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.

Sr. Staff Cloud FinOps Analyst

About the Role:

As a Sr. Staff Cloud FinOps Analyst- Eng, you will play a critical role in defining and driving enterprise FinOps strategy. This position combines deep expertise in cloud financial management with strategic leadership to influence executive decision-making, establish governance frameworks, and solve complex, cross-functional challenges. You will operate with significant autonomy to shape how FinOps is practiced across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Governance & Strategic Leadership

• Define and evolve enterprise FinOps governance, including operating models, forecasting frameworks, and reporting standards.
• Develop strategy for forecasting, budgeting, and optimization across multiple business units.
• Act as a senior FinOps advisor influencing organizational direction and investment decisions.

Cost Awareness & Architecture Integration

• Establish enterprise-wide practices to embed cost awareness into architecture and engineering workflows.
• Provide strategic cost-to-serve insights to influence pricing, capacity planning, and investment strategies.

Optimization & Enablement

• Lead large-scale optimization initiatives across teams and business units.
• Develop new approaches, frameworks, and methodologies for cost optimization and efficiency.
• Drive adoption of standardized tagging, allocation, and cost visibility practices across the organization.

Reporting & Tooling

• Define enterprise reporting standards and metrics for cloud financial performance.
• Oversee development of dashboards and insights used by senior leadership.

Collaboration & Demand Planning

• Lead cross-functional initiatives spanning engineering, finance, and business organizations.
• Partner with senior leaders to align cloud spend with long-term business strategy.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Experience:
  • 7+ years in FinOps or cloud financial management roles.
  • Minimum 3+ years hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (or similar - AWS, Azure) billing concepts.
• Technical Skills:
  • Strong proficiency in Excel and enterprise financial systems (SAP, Oracle).
  • Deep familiarity with cloud-native cost tools and third-party FinOps platforms.
• Core Competencies:
  • Enterprise FinOps strategy and governance.
  • Advanced financial modeling and cloud economics.
  • Executive communication and stakeholder influence.
  • Ability to solve complex, ambiguous problems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional.
• Experience with multi-cloud environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, 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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The pay range for this position is $129,500 to $186,100. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus plan and to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. Learn more about UKG's benefits and rewards at