Finance Systems Finops Analyst

Job Description

Overview

The Finance Systems FinOps Analyst is responsible for financial governance, cost optimisation, vendor management, budgeting, forecasting, and commercial reporting across the Finance Systems application portfolio. The role provides financial visibility and control across software licences, maintenance contracts, cloud services, managed services, project expenditure, and operational support costs. Working closely with Finance, Procurement, Product, Delivery, Engineering, and Vendor partners, the FinOps Analyst ensures Finance Systems investments deliver measurable business value while maintaining strong commercial governance and budgetary control. The role supports strategic decision-making by providing financial insight, cost transparency, forecasting, and optimisation recommendations across Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Fusion, Oracle EPM, Oracle Analytics Cloud, SAP Concur, Blackline, and other Finance technology platforms.

Your role

• Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting activities for the Finance Systems portfolio.
• Collaborate with IT Finance team to monitor actual versus forecast spend and identify financial risks or variances.
• Maintain accurate records of software, support, hosting, licensing, and managed service costs.
• Monitor vendor invoices, purchase orders, accruals, and contract commitments.
• Manage procurement spend approval process, raising POs where required.
• Ensure financial commitments are accurately reflected in planning and reporting processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost visibility across the Finance Systems estate.
• Maintain inventories of software contracts and license volumes, maintenance agreements, licensing commitments, and renewals.
• Support contract renewals, procurement activities, and commercial negotiations.
• Monitor licence consumption, MSP draw down day budgets, utilisation, and compliance.
• Support software audits and vendor true-up activities.
• Ensure licence positions remain aligned with business demand and growth plans.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through optimisation, standardisation, consolidation, and improved utilisation.
• Establish metrics and KPIs for financial performance and optimisation opportunities.
• Support audit activities relating to contracts, licences, expenditure, and financial controls.
• Partner with Product Owners, Product Leads, Finance Business Partners, Procurement teams, Vendors, and Technology leaders.
• Support strategic planning and portfolio decision-making through financial analysis and recommendations.

About you

• Experience in financial analysis, IT financial management, procurement, commercial management, or technology operations.
• Knowledge of FinOps principles and cloud cost management practices.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting capabilities.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modelling and data analysis.
• Experience managing vendor spend, software contracts, or service agreements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and financial accuracy.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience producing management reports, dashboards, and business insights.

Desirable

• Experience supporting enterprise applications such as Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Fusion, SAP Concur, Oracle EPM, Blackline, or similar platforms.
• Experience with software asset management and licence compliance.
• Understanding of procurement, contract lifecycle management, and vendor governance.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Oracle Analytics Cloud, or similar reporting tools.
• Financial qualification or relevant certifications such as AAT, CIMA, ACCA, ITAM, SAM, or FinOps Practitioner.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type

Job Type

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.