Senior Cloud Finops Analyst

Company Description

About SEEK

SEEK's portfolio of diverse businessesmake a positive impacton a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions toconnect more people to relevantemployment, education, small businessandvolunteer opportunities. Wehavea cultureofhigh-performancein our workplaces andcelebrate the diversity ofour employeeswhocontribute to thesuccess of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK's purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to Work in Technology (2021-2024). We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Our award-winning head office in Cremorne (just a 4 min walk from Richmond station) provides an exceptional space to collaborate with colleagues. The building provides sweeping views of the city, a games area, sit and stand desks at every workstation, modern end-of-trip facilities and Thursday night drinks which gives our people an opportunity to connect in a social setting.

The Team – Cloud Enablement

What we do:
The Cloud Enablement team provides a stable, secure, and optimised cloud platform for all SEEKers. We enable engineering teams to leverage cloud technology through services and prescriptive guidance that promote agile, autonomous delivery and support business transformation.

Our work is delivered across three specialist squads: FinOps, Engineering, and Database Support.

Why this matters to SEEK:

We are seeking a highly experienced and senior-level Senior FinOps Analyst to join our team. The Senior FinOps Analyst will play a crucial leadership role in optimising our cloud infrastructure costs, ensuring efficient resource utilization, and driving cost-effective strategies across our cloud environments. You will partner with a wide variety of stakeholders to promote and develop a culture of cost accountability and awareness at SEEK, while leading FinOps maturity initiatives and mentoring team members. This role will provide financial modelling, budgeting & forecasting, consumption analysis including KPIs, show back, analytics and capacity, with a focus on establishing and elevating FinOps practices across the organization.

• Improve efficiencies – Solve common problems once for the benefit of all.
• Create value – Enable developers and engineers to focus on high-impact, innovative work rather than infrastructure deployment.
• Manage risk & security – Operate within the guardrails of "Always Safe, Always On."
• Optimise costs – Ensure cloud resources are used efficiently with transparent reporting and accountability.

Key Accountabilities

Data & Insights

• Analyse, report, and extract insights from large datasets across cloud billing, usage tools, CMDB, and asset inventories.
• Develop predictive analytics and KPI dashboards for cost forecasting and trend monitoring.
• Monitor consumption to detect, investigate, and address anomalies.

Cost Optimisation & Strategy

• Continuously improve cloud cost optimisation strategies (rightsizing, eliminating waste, cost-saving measures).
• Lead and evolve the FinOps product roadmap and maturity assessments.
• Manage unit economics modelling and ROI analysis for cloud investments.

Collaboration & Governance

• Partner with engineering, operations, and finance to align usage with business goals and budgets.
• Participate in cloud architecture reviews to ensure solutions are cost-effective.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes for cloud spend.

Leadership & Influence

• Mentor FinOps analysts and grow team capability.
• Act as a subject matter expert and escalation point for complex challenges.
• Lead training, workshops, and the FinOps community of practice to drive a culture of cost-conscious engineering.
• Present to executive leadership to influence strategic cloud investment decisions.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience in cloud cost management and FinOps methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large datasets, billing tools, and financial models.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (preferably AWS and/or GCP) including pricing models, discounting mechanisms, and governance practices.
• Experience implementing rightsizing, cost optimisation, and operational efficiency strategies.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to partner across engineering, finance, and operations.
• Ability to present complex cost, risk, and optimisation concepts to executive-level audiences.
• Experience mentoring team members and fostering best-practice adoption.
• Awareness of emerging cloud technologies and cost management trends.

Permanent Perks
At SEEK we offer:

• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days, as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific supportor adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.