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Middleton, WI, US

Plantation, Florida, US

• Partner with cross-functional teams including cloud engineers, application development teams, leadership, finance, and procurement to ensure cloud activities are undertaken in a fiscally responsible manner.
• Provide financial oversight and management of cloud operating budgets, chargebacks/showbacks, cost allocation, and forecasting.
• Create dashboards and reporting, providing teams visability into cost, usage, and resource utilizaton.
• Identify and implement cost optimization opportunities at the application and platform level, providing teams with recommendations and driving cost accountability.
• Collaborate with finance on forecasted spend, identifying headwinds, tailwinds, risks, and opportunites.
• Develop and deliver ongoing analysis of cost trends, identifying drivers and analyzing deviations from forecasted spend.

São José Dos Campos, SP, BR

• Responsible for planning and tracking of IT expenditure for North America operations, improving expenditure by 6% year-over-year cost reduction.
• Oversee IT governance operations, ensuring IT services and investments align with business goals, meeting 98% or higher yearly operation and financial KPI’s set by global operations.
• Develop and review monthly detailed expense reports for reporting and forecasting purposes, as well as analyze the integrity of the financial data.
• Perform variance analysis and identify trends to monitor financial performance.
• Lead corporate initiatives to identify cost savings and cost avoidance opportunities, reaching $70 million goal for 2019.
• Lead analysis and procurement process of IT commodities, from bidding to execution of services.

• Prepared contracts to regulate customer use of facilities, complying with State records management and operating procedures.
• Controlled inventory and issued rental facilities to customers, engaging with cross-functional teams for efficient operations.
• Maintained accurate sales and cash receipt records, facilitating data analysis and summary reports to County officials.

• Managed and optimized Customer Relationship Management (CRM) by identifying areas to improve business relationships with customers, improving customer retention.
• Oversight and maintenance of accounting and inventory.
• Responsible for user accounts and onboarding activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolution of IT service requests.