams and stakeholders, also will align financial strategies with business goals. 
• Act as a thought-leader and educate customers on cloud financial management best practices and principles 
• Serve as a liaison between the cloud provider and our clients to obtain recommendations on how to reduce costs and use resources effectively ·
• Devise and distribute billing reports to internal stakeholders, to achieve effective cost management ·
• Track key metrics and performance indicators to evaluate the health of the business Generate and present financial analysis of public cloud computing spend to clients.
• Analyze spend trends, opportunities for savings, and advise client with specific recommendations for improvement.
• When necessary, draft and present qualitative aspects of the migration business case to client stakeholders
• Evaluate historical cloud spend to identify patterns and opportunities for cost reduction or optimization
• Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis to assess cloud spend risks and opportunities
• Enablement of team members and Global Service Delivery function on FinOps Service Delivery
• Partner with the customers team to develop and drive public cloud spend management programs and governance
• Build financial models to evaluate investment decisions; work with cross-functional teams in preparing business cases
• Participate in cross-functional efforts to continuously improve data quality and establish rigor in measuring and monitoring the business
• Supporting the implementation of a robust program for cloud cost management that includes but is not limited to tagging framework and governance model, budgets and change management, cost optimization lifecycle, showbacks and chargebacks.
• Be a trusted liaison between engineering and finance; on cost impact analysis and cost optimization initiatives
• Collaborate with Procurement, Finance in negotiating with cloud vendors to get the best deal possible for cloud spend.

• 3 to 5 years relevant experience required as a technology consultant delivering cloud implementation projects.
• Experience in cloud expense management using the FinOps discipline
• Public Cloud certification – Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services preferred. GCP and OCI beneficial.
• FinOps Cloud Practitioner Certification
• Proficient understanding of how to use cloud spend management platforms (CMPs) · Experience with Cloud Native tools (e.g. Azure Advisor)
• Deep knowledge of Cloud Management Platforms; including SoftwareONE’s own IP, as well as other industry-leading tools like Apptio Cloudability, Flexera, CloudHealth.
• Advanced Consulting skills with the ability to translate technical metrics to non-technical stakeholders
• Advanced business writing & presentation skills for customer deliverables · Contribute to knowledge sharing within a community (e.g. team, practice, or project).
• Customer solution presentation for complex solution designs (Ability to articulate the business value on complex solutions)
• Identify and allocation of correct skill requirements and effectively work cross vertical
• Presales support (Articulating service value in the sales process) / Up and cross sell capability
• Contribute to knowledge sharing within a community (e.g. team, practice, or project).
• Re-uses existing Knowledge Management to accelerate solutions delivery · Excellent organization, time management, and communication (written and verbal) skills
• Ability to work independently with strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Willingness and ability to adapt to rapid business and organizational change · Great communication skills. Prompt response and action when needed. People rarely need to follow up with you.
• Have experience working with detailed billing statements from cloud providers.
• Up to date knowledge on major cloud provider’s latest offerings.