Sr. Staff Cloud FinOps Analyst- Eng

Why UKG:  

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

About the Role:
As a Sr. Staff Cloud FinOps Analyst- Eng, you will play a critical role in embedding financial accountability and cost optimization into our cloud strategy. This position combines expertise in public cloud cost governance, cost allocation, and data analysis with strategic leadership to integrate cost awareness into architecture and design decisions. You will partner with engineering, finance, and business leaders to deliver actionable insights, optimize cloud spend, and standardize governance practices across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities:
Governance & Strategic Leadership
• FinOps governance and rhythms of business, including forecasting, budgeting, optimization tracking, and reporting.
• Act as the Resident FinOps practitioner for Strategic Line of Business driving public cloud governance and accountability.
• Establish long-range plans and monthly forecasts for GCP cloud cost and usage.
• Define and manage Business Unit’s Economics, KPIs and metrics, ensuring transparency and measurable success.
Cost Awareness & Architecture Integration
• Embed cost “shift-left” principles into design and architecture by integrating cost into guardrails.
• Provide cost-to-serve insights to inform pricing strategies and capacity planning decisions.
Optimization & Enablement
• Support commitment strategies and partner with engineering on forecasting and budgets.
• Drive tagging, allocations, and unit-cost visibility across services and teams.
• Identify and track optimizations and realized savings; accelerate optimization initiatives across pillars.
• Standardize forecasting and planning processes; enable engineers with education, dashboards, and anomaly triage.
• Coordinate tooling access and implementation for cost management and reporting.
Collaboration & Demand Planning
• Collaborate on demand planning underpinned by application, services and customer migration.
• Partner with Finance and technical owners to reconcile invoices and ensure accountability.

Required Skills & Experience:
• Experience:
o 5+ years in FinOps or cloud financial management roles.
o Minimum 2+ years hands-on experience with GCP (or similar - AWS, Azure) billing concepts.
• Technical Skills:
o Strong proficiency in Excel and enterprise financial systems (SAP, Oracle).
o Familiarity with cloud-native cost tools (Google Billing, AWS Cost Explorer) and third-party FinOps platforms (Flexera, CloudHealth, Cloudability etc).
• Core Competencies:
o Budget governance and forecasting.
o Cost allocation and tagging strategies.
o Advanced data analysis and executive reporting.
o Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and financial teams.

Preferred Qualifications:
• FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional.
• Experience with multi-cloud environments (GCP, AWS and Azure,).
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field (MBA preferred).

Company Overview:

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.

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Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process

For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com. 

The pay range for this position is $129,500 to $186,100, however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location. This position is also eligible for a short-term incentive and a long-term incentive as part of total compensation. Information about UKG’s comprehensive benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits