Lead Cloud FinOps Analyst

About Tekion:

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloudnative automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cuttingedge technology big data machine learning and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3000 people across North America Asia and Europe.

Job Description

Tekion is seeking an experienced and datadriven Lead Cloud Operations Specialist (FinOps) to drive our cloud financial operations and optimization strategy. In this role you will partner with engineering product and finance teams to build a culture of financial accountability ensuring cost transparency efficient cloud usage and strategic resource planning that aligns with Tekions rapid innovation. This is a fulltime workfromoffice role based in our Bangalore office.

Cloud Strategy & Governance:

• Lead the implementation and evolution of cloud financial operations practices across the organization.
• Develop governance frameworks for budgeting forecasting and usage optimization.
• Own the cloud reporting strategy and act as a key liaison between technical and finance teams.

CrossFunctional Collaboration:

• Partner with engineering DevOps finance and procurement teams to drive accountability and strategic cloud investment.
• Align resource allocation with product priorities while supporting datainformed decisions.
• Support cost allocation and showback models for effective internal chargeback systems.

Cloud Spend Optimization & Analysis:

• Analyze multicloud billing data (AWS Azure GCP) to identify cost inefficiencies and optimization opportunities.
• Manage pricing levers such as Reserved Instances Savings Plans and Spot usage.
• Improve tagging and categorization to enhance visibility and tracking of cloud expenses.

Reporting Tooling & Enablement:

• Design and maintain cloud operations dashboards and reporting for leadership and technical teams.
• Integrate and leverage cost management platforms (e.g. CloudHealth Cloudability) for automation and insight delivery.
• Promote cloud cost visibility and enable engineering teams to monitor and optimize resource usage.

Customer Engagement & Reporting:

• Act as a customerfacing cloud operations expert during cloud usage and financial discussions.
• Engage with customer cloud teams to align on budgeting forecasting and optimization plans.
• Participate in reviews and reporting sessions delivering usage insights and savings recommendations.
• Assist with presales and onboarding to ensure scalable costeffective cloud architecture.
• Deliver tailored reports and insights for strategic customer accounts.

Skills and Experience

Experience & Technical Acumen:

• 610 years of experience in cloud operations FinOps cloud finance or infrastructure management.
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) with deep understanding of pricing and billing mechanisms.
• Experience with cloud cost management platforms APIs and automation workflows.

Analytical Strength & Business Partnership:

• Strong in Excel SQL and data visualization tools (Power BI Looker Tableau).
• Proven background in budgeting forecasting and modeling cloud spend.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and business stakeholders.

Preferred Skills

• FinOps Certified Practitioner or similar certification.
• Experience in highgrowth SaaS or platformbased environments.
• Familiarity with Agile DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Automotive tech domain knowledge is a plus.

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