Jobs, fresher vacancy - FinOps Data & Reporting Analyst • South Yorkshire

Company: Square One Resources

South Yorkshire

Job Title: FinOps Data & Reporting AnalystLocation: SheffieldSalary/Rate: £297 per day inside IR35Start Date: August 2025Job Type: 5 month ContractThe ideal candidate will be in partnership with the Chief Technology Office to proactively provide insights regarding rightsizing opportunities across Datacentre and End User technologies, thus allowing internal customers/business functions to reduce their utilisation and spend on technology infrastructure. Job Responsibilities/Objectives1. Supporting the analysis, planning and execution of optimisation/rightsizing tactics, working with business aligned IT functions to optimise their on-premise infrastructure (eg servers, storage, database, mainframe, PC's) consumption and spend.2. Tracking benefits achieved through rightsizing, including direct cost impacts, reduced datacentre space, power and carbon needs, and the re-use of relinguished assets (thus deferring additional spend).3. Provision of presentation materials relating to technology usage, charges and optimisation opportunities, comprising data sourced from internal billing systems, infrastructure inventories and utilisation reporting.Required Skills/Experience1. Strong analytical background with the ability to proactively create, interrogate, interpret and draw conclusions/ next steps from IT financial data, and present in an easy to consume way.2. Excel data analysis, SQL, Power BI, data mapping3. Experience with charting and other data visualisation techniques, highly quality Powerpoint is a must.4. Understanding of IT services, financial management processes and best practices such as budgeting, cost allocations, and recharges for infrastructure services.5. Working knowledge of IT infrastructure domains including data centres, network/communications, server utilisation, virtual environments and storage (likely from working within an IT infrastructure function).Desirable Skills/Experience1. Knowledge of IT Financial Management (ITFM), Technology Business Management (TBM) and/or FinOps principles.2. Awareness of ApptioOne or similar IT cost management solution.3. ITIL or Service Management background.4. Logical data mapping experience and use of SQL queries would be desirable.If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.DisclaimerNotwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.