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Cloud FinOps Technology Strategy & Advisory Manager
Job Role: Cloud FinOps Technology Strategy & Advisory Manager
Location: London
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.
We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.
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As a team:
Work along with Accenture Cloud First, a multi-service group of 70,000 cloud professionals that will leverage Accenture’s industry and technology capabilities and ecosystem partnerships with a focus of enabling organizations to move to the cloud with greater speed and value.
You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways
If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.
In our team you will:
- Build an extraordinary career and play a key role in creating solutions that will transform organizations and communities around the world
- Work with the likes of Microsoft / Amazon Web Services (AWS) / Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in supporting our clients migrate to cloud and thrive in the cloud once there
- Develop industry skills and sharpen your insights on how FinOps can help clients achieve the expected value from their investments in cloud
- Develop functional skills on how you can help companies change organisational behaviours and culture that enables effective transparency and control of their cloud spend
- Build expertise on emerging cloud services, pricing models and cloud cost management tooling
In this role you will:
- Act as an ambassador for Cloud FinOps and support in the creation and evolution of go-to-market offerings
- Understand the major cloud provider’s pricing options, cost principles and cost drivers
- Develop cloud optimisation tactics and policies that support in driving value from cloud investments
- Define a business case for cloud assessments, digitisation, automation, operating model, and cloud strategies
- Understand how cloud, data, and legacy IT drives cost and value
- Develop Cloud FinOps governance structures to support the change in reporting and insights needed to control cloud spend
- Provide our clients with a full 360-degree view on their IT estate covering applications, infrastructure, and networks from a cloud compatibility, analytics, and digital point-of-view
We are looking for experience in the following skills:
- Knowledge of the major cloud providers’ service offerings and associated pricing structures (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Knowledge of the major cloud providers’ billing and invoicing (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Knowledge of Cloud FinOps concepts and best practices
- Experience of optimising cloud costs
- Good knowledge of core financial principles and practices (including forecasting, chargebacks etc.)
- Experience analysing, forecasting, and optimising cloud spend to achieve business value
- Strong emerging architecture, networking, and security knowledge
- Cloud expertise, including cloud migration, infrastructure, and application assessments
Set yourself apart:
- Experience with Cloud Cost Management tooling
- Cloud Business Case / Cloud Financial Operations / Cloud Forecasting and Estimating
- Experience with Terraform, Jenkins/Ansible/Bash scripting/Chef experience/Gitlab CI
- Experience with high availability and business continuity principles
- Experience of working with DevOps/SRE team
- Cloud Technology architecture/ target architecture
- Enterprise architecture skills
- Experience of working in a multisite environment
What’s in it for you
At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com
Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
Closing Date for Applications 31/08/2022
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.
COVID-19 update: The safety and well-being of our candidates, our people and their families continues to be a top priority. Until travel restrictions change, interviews will continue to be conducted virtually.
Current Employee - Analyst in London, England.
Pros: Fantastic culture, amazing flexibility, good rewards, varied work/projects, lots of extra-curricular activities/group.
Cons: Salaries competitive but not market leading, work life balance can be questionable at times.
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