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Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?
Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.
The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.
Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact You Will Have in This Role
We are seeking a FinOps Practitioner to lead cloud financial optimization across AWS, Azure, and Snowflake environments within a regulated financial services organization. This role serves as a critical bridge between Finance, Engineering, Architecture, and Cloud Operations, ensuring that cloud investments are aligned with business objectives, financial discipline, and operational efficiency.
In this role, you will establish and mature FinOps capabilities aligned with the industry-standard FinOps Foundation framework (Inform, Optimize, Operate) while driving governance, transparency, and accountability for cloud spend. You will partner closely with stakeholders to track FinOps objectives, influence architectural and consumption decisions, and embed a culture of fiscal responsibility across the organization.
Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Establish and mature key FinOps capabilities aligned with the FinOps Foundation framework (Inform, Optimize, Operate) across AWS, Azure, and Snowflake environments.
• Lead FinOps practices to optimize and govern cloud spend across multi-cloud and data platform ecosystems.
• Collaborate with Finance, Engineering, Architecture, Product, and Cloud Operations stakeholders to define, track, and measure FinOps objectives, ensuring ongoing visibility into cost performance and business outcomes.
• Develop and enforce cost allocation models, tagging standards, and chargeback/showback frameworks.
• Establish governance standards for resource usage, pricing model adoption (e.g., Reserved Instances, Savings Plans), and Snowflake warehouse and consumption optimization.
• Conduct detailed analysis of cloud and data platform cost data to identify savings opportunities, waste, and efficiency improvements.
• Implement and recommend rightsizing, scheduling, and reserved capacity strategies while balancing performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with engineering teams to influence architectural decisions through financial impact analysis and cost modeling.
• Collaborate with Finance and Business Unit leaders on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial planning for cloud and data platform expenses.
• Build and maintain cloud spend models that demonstrate historical trends, growth patterns, and unit-cost metrics.
• Communicate cost insights and optimization outcomes to senior leadership through dashboards and executive-ready reporting.
• Leverage cloud cost management and FinOps tooling (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Snowflake Usage Views, CloudHealth, CloudAware, Cloudability) for continuous monitoring and reporting.
• Serve as a liaison across Finance, Engineering, Architecture, and Product teams to foster cost awareness, accountability, and informed decision-making.
• Champion FinOps principles, standards, and continuous improvement initiatives across the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent professional experience

Talent Needed for Success

• 3-5 years of experience in cloud cost management, cloud operations, or technology finance, preferably within financial services or another regulated industry.
• Deep working knowledge of AWS, Azure, and Snowflake billing models, pricing structures, and optimization levers.
• Experience managing multi-cloud cost governance and reporting frameworks.
• Strong understanding of FinOps principles, including budgeting, forecasting, unit economics, and cost transparency.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or QuickSight.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with both technical and finance audiences, including senior leadership.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional (or willingness to obtain).
• Familiarity with ITIL and cloud governance frameworks.
• Experience with data platforms and Snowflake usage optimization (e.g., warehouse sizing, auto-suspend, consumption analysis).
• Proficiency in SQL and/or scripting for custom cost analytics and automation.
• Strong financial literacy, analytical thinking, and attention to detail.
• Ability to influence engineering, finance, and product teams without direct authority.
• Proactive, improvement-driven mindset with strong leadership and collaboration skills.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
About Us
With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC's Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at or connect with us on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , Facebook and Instagram .
DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you'll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It's the chance to make a difference at a company that's truly one of a kind.
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About the Team
Serves as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC's business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC's mission to support the financial markets.