Technical Project/Program Management- Finops at Fortive, India

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FinOps Analyst – Infrastructure & Technology

Level: P16

Role Summary

The FinOps Analyst will support financial management and cost optimization across Infrastructure and Technology. This role will provide visibility into infrastructure spend, identify savings opportunities, manage forecasts and budgets, and coordinate financial activities related to cloud hosting, software and tools, contractor renewals, CAPEX/OPEX and purchase orders.

The role will work closely with Infrastructure, CloudOps, Engineering, Finance, and business stakeholders to improve cost visibility, strengthen financial governance, and ensure technology investments are planned and managed effectively.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Cloud Cost Management

• Monitor and analyze infrastructure and cloud hosting costs across environments and platforms.

• Develop monthly reporting on actual spend, forecast, budget, and cost variances.

• Identify cost optimization and savings opportunities such as unused or underutilized resources, capacity optimization, storage optimization, and commitment opportunities.

• Track identified savings initiatives through implementation and validate realized savings.

• Help establish cost allocation, tagging, and ownership practices to improve infrastructure cost visibility.

• Support infrastructure teams with cost analysis for architectural and capacity decisions.

Budget Planning & Forecasting

• Coordinate annual and periodic budget planning for infrastructure hosting, software, tools, and related technology expenses.

• Maintain forecasts and track actual spend against approved budgets.

• Analyze and communicate material budget variances and emerging cost risks.

• Partner with technical owners to understand upcoming capacity, infrastructure, licensing, and tooling requirements.

• Maintain visibility into upcoming financial commitments and planned investments.

Tools, Software & Renewals

• Maintain a consolidated inventory of infrastructure tools, software subscriptions, licenses, associated costs, owners, and renewal dates.

• Coordinate upcoming renewals with technical owners, Procurement, and Finance.

• Analyze license utilization and spend to identify consolidation, optimization, or retirement opportunities.

• Support renewal decisions through cost analysis, historical spend, usage, and future requirements.

• Reduce unexpected renewals and unplanned software spend through proactive tracking.

Contractor Cost Management

• Track contractors spend against approved budgets and forecasts.

• Maintain visibility into contractor allocations, rates, cost centers, purchase orders, and expected spend.

• Partner with managers and Finance to forecast contractor costs and identify potential budget variances.

• Provide regular reporting on contractor spend and commitments.

Purchase Orders & Financial Operations

• Coordinate and create purchase orders in Salesforce for infrastructure, hosting, tools, software, and contractor-related expenses.

• Track PO creation, approvals, remaining balances, and renewals.

• Ensure purchases are aligned with approved budgets and appropriate cost centers.

• Maintain accurate supporting records for technology purchases and financial commitments.

• Prepare CAPEX/OPEX reporting and cost data for Finance.

FinOps Reporting & Governance

• Develop FinOps dashboards and reporting, such as:

• Infrastructure/cloud spend

• Budget vs. actual

• Forecast vs. actual

• Cost savings and optimization opportunities

• Savings realized

• Software/tool spend and upcoming renewals

• Contractor spend

• Purchase order status and remaining commitments

• Support monthly infrastructure financial reviews.

• Improve processes for cost ownership, forecasting, purchasing, and financial accountability.

Qualifications

• Experience in FinOps, financial analysis, technology operations, cloud operations, procurement, or a related discipline.

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with experience managing budgets, forecasts, and cost variance analysis.

• Understanding of cloud and infrastructure cost concepts, preferably across AWS and/or Azure .

• Experience managing or analyzing software licensing, subscriptions, vendor costs, or technology contracts.

• Strong Excel and data analysis/reporting skills.

• Experience working with Finance, Procurement, Engineering, Infrastructure, or Cloud Operations teams.

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple budgets, renewals, POs, and financial commitments simultaneously.

• Ability to translate detailed financial data into clear insights and recommendations for technical and leadership audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with FinOps principles and cloud cost optimization practices.

• Experience with AWS/Azure cost management or FinOps platforms.

• Experience with Salesforce-based purchasing or PO processes.

• Experience developing dashboards using Power BI or similar reporting tools.

• FinOps Certified Practitioner or similar certification is a plus.

What Success Looks Like

The FinOps Analyst will help the organization achieve:

• Better visibility into infrastructure and technology spend.

• Fewer budget surprises through stronger forecasting and variance management.

• Measurable infrastructure savings through proactive cost optimization.

• Better renewal management and reduced unnecessary tool/software spend.

• Clear contractor cost visibility against approved budgets.

• Improved purchasing discipline and PO management.

• Stronger financial ownership across Infrastructure and CloudOps.