ITFM Services Associate Director
Job Description
Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?
Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.
The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.
Pay and Benefits:
- Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
- Pension / Retirement benefits
- Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).
The Impact you will have in this role:
We are seeking a FinOps Practitioner to lead cloud financial optimization across AWS, Azure, and Snowflake environments in a regulated financial services organization. This role bridges the gap between Finance, Engineering, and Cloud Operations, ensuring that cloud resources are aligned with business objectives and cost efficiency goals.
The ideal candidate combines financial acumen, cloud platform expertise, and leadership capability to drive strategic cloud cost management initiatives, governance frameworks, and a culture of fiscal accountability.
Your Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead FinOps practices to optimize and govern cloud spend across AWS, Azure, and Snowflake platforms.
- Develop and enforce cost allocation models, chargeback/showback frameworks, and tagging policies.
- Establish governance standards for resource usage, pricing model adoption (e.g., Reserved Instances, Savings Plans), and Snowflake warehouse optimization.
- Conduct in-depth analysis of multi-cloud cost data to identify savings opportunities, waste, and efficiency improvements.
- Implement rightsizing, instance scheduling, and reserved capacity recommendations.
- Partner with engineering teams to balance performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
- Collaborate with Finance and Business Unit leaders on budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for cloud and data platform expenses.
- Build and maintain cloud spend models, demonstrating historical trends and business growth metrics.
- Communicate cost performance insights to senior management through reports and dashboards.
- Apply cost management tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Snowflake Usage Views, CloudHealth, CloudAware or Cloudability) for continuous monitoring and reporting.
- Serve as a liaison between Finance, Engineering, Architecture, and Product teams to foster cost-awareness and accountability.
- Provide advisory support on architectural decisions with financial impact analysis.
- Champion FinOps principles and procedures across the organization.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 8 years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
Talents Needed for Success:
- 5-8 years of experience in cloud cost management, cloud operations, or technology finance, ideally in financial services or a regulated industry.
- Deep working knowledge of AWS, Azure, and Snowflake billing, pricing models, and optimization levers.
- Experience managing multi-cloud cost reporting and governance frameworks.
Strong understanding of FinOps principles, budgeting, forecasting, and cloud cost transparency practices. - Advanced Excel and data visualization skills (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or QuickSight).
Excellent communication and collaborator management skills with both technical and finance audiences. - FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional credential.
- Familiarity with ITIL, Cloud Governance.
- Experience with data platforms and Snowflake usage optimization.
- Proficiency in scripting or SQL for custom cost analytics and automation.
- Strategic and analytical problem solver with attention to detail
- Strong financial literacy and business insight
- Ability to influence across engineering and finance teams
- Proactive attitude for continuous improvement and innovation
- Strong leadership and collaborator communication
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The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
About Us
With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC's Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com or connect with us on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , Facebook and Instagram .
DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you'll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It's the chance to make a difference at a company that's truly one of a kind.
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About the Team
DTCC Solutions delivers information-based and business processing solutions to financial intermediaries globally.
As part of DTCC Solutions, the Business Risk Management (BRM) team works closely with the business, technology and control functions, as well as BRM staff, to identify, measure, monitor, control and escalate risks for assigned Solutions business(es). BRM develops deep and broad product and risk knowledge necessary to effectively measure and manage risk and works in collaboration with senior management to manage these risks within defined risk tolerances, as approved by the Board and senior management.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- FSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Long-Term Disability
- HSA
- Pet Insurance
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- On-site/Nearby Childcare
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Return-to-Work Program
Work Flexibility
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
- Work-From-Home Stipend
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Snacks
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Company Outings
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
- Volunteer Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Financial Counseling
- Pension
Professional Development
- Work Visa Sponsorship
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Learning and Development Stipend
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Internship Program
- Professional Coaching
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Unconscious Bias Training