Role Title: On-Premise FinOps Data & Reporting Analyst
Location: Sheffield, S1 4NB (Hybrid 60% office/40% home - 3 days in the office is mandatory)
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: 28/11/2025
Pay Rate: £312p/d max via Umbrella

Overview:
We work in partnership with the Chief Technology Office to proactively provide insights regarding rightsizing opportunities across Datacentre and End User technologies, thus allowing internal customers/business functions to reduce their utilisation and spend on technology infrastructure.

We can categorize the services in the following key areas:

• Supporting the analysis, planning and execution of optimisation/rightsizing tactics, working with business aligned IT functions to optimise their on-premise infrastructure (eg servers, storage, database, mainframe, PC's) consumption and spend.
• Tracking benefits achieved through rightsizing, including direct cost impacts, reduced datacentre space, power and carbon needs, and the re-use of relinguished assets (thus deferring additional spend).
• Provision of presentation materials relating to technology usage, charges and optimisation opportunities, comprising data sourced from internal billing systems, infrastructure inventories and utilisation reporting.

Requirements:

• Strong analytical background with the ability to proactively create, interrogate, interpret and draw conclusions/ next steps from IT financial data, and present in an easy to consume way.
• Excel data analysis, SQL, Power BI, data mapping
• Experience with charting and other data visualisation techniques, highly quality Powerpoint is a must.
• Ability to problem solve and work with the team to identify new optimisation opportunities.
• Understanding of IT services, financial management processes and best practices such as budgeting, cost allocations, and recharges for infrastructure services.
• Working knowledge of IT infrastructure domains including data centres, network/communications, server utilisation, virtual environments and storage (likely from working within an IT infrastructure function).
• Strong attention to detail with regards to data quality and data management.
• Can proactively prioritise multiple activities and ensure deadlines are met.
• Team player within an international team.
• Good knowledge of English (written and spoken).
• Good communication and presentation skills.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of IT Financial Management (ITFM), Technology Business Management (TBM) and/or FinOps principles.
• Awareness of ApptioOne or similar IT cost management solution.
• ITIL or Service Management background.
• Logical data mapping experience and use of SQL queries would be desirable.
• Experience in financial services organisation desirable, but not essential