AVP, FinOps Program Leader

Job Description:

Role Title: AVP, FinOps Program Leader (L10)

Company Overview:

COMPANY OVERVIEW: Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

Organizational Overview:

The AVP, FinOps Program Leader is part of the Synchrony Technology and Operations Governance Team, serving as the cloud cost program leader and providing management of multi-cloud platforms, services, systems, and best practices at Synchrony. The candidate would have an engineering position focused on delivering critical/key enterprise cost control data and insights. The candidate is expected to have knowledge of cloud architecture principles, operational models, and technical workflows as well as financial planning and analysis (FPA), cloud budgeting, forecasting, and optimization.

Role Summary/Purpose:

The AVP, FinOps Program Leader is responsible for helping drive the optimization of cloud computing costs within the organization, bridging the gap between the finance team and engineering by analyzing cloud usage data to identify cost-saving opportunities and key insights. The role requires strong process leadership and cross functional collaboration with Finance, Engineering, Operations, IT, and various business stakeholders to help implement industry standard FinOps practices. This role will support and manage cloud spending and help align cloud financial strategies with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.

Essential Responsibilities:

Qualifications/Requirements:

Desired Characteristics :

Eligibility Criteria:

Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, IT, Business Administration, Engineering or related field and a minimum of 5+ years of experience in financial management, IT finance, or cloud cost management.or in lieu of degree 7+ years experience in financial management, IT finance, or cloud cost management.

Work Timings:

This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time - 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs. Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details

For Internal Applicants :

Grade/Level: 10

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