Senior Manager, Cloud Finance and Analysis

Become a Part of the NIKE, Inc. Team

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At NIKE, Inc. it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

Today, the opportunities for growth across NIKE, Inc.’s business portfolio offer more potential than ever. Nike Finance employees play a key role in that progress by identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to drive value for every Nike shareholder. They manage accounting and reporting for Nike’s multi-billion-dollar global investment portfolio, debt and equity instruments, and other Treasury activities. They strategize, forecast, audit, analyze, budget, research and lead important decisions. Across Nike’s diverse geographies and businesses, Finance employees deliver far more than just the numbers.

Nike’s Global Technology Finance organization is looking for a Senior Manager, Cloud Finance and Analysis, to provide cloud finance, reporting, and analysis support to Nike’s Global Technology organization!

What you will work on

This person will be a trusted member of a global tech finance team responsible for leading the following efforts in tech finance:

• Cloud budgeting, planning, forecasting and reporting,
• Cloud Cost Optimization – finance engagements relating to cloud cost efficiency efforts, reducing our cloud unit cost and bending the overall cloud cost curve,
• Cloud portfolio analysis and results tracking – this includes building cloud unit cost metrics and operational key performance indicators and engaging with the various technology engineering teams on their Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud capacity provisioning and usage,
• Building cloud financial models and performance tracking reporting to elevate transparency around cloud economics such as compute utilization, storage optimization, etc
• Lead the annual and monthly cloud cost forecasting, analysis and reporting for the major cloud service providers, Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure

The ideal candidate must have deep solid understanding and experience with Cloud technology economics and finance and be able to drive finance alignment with leadership across Nike Global Tech functions and geographies. Candidate must understand and be able to work with large and sophisticated cloud datasets and perform deep financial analytics and modeling to drive business and operational storytelling regarding cloud usage and cost.

Who you will work with

As a leader in the Technology Finance team, the ideal candidate will report directly to the Senior Director, Technology Finance for Enterprise Technology! You will work closely with peers across both tech and non-tech finance teams and leaders across multiple domains in the Nike Global Technology organization. You will also work with other non-tech organizations, including the Nike Digital business group, Nike Customer Data Science, Customer Analytics and Customer Insights groups, etc., who are major cloud users. This role provides the Senior Manager, Cloud Finance and Analysis, the opportunity to interact, present, and influence Nike senior leadership to gain support for key technology initiatives and strategies with impact on the Nike Cloud Portfolio.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business analysis, mathematics/analytical finance, data science or computer science, information technology or computer engineering or a combination of the above
• 8+ years of directly relevant work experience in Technology, Cloud and Finance
• MBA, or graduate degree preferred.
• Work experience directly with technology Hardware, Software, Cloud/IaaS, PaaS and cloud related finance and analysis
• Experience working with any of the main cloud service providers, ie Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
• Experience working in a cloud-related finance or data science role in a major technology company that uses public cloud
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to derive 2nd level insights from unstructured data
• Proven ability to analyze and interpret cloud spend and cost data, including understanding of Total Cost of Ownership
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications, including advanced-level PowerPoint and Excel
• Working experience with data analysis tools such as the following: AWS, Spark, Python, SQL, ETL etc
• An ability to think Globally and work with an international culturally diverse team
• Passion for the NIKE brand

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.

NIKE, Inc. is a growth company that looks for team members to grow with it. Nike offers a generous total rewards package, casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture, and an electric atmosphere for professional development. No matter the location, or the role, every Nike employee shares one galvanizing mission: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world.

NIKE, Inc. is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.