Consultant, FinOps Strategy, Governance & Value Realization
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Team Overview
The GTDA FinOps Strategy Governance & Value Realization team sits at the intersection of technology business and finance. The team partners across Cloud Engineering Product Engineering Platform Engineering Finance and business leadership to improve cost transparency capacity planning optimization accountability and investment value realization. Its mission is to build trusted reporting governance standards and decision-ready insights that help TransUnion manage cloud and infrastructure spend more effectively while enabling sustainable technology growth This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.Role Overview And Core Responsibilities
- Build and maintain cloud AI and infrastructure cost dashboards for leadership engineering finance and business stakeholders.
- Analyze cloud spend infrastructure usage capacity trends cost variances and optimization opportunities.
- Translate technical cost and capacity data into business and financial insights that support executive decision-making.
- Produce monthly reporting inputs executive scorecards and governance materials for cloud and AI economics.
- Develop capacity utilization reporting across cloud compute storage database network server VMware middleware and related infrastructure domains.
- Consolidate demand signals from engineering and business teams into a forward-looking view of capacity requirements.
- Support performance and capacity analysis by working with application and platform owners on right-sizing configuration query/index optimization and infrastructure improvement opportunities.
- Track cloud commitments reservations savings plans committed-use discounts GPU utilization and other capacity or consumption-based economics.
- Manage the optimization pipeline from opportunity intake through prioritization implementation and Finance-validated value realization.
- Identify spend accountability gaps and help route ownership to the appropriate engineering product platform or business teams.
- Support the FinOps governance calendar ensuring operational changes align with finance close forecasting budgeting and planning cycles.
- Partner cross-functionally across technology business and finance teams to improve cost transparency accountability and measurable outcomes.
Required Knowledge And Experiences
- Experience in cloud financial management capacity planning IT finance infrastructure reporting or a related analytical field.
- Working understanding of enterprise infrastructure including server storage network virtualization (VMware) database middleware and common operating systems.
- Solid understanding of infrastructure and business capacity planning with demonstrated reporting and performance analysis skills.
- Working knowledge of public cloud platforms GCP and/or AWS including cloud cost fundamentals such as committed-use discounts savings plans tagging and resource lifecycle.
- Proficiency in Google BigQuery for querying and analyzing cloud cost and usage datasets.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in reporting and analysis tools including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with cloud cost tooling such as Harness CCM is a plus.
- Experience building capacity utilization reports across storage server VMware database and network infrastructure domains.
- Ability to manage current usage statistics and develop projected growth estimates from business demand signals.
- Clear professional written and verbal communication skills able to translate complex infrastructure and cost data into actionable insights for audiences at all levels.
- Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and competing deadlines.
- Self-starter who works well independently and collaborates effectively within a cross-functional team.
- The ability to socialize ideas make recommendations and gather team consensus to move initiatives forward.
GOOD TO HAVE
- Familiarity with FinOps principles and frameworks FinOps Foundation certification (FOCP or equivalent) is a plus.
- Scripting or automation skills such as VBA PowerShell or SQL to improve reporting efficiency.
- Experience with Splunk or similar observability/analytics platforms for infrastructure performance analysis.
- Experience integrating cloud economics data into financial planning workflows such as forecasting budgeting or chargeback/showback.
- Background supporting a federated or matrixed technology organization.
- Familiarity with workflow and ticketing systems such as JIRA or ServiceNow/Remedy.
- Experience with AI/ML or GPU infrastructure cost reporting and governance.
TransUnion Overview:
At TransUnion we encourage and are committed to creating a real positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good which empowers our people to grow innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the drivers seat of their professional development while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; thats why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence.
Be a part of our Workforce for Good youll work with great people pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.
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About Company
Company Overview TransUnion is a leading global risk and information solutions provider. Our mission is to help people worldwide access opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life. We accomplish this by delivering solutions that help organizations optimize their risk-based dec ... View more