Manager, Cloud Financial Management & Analytics

Job Description

Overview
Our Team

Discovery Inc is the world’s #1 pay-TV programmer reaching 2.7 billion subscribers in more than 220 countries and territories. Global Technology & Operations (GT&O) provides technological infrastructure and operations support to ensure audiences can enjoy Discovery's programming around the world and across platforms. Already a leader in the factual and lifestyle genres, Discovery has expanded its core business into new genres: sports, entertainment and kids. Its platforms and product eco-systems are now engaged in terrestrial/free-to-air, OTT products and content development/production companies.

The Way We Work

Discovery continues to grow around the world and across platforms. GT&O is building media technology and systems that meet world class standards for which Discovery is known.
Our culture and leadership traits are in evolution as we expand from a traditional linear Pay TV business towards a convergent media and entertainment business that encompasses digital and mobile. Discovery is developing direct-to-consumer relationships, while delivering traditional platforms, with innovative solutions. Discovery is looking to embrace a dynamic and entrepreneurial individual that has the one team mentality.

The Role

The Cloud Financial Management and Analytics role reports into the Cloud Cost Management team within GT&O. The team is responsible for overseeing large and critical investments in multi-cloud environment around the globe – offering advisory services, cost modeling and strategic analysis, executive and financial reporting, and cost governance and optimization

Job Description

Key Tasks:

The Cloud Financial Mgmt. and Analytics Manager will be a critical member of the team working directly with our cloud clients, leadership, and vendors:
• Pull and aggregate data from various sources (cloud vendors, monitoring tools, CDN, Cloud CMDB..etc) to build complex multi-source reports serving diverse set of clients ranging from executives to engineers

• Maintain key data sources in the data lake and ensure changes to the data structure is kept up to date

• Perform QA process to ensure data integrity by comparing loaded data against incoming invoices

• Provide strong analytical skills to recognize and evaluate data patterns/outliers and derive insightful knowledge that can inform strategic and operational decisions

• Work directly with cloud clients, accounting, and finance to help them understand cloud cost impacts

• Work with Cloud engineers to understand triggers/changes that can influence spend projections

• Interface with vendors’ Technical Account Managers (TAMs) to resolve any roadblocks

• Review vendor invoices for accuracy of billed services. Escalate and resolve abnormalities

• Govern active projects to monitor business as usual vs. growth/intake consumption to control cost deviations

• Participate in business case development and cost modeling exercises

• Work with executive leadership to support their inquiries

Qualifications Description

Candidate should have:
• Deep analytical/reporting skills, strong knowledge in data structure, and financial acumen

• Expertise in data visualization tools such as power bi

• Basic knowledge in SQL queries and familiarity with Amazon Aurora, and PostgresSQL

• Knowledge in Python and API queries is a plus

• Familiarity with AWS, GCP, Azure, and Akamai tools/services– such as Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Sustained Use Discounts/Committed and other cloud cost mechanics

• Experience in consulting or a client facing role

• Leader and a team player with transformation mindset

• Strong organizational, task, and project management skills

• Self-driven and able to work across diverse technical and non-technical teams

• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

• Ability to operate successfully in a lean, agile, and fast-paced organization

• Must have the legal right to work in the United States

Continued Qualifications
• BS degree in Computer Science or Business; MS preferred

• +5 years of relevant work experience at a large-scale global company

This position is partially remote- geographical presence near Silver Spring, Maryland or Knoxville, TN is preferred

Nearest Major Market: Washington DC

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rve5vj-18-218-254-122-42 in your application.