Cloud Services Finance Manager

Reddit is a network of more than 100,000 communities where people can dive into anything through experiences built around their interests, hobbies and passions. Reddit users submit, vote and comment on content, stories and discussions about the topics they care about the most. From pets to parenting, there’s a community for everybody on Reddit and with more than 50 million daily active people, it is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

We are looking for a Cloud Services Finance Manager who is interested in charting the future of Reddit. You will work closely with infrastructure, data, and finance stakeholders to forecast and provide impactful analysis, insights, and recommendations as the primary manager of our cloud infrastructure spend. If you are excited about joining an awesome team that’s creating the future of Finance at Reddit and love having an impact on how mission driven organizations like Reddit operate, this job is for you!

How you’ll have impact:

Reddit’s mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone in the world, and you will be pivotal in making that happen. You will be the guiding force behind many of the decisions made at the highest levels of the organization by providing visibility on our cloud spend and drive efficiency in how we are spending.

What you’ll learn:

As the Cloud Services Finance Manager,  you will work side by side with a world-class org of Technology, Product, and Business practitioners who work together to build the future of Reddit. Cloud spend is one of our most critical spend categories, so it’s an exciting time to get a chance to define the rules around how we spend and be the key driver behind how we spend on Cloud infrastructure. 

What you’ll do:

• Daily monitoring and daily and monthly reporting on cloud spend

• Responsible for partnering with the infrastructure, engineering, and product teams to understand the cloud demand forecast and daily resource management.

• Develop and maintain cost and forecasting models to provide required insights to current and future cloud spend

• Review cloud utilization and make recommendations on Reserved Instance strategy and discounts for optimization.

• Produce reports and analysis from cloud-native and 3rd party tools.

• Lead and drive tagging requirements to ensure proper tracking and reporting of data.

Who you might be:

• 5+ years finance-related experience 

• 2+ years experience with at least one public Cloud Provider: AWS, Azure, or GCP including making recommendations related to Reserved Instances, Enterprise Discounts, and Cloud Contract terms.

• Extensive knowledge of cloud technology and cost components/drivers

• Experience with large and complex cloud environments.

• Strong financial background e.g., creating ROI, TCO, and cost optimization strategies.

• Passion for optimizing cloud costs and efficiencies.

• Experience performing cloud cost reporting.

• Experience with BI tools, SQL queries, organizing data, and building reporting dashboards.

• Entrepreneurial and self-directed, demonstrated ability to innovate and bias toward action in fast-paced environments