Data Analyst (Localto VA)

• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports to visualize cost trends, server migration impacts, and workload optimization opportunities.

• Perform variance analysis on monthly and annual IT spend, identifying anomalies and opportunities for savings.

• Manually maintain and enhance datasets from Apptio, Azure Portal, and SharePoint sources to ensure accuracy and completeness.

• Document processes and procedures for financial reporting and analysis

• Collaborate with the technical cloud team, I&O team and finance stakeholders to align cost models with operational realities.

• Support Azure migration planning by modeling server cost scenarios and forecasting reserve capacity needs.

• Contribute to FinOps strategy development by providing insights on cost drivers and utilization patterns.

  
  

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or related field.

• Advanced level of proficiency in Power BI, including Power Query and DAX, Excel (advanced), and data visualization best practices.

• Some data modeling and data manipulation skills to maintain data sets from multiple, heterogenous sources

• High familiarity with Azure cost management, Apptio, and cloud billing structures.

• Understanding of server migration strategies and workload cost modeling.

• Ability to translate technical data into insights for technical teams and managers

Preferred Qualifications:

• FinOps certification or training.

• Experience with Azure Reserved Instances and Just-In-Time (JIT) capacity planning.

• Knowledge of enterprise architecture and strategic IT planning frameworks.