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About the role
- IT Budget Analyst driving cost optimisation across cloud and IT infrastructure at Vodafone. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure technology investments align with business objectives and are managed efficiently.
Responsibilities
- The role is responsible to drive cost optimisation, and value realisation across cloud and IT infrastructure spending.
- Bridge engineering, product, and finance teams, ensuring that technology investments are aligned with business objectives and managed efficiently through data-driven financial operations.
- Develop and maintain the financial operations governance model, policies, and cost control standards.
- Ensure compliance with financial, budgetary, and procurement policies for cloud and infrastructure spending.
- Drive adoption and consistency of these practices across teams.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, procurement, and finance to deliver cost optimisation initiatives.
- Communicate spending trends, risks, and optimisation opportunities via reports and dashboards.
- Monitor cloud usage and cost data to identify waste, anomalies, and rightsizing opportunities.
- Lead optimisation actions such as sizing, scheduling, lifecycle management, and architecture improvements.
- Develop financial models for forecasting, budgeting, and implement chargeback for transparency.
- Track IT charges, variances, and provide early warnings; support budgeting with accurate forecasts.
- Challenge spending requests and manage cost commitments, contracts, and reservations to avoid overruns.
Requirements
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Finance or other related field
- Proven experience in financial analysis, IT budgeting, and cross-functional environments involving IT, engineering, finance, and procurement.
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and consumption-based pricing models.
- Solid experience in analysing large datasets (usage, invoices, cost reports) to derive actionable insights.
- Solid understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling techniques.
- Ability to challenge cost drivers and recommend optimised alternatives.
- Experience collaborating with procurement, finance, and vendor management teams.
- Strong governance mindset with attention to detail and compliance.
- Excellent communication skills to translate technical concepts into business language.
- Proactive problem-solving and prioritisation skills to drive initiatives to completion.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills in Greek & English.
Benefits
- Competitive pay, bonus & remuneration package
- Private Health & Medical Insurance
- Hybrid way of working: a blend of 60% remote and 40% office-based working, including the option to work up to 20 days from abroad
- Unlimited connectivity with our mobile, landline and Vodafone TV services – Experience first what our customers love
- Unlimited access to learning resources and trainings
- Vodafone Parental Leave: 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave to all employees regardless of gender, sexual orientation or length of service
- Remote work equipment to help you create a comfortable, ergonomic workspace at home
- Spirit of Vodafone days: dedicated time to pause, develop new skills and connect with our teams, values and services
- Extra days off: Vodafone Day, Family Day, Volunteering Day
- Office amenities (subject to the office location): such as restaurant, beauty corner, gym and parking
- Special employee offers and discounts
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