Senior Consultant, FinOps Strategy, Governance & Value Realization

responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week. Role Overview And Core Responsibilities The Senior Consultant, Fin Ops Strategy, Governance & Value Realization is a senior individual contributor role responsible for advancing Trans Union’s cloud and AI economics, infrastructure cost transparency, capacity planning, and value realization capabilities Core Responsibilities are the main areas of ownership for the role. For this role, I’d summarize them as: Cloud /AI infrastructure Cost Reporting: Own trusted reporting for cloud, AI, and on-prem infrastructure spend across leadership levels. Capacity Planning & Utilization Analysis: Consolidate demand signals, analyze usage trends, and support forward-looking capacity decisions. Optimization Pipeline & Value Realization: Manage cost optimization opportunities from identification through Finance-validated realization. Fin Ops Governance & Standards: Build governance processes, playbooks, RACIs, reporting standards, and escalation models. Federated Fin Ops Enablement: Support embedded Fin Ops leaders with training, data packages, benchmarks, and consistent operating practices. Cross-Functional Influence: Partner with engineering, finance, and business stakeholders to drive decisions, accountability, and cost ownership. Required Knowledge And Experiences Experience in cloud financial management, infrastructure capacity planning, IT finance, enterprise reporting, or a closely related analytical discipline. Advanced understanding of cloud and business capacity planning, with a strong track record in performance analysis and executive-level reporting. Advanced knowledge of public cloud platforms — GCP and/or AWS — including savings plans, committed-use discounts, reservations, tagging strategies, and resource lifecycle management. Proficiency in Google Big Query for querying, modeling, and analyzing cloud cost and usage datasets at scale. Deep, hands-on understanding of enterprise infrastructure including server, storage, network, virtualization (VMware), database, middleware, and common operating systems. Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power Point for reporting and executive communication; hands-on experience with cloud cost tooling such as Harness CCM strongly preferred. Experience building and owning capacity utilization reporting across storage, server, VMware, database, and network infrastructure. Demonstrated ability to manage and interpret usage statistics, develop forward-looking capacity projections, and validate assumptions with stakeholders. Proven ability to work independently and lead complex analytical workstreams in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities. Strong influencing and communication skills — able to translate complex infrastructure and cost data into clear recommendations and executive narratives. Experience mentoring or guiding junior analysts or consultants. The ability to socialize ideas, build cross-functional consensus, and drive decisions in a matrixed or federated organization. GOOD TO HAVE Fin Ops Foundation certification (FOCP or equivalent) or equivalent demonstrated expertise in Fin Ops operating models. Scripting or automation skills — VBA, Power Shell, SQL, or Python — with a track record of building reporting automation that reduces manual effort. Experience with Splunk or similar observability/analytics platforms for infrastructure performance analysis. Experience integrating cloud /AI economics data into enterprise financial planning workflows including forecasting, budgeting, chargeback/showback, and savings recognition. Experience designing or operating within a federated or matrixed technology organization across cloud engineering, product engineering, and finance functions. Familiarity with JIRA, Service Now/Remedy, or similar workflow systems for optimization tracking and work-item routing. Experience with AI/ML or GPU infrastructure economics and governance. Background in cloud cost automation, anomaly detection, or agent-based Fin Ops tooling Trans Union Overview: At Trans Union, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver’s seat of their professional development— while having access to help along the way. 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