FinOps Analyst, Platform Cloud

Acadian Asset Management is a global systematic investment manager at the forefront of data-driven investing since 1986. Headquartered in Boston with locations in Singapore London and Sydney we manage over $195 billion on behalf of leading institutions worldwideincluding pension funds endowments foundations and sovereign wealth funds. We harness advanced technology rich datasets and multidisciplinary expertise to help clients navigate complex markets and uncover insights that may be overlooked by traditional approaches.

What sets Acadian apart is our people. We foster a collaborative intellectually curious environment where ideas are tested diverse perspectives are welcomed and innovation thrives. Were united by a shared purpose: delivering effective client outcomes and supporting one another in work thats both challenging and rewarding. We offer a flexible hybrid work environment strong benefits and a casual but focused office cultureall designed to support the meaningful collaborative work that defines Acadian.

Position Overview:

The Platform team is responsible for building and supporting services that enable our development teams to leverage frameworks tooling and services across in-house and vendor PaaS/IaaS offerings. Platform defines the architectural roadmap best practices and provides education on these services.

This role will focus on Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) partnering across Platform Investment and Engineering teams to drive cost transparency accountability and optimization across Acadians cloud footprint. You will play a key role in managing and optimizing a multi-million dollar cloud budget spanning AWS and Kubernetes environments while enabling teams to make informed cost-efficient decisions.

You will help establish governance forecasting and cost optimization practices ensuring that cloud investments align with business value and performance requirements.

Acadian supports a hybrid work environment; employees are on-site in the Boston office 3 days a week.

What Youll Do:

Own and manage cloud cost visibility reporting and governance across AWS Kubernetes (EKS) and SaaS providers

Develop and maintain financial models for cloud capacity planning demand forecasting and budgeting aligned with Finance IT and Investment leadership

Establish and monitor unit economics and cost allocation models

Analyze and optimize spend across services including EC2 EKS S3 Lambda and AI/ML platforms ensuring cost controls and efficiency in all workloads

Partner with engineering teams to implement cost-aware architecture patterns and and drive adoption of FinOps principles across the organization

Build dashboards and reporting using Tableau AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) and Python-based analytics

Evaluate and implement tooling for automated cloud cost governance and optimization

Identify and mitigate cost risks including anomalies and inefficient resource utilization

Provide regular reporting and insights to leadership on spend trends and forecasts

Were Looking for Teammates With:

BS in Computer Science Finance Engineering or related field preferred with 5 years of relevant experience

Proven experience managing and optimizing multi-million dollar cloud budgets in AWS

Strong knowledge of AWS cost management tools

Strong knowledge of AWS cost saving programs (PPA rate card savings plans marketplace spend)

Experience with Kubernetes cost management in production environments

Demonstrated experience in capacity planning demand forecasting and financial modeling

Proficiency in Tableau Python and SQL

Familiarity with cost allocation strategies

Understanding of modern cloud architectures and cost implications

Experience with AI/ML platforms and cost optimization strategies

Strong analytical mindset with ability to translate data into insights

Experience collaborating with engineering and finance teams

Familiarity with infrastructure tooling is a plus

Excellent communication skills

The base salary range for this role is $120000 $140000 per year. Actual compensation will be determined based on a candidates skills qualifications and relevant addition to base pay this position may be eligible for discretionary incentive compensation and includes participation in Acadians comprehensive benefits program which includes health retirement and wellness offerings.

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