Peoples Partnership
Asset Management and Cloud FinOps Lead
Job Location
Pound Hill, United Kingdom
Job Description
Asset Management and Cloud FinOps Lead
About People’s Partnership:
At the heart of our not-for-profit organisation is a commitment and a motivation to make the future-saving experience a simple one for our members. We champion fairness and simplicity, not profit-chasing. Imagine a financial adventure where everyone's a winner, fuelled by our exceptional service and brought to life by the fantastic individuals who work for us. We're a diverse employer with a flexible, hybrid working approach, ensuring everyone gets the opportunity to come to work and be the best version of themselves.
What you'll be doing:
The role of the Asset Management and Cloud FinOps Lead is to manage, control and protect the organisation’s IT assets (hardware, software, and licencing) throughout their entire lifecycle, from acquisition through final disposition, and to manage Cloud Consumption budgets, collate and track Cloud expenditure and monitor Cloud spend against forecast to ensure we remain within allocated funds. The role holder is required to proactively analyse and interpret data and highlight risks or opportunities and to operate within the function’s processes and standard operating procedures and actively contribute to the running of the Cloud Governance Committee.
This is an evolved role for Peoples Partnership as we move our in-house applications to the Microsoft Azure cloud and take a modern approach to bringing Cloud FinOps and traditional IT Asset Management together to provide a seamless and comprehensive view of technology infrastructure and expense.
* Identify and drive cloud cost optimisation and saving recommendations across the organisation
* Implement and operate tools and systems to measure and report on Cloud Consumption
* Produce insightful reports that can be shared with and actioned by the Cloud Governance Committee
* Plan, implement and own the IT hardware, software, and licencing of assets.
* Ensure an Asset register is maintained and up to date capturing all IT Asset related data.
* Carry out regular IT asset audits to ensure that all IT assets are accurately recorded
What we’re looking for:
* Solid understand and experience of Cloud FinOps
* Ability to work autonomously
* Excellent relationship management skills. Ability to establish strong working relationships with IT, business and other stakeholders
* Management of documentation for IT Asset and procurement processes, policies, and workflows
* Asset and procurement life cycle strategy development
* ITIL qualified &/or experienced
* Proven experience using Azure based tools and reporting capabilities to review and provide MI related to run costs, actual and projection.
* Excellent understanding of the Azure Advisor to assess and make recommendations to assist with cost reductions.
* Knowledge of Azure features, technologies, and licensing models to support cost reduction recommendations.
What you can expect from us:
* Generous pension contributions with an employer contribution of up to 14%
* Real living wage
* Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance
* Employee healthcare
* Parental and adoption leave
* Learning & development opportunities and study support
* Travel season ticket loans
* Subsidised restaurant in our Crawley office
* Volunteering days and charity payroll giving
* Onsite gym
* Ride-to-Work scheme
* Social clubs and events
You can learn more about how we support our employees on our website
Disability Statement
People's Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to treating all our people (and all who apply for a role at People's Partnership) equally and enabling them to perform at their best and demonstrate what they have to offer. We are a disability committed employer, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process (application, selection assessments where relevant, and interview) to enable you to show us the best “you
Location: Pound Hill, GB
Posted Date: 11/12/2024
About People’s Partnership:
At the heart of our not-for-profit organisation is a commitment and a motivation to make the future-saving experience a simple one for our members. We champion fairness and simplicity, not profit-chasing. Imagine a financial adventure where everyone's a winner, fuelled by our exceptional service and brought to life by the fantastic individuals who work for us. We're a diverse employer with a flexible, hybrid working approach, ensuring everyone gets the opportunity to come to work and be the best version of themselves.
What you'll be doing:
The role of the Asset Management and Cloud FinOps Lead is to manage, control and protect the organisation’s IT assets (hardware, software, and licencing) throughout their entire lifecycle, from acquisition through final disposition, and to manage Cloud Consumption budgets, collate and track Cloud expenditure and monitor Cloud spend against forecast to ensure we remain within allocated funds. The role holder is required to proactively analyse and interpret data and highlight risks or opportunities and to operate within the function’s processes and standard operating procedures and actively contribute to the running of the Cloud Governance Committee.
This is an evolved role for Peoples Partnership as we move our in-house applications to the Microsoft Azure cloud and take a modern approach to bringing Cloud FinOps and traditional IT Asset Management together to provide a seamless and comprehensive view of technology infrastructure and expense.
* Identify and drive cloud cost optimisation and saving recommendations across the organisation
* Implement and operate tools and systems to measure and report on Cloud Consumption
* Produce insightful reports that can be shared with and actioned by the Cloud Governance Committee
* Plan, implement and own the IT hardware, software, and licencing of assets.
* Ensure an Asset register is maintained and up to date capturing all IT Asset related data.
* Carry out regular IT asset audits to ensure that all IT assets are accurately recorded
What we’re looking for:
* Solid understand and experience of Cloud FinOps
* Ability to work autonomously
* Excellent relationship management skills. Ability to establish strong working relationships with IT, business and other stakeholders
* Management of documentation for IT Asset and procurement processes, policies, and workflows
* Asset and procurement life cycle strategy development
* ITIL qualified &/or experienced
* Proven experience using Azure based tools and reporting capabilities to review and provide MI related to run costs, actual and projection.
* Excellent understanding of the Azure Advisor to assess and make recommendations to assist with cost reductions.
* Knowledge of Azure features, technologies, and licensing models to support cost reduction recommendations.
What you can expect from us:
* Generous pension contributions with an employer contribution of up to 14%
* Real living wage
* Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance
* Employee healthcare
* Parental and adoption leave
* Learning & development opportunities and study support
* Travel season ticket loans
* Subsidised restaurant in our Crawley office
* Volunteering days and charity payroll giving
* Onsite gym
* Ride-to-Work scheme
* Social clubs and events
You can learn more about how we support our employees on our website
Disability Statement
People's Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to treating all our people (and all who apply for a role at People's Partnership) equally and enabling them to perform at their best and demonstrate what they have to offer. We are a disability committed employer, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process (application, selection assessments where relevant, and interview) to enable you to show us the best “you
Location: Pound Hill, GB
Posted Date: 11/12/2024
Contact Information
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