Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CentralSquare Technologies is a trusted provider of public sector software in North America, supporting over 8,000 agencies with their cloud-based platform. The Financial Analyst - Cloud role focuses on driving AWS cloud cost optimization and improving margins across the SaaS product portfolio, requiring collaboration with finance and development teams to implement cost-saving initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage the AWS cloud cost savings tracker, monitoring initiative progress against budget targets across Cloud Team and Development-Dependent workstreams
- Analyze AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) and billing data to identify optimization opportunities
- Build and maintain cloud margin reporting by product line, partnering with Accounting and Engineering to ensure AWS cost allocations are accurate and tied to revenue-generating services
- Partner with development teams to build cost awareness into the engineering culture - translating how code and architecture decisions (instance sizing, data transfer patterns, storage tiers, etc.) drive AWS spend
- Evaluate and manage AWS commitment instruments (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans) - monitoring coverage, utilization, and identifying stranded or expiring commitments as the environment evolves
- Design and maintain dashboards and other data visualizations that surface cloud cost trends, savings performance, and margin data to finance and executive stakeholders
- Respond to ad-hoc requests for cloud cost analysis and reporting; build reusable queries and models that reduce manual effort over time
- Key contributor on cross-functional and companywide financial analysis initiatives
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field required
- Minimum of 3+ years of experience in financial analysis, with at least 1 year in a cloud cost management, FinOps, or cloud finance capacity
- Strong data skills - the ability to work with high-volume datasets in Excel, SQL, or Python to extract meaningful cost insights is essential
- Technical aptitude is a meaningful differentiator - candidates with hands-on AWS experience (console navigation, tagging strategy, resource rightsizing), scripting ability (Python, SQL), or prior work in a DevOps or cloud engineering-adjacent role will stand out
- Direct experience with AWS billing and cost optimization strongly preferred
- Software or SaaS company experience strongly preferred
- Familiarity with cloud-hosted product cost structures and gross margin economics is a significant plus
- Hands-on experience with AWS cost tooling highly desirable: AWS Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports (CUR), Trusted Advisor, Compute Optimizer, or equivalent third-party FinOps platforms (CloudHealth, Apptio Cloudability, etc.)
- Experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis is a plus
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Parental leave
- Paid volunteer hours
- Unlimited PTO
- Flexible work environment gives you the freedom to balance your heroic work with personal well-being, whether you’re in the office or remote
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