Senior Consultant, FinOps Strategy, Governance & Value Realization

Role overview

Senior Consultant, FinOps Strategy, Governance & Value Realization at TransUnion CIBIL

The Senior Consultant, FinOps Strategy, Governance & Value Realization is a senior individual contributor role responsible for advancing TransUnion’s cloud and AI economics, infrastructure cost transparency, capacity planning, and value realization capabilities

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Responsibilities

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• 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.
• FinOps Governance & Standards: Build governance processes, playbooks, RACIs, reporting standards, and escalation models.
• Federated FinOps Enablement: Support embedded FinOps 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 BigQuery 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.
• 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.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for reporting and executive communication; hands-on experience with cloud cost tooling such as Harness CCM strongly preferred.
• FinOps Foundation certification (FOCP or equivalent) or equivalent demonstrated expertise in FinOps operating models.
• Scripting or automation skills — VBA, PowerShell, 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, ServiceNow/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 FinOps tooling
• TransUnion Overview:
• At TransUnion, 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.
• We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that’s why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence.
• Be a part of our Workforce for Good – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.
• TransUnion Job Title
• Sr Consultant, Strategic Planning

Employment details

• Its mission is to build strategy ,trusted reporting, governance standards, and decision-ready insights that help TransUnion manage cloud infrastructure & AI spend more effectively while enabling sustainable technology growth.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

• Location: Pune [India], Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad

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Additional role details

• Team Overview
• he GTDA FinOps Strategy, Governance & Value Realization team sits at the intersection of technology, business, and finance.
• The team partners across Cloud Engineering, Product Engineering, Platform Engineering, Finance, and business leadership to improve cost transparency, capacity planning, optimization accountability, and investment value realization.