FinOps Specialist

About Us

RavenPack is the leading big data analytics provider for financial services. Financial professionals rely on RavenPack for its speed and accuracy in analyzing large amounts of unstructured content. RavenPack’s products allow clients to enhance returns, reduce risk, and increase efficiency by systematically incorporating the effects of public information in their models or workflows. Our clients include the most successful hedge funds, banks, and asset managers in the world!

Do you like when pieces just fit together and everything is tied and ordered? Do you do the same at your IT work? Join RavenPack in contributing to the growth and cutting edge technology in big data.

As our FinOps, your role will primarily involve managing and enhancing cloud costs for RavenPack. You'll collaborate within a team to implement and uphold FinOps practices and methodologies, emphasizing the analysis of cloud usage and expenditure data to pinpoint areas for cost optimization.

The ability to communicate effectively in English, both in writing and verbally are a must. European Union legal working status is required.

As a FinOps, you must possess a robust comprehension of cloud technology, financial management principles, and data analysis. Proficiency in utilizing tools and software for managing and analyzing cloud spending data. Additionally, strong communication and collaboration skills are imperative.

You will be managing relationships with dozens of IT suppliers and providers, from Amazon Web Services to Snowflake, other technology providers (Google, ISPs…) etc. Your main responsibility will be to help identify new vendors, to keep costs under control, and to mature those relationships for a satisfactory workflow.

You will track down costs, make inventories, develop automation scripts, and be in charge of the providers roster and renewals calendar. You will be part of the Operations Team, so a minimum SysAdmin experience is required.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and analyze cloud usage and spending data to pinpoint cost-saving opportunities.




• Collaborate with finance, operations, and technology teams to spearhead cost optimization initiatives.




• Recommend adjustments to cloud service usage, pricing models, and purchasing options.




• Develop and maintain financial forecasts and track cloud costs.




• Create reports and dashboards to monitor and communicate cloud cost optimization efforts to stakeholders.




• Translate reports and forecasts into stakeholders insights (ROI, risk analysis…)




• Support to research and select external cloud solutions and services




• Design internal data policies and processes




• Conduct training sessions for colleagues




• Troubleshoot operational and performance issues




• Fulfilling on-call duties as part of the team

Requirements:

• Experience in FinOps or equivalent experience in IT budgeting




• +1 years SysAdmin experience (Windows/Linux) 




• +1 years of Cloud experience 




• Proficiency in Excel or Google spreadsheets




• Ability to communicate effectively to stakeholders

Desirable:

• Scripting skills in Bash, Python or similar




• Experience in a troubleshooting On Call environment




• Ability to visualize data in business intelligence tool, such as PowerBi, Tableau or QuickSight

What's in it for you?

• You will work with the latest technologies.




• Our Headquarters is located in Marbella. We are offering Hybrid work.




• Free Company shuttle bus from Malaga, Fuengirola, Riviera and Estepona.




• You will have ownership of projects working in a collaborative environment where we will value your contribution.




• You will work in an agile environment able to react quickly to changes with a fairly flat hierarchy.




• As we encourage continuous learning, we will support your ongoing training.




• Diversity is in our DNA! You will work in an international environment (over 29 nationalities and 24 languages spoken!)

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status