FinOps Analyst

At Virtusa, every innovator has the potential to transform and lead in a digital world—but unlocking that potential takes more than technology; it takes a trusted partner who combines engineering excellence, creativity, and an AI-first mindset. Together, we co-create solutions that help businesses grow faster, operate smarter, and make experiences better with technology.

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented FinOps Analyst, this role will report to the cloud FinOps Director and will join our cloud journey to innovation and analytical maturity.

Daily tasks

• Serve as FinOps Lead to cloud product deployment projects, services, and R&D. Provide financial support on budget reconciliation process, variance report and research against budget/forecasts. Assist with financial support as required during financial gap analysis.
• Leads the monthly close process, journal entries, understands variances between actuals vs. forecast/budget pertaining to trends.
• Ability to deliver high quality analysis independently, leveraging spreadsheet and other quantitative tools i.e., MS Power BI.
• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify trends and anomalies that may indicate cost control weaknesses or potential risks.
• Partner with engineering and finance to understand cloud cost analytic needs and identify high-impact opportunities to improve the chargeback process and implement sound analytical solution.
• Develop and maintain automated chargeback and workflows to streamline chargeback processes and improve efficiency.
• A plus, if ability to visualize data and apply data insights using tools such as Power BI, Power Query, writing analytical expressions i.e. DAX and MDX
• The above descriptions are a summary of principal responsibilities and is not intended to include all duties which may be assigned.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial analysis.

Excellent communication skills for seamless collaboration with different business segments, particularly Finance and Technology/DevOps teams.

Mandatory use of AI tools (such as Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Studio). Candidates should have approximately one year of AI exposure, including efficient prompting skills, or a strong willingness to learn AI-driven tasks.

Fluency in financial lingo (e.g., variance, budget, forecast, chargeback, cost center).

Understanding of the FinOps framework and familiarity with the cost management portals of major cloud vendors (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake and all others).

Strong background in Power BI, including knowledge of Power Query, SQL, or DAX to create formulated logic, visualizations, and dashboards.

Must have: Cloud, R, Power BI, DAX, Accounting, Degree, Excel, Data science, Tableau, BI, SAP