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Belfast, Northern Ireland

Closing Date

2017-10-21 23:00:00

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Reporting Analyst


  • Our Engineering Operations team is seeking a dynamic and driven person that loves to dig into mountains of cost data, pricing models and help us gain clarity on trends. You will help us identify opportunities for savings and measure implementation of improvement initiatives.

    Are you a dive in, roll-up your sleeves kind of person with an eye for detail and brain that loves to crunch numbers? Interested in helping us tackle complex Amazon hosting budgets, contractor forecasting and vendor costs? Yes, then this job is for you!

    Primary responsibilities
    ● Develop, maintain, and publish core business metrics to help Engineering and Product leadership make data driven decisions
    ● Executor of the engineering expense budget and related business processes
    ● Assist with the analysis, preparation and reporting of engineering expenses and forecasts on a daily, monthly and ad hoc basis to provide to finance department
    ● Maintain reports, dashboards, and metrics. Identify and drive any necessary enhancements.
    ● Analyze and monitor historical usage trends, purchase Reserved Instances, and work with engineering teams to suggest and drive any corrective actions.
    ● Support fiscal year forecasting and capacity planning process, including presentations to senior leadership.
    ● Work with a variety of stakeholders on cost benefit analysis of new features and projects Experience with the following techniques and concepts
    ● Must have eligibility to work within the UK
    ● Understanding of AWS, Azure or other cloud offering pricing models including instance types, data transfer, storage and services
    ● Complex hosting cost models, contract terms, and third party pricing models
    ● Budget forecasting
    ● Cost benefit analysis
    ● Data exploration, presentation and effective communication Experience with the following technology

     Essential Criteria 
    ● 3+ years working with Tableau, data modeling, ETL and data clean up
    ● 3+ years experience with databases and SQL queries
    ● Strong background in math and analytics with 3+ years experience in the field
    ● Possess a BA/BS in business administration, math or equivalent.

    Excellence happens when we work together.  You will engage and collaborate with multiple teams, engineering managers, product managers, program managers, finance, analysts to understand our SaaS business and our vendor relationships.   Help us connect the data and tell stories that drive objective conversations, highlight problematic areas, increase understanding and justify improvement efforts.

    About you
    You have a track record of achieving impactful outcomes.
    Resourceful, you know how to find the answers to questions and don’t wait for the answers to come to you.
    You find alternative paths through the organization and involve the right people at the right time.
    You are highly curious with natural instincts to always ask “why” until you understand the root cause of a problem or need. Considering different options, you are able to present your findings and a path forward with impeccable clarity.
    Comfortable interacting across all levels of an organization, you are able to adjust your delivery based on your audience.
    During presentations you can answer ad-hoc questions like a pro.
    Balancing collaboration and a getting things done attitude, you exercise good judgement, critical thinking and the ability to lead folks to achieve a successful business outcome.
    You select the right tool for the job instead of relying on your go-to tools and making it work for every situation.
    You are not afraid to experiment, you’ll roll up your sleeves and learn a tool, technology, or language to improve the speed, quality or outcomes of a business process.

    About the team Within R&D, each of our 45+ engineering teams is accountable for building, supporting and operating their respective services. The mission of the Engineering Operations team is to surface the right data, the right way, so folks can make data-informed decisions from the team level to the portfolio level