Lead Financial Analyst

Company Summary

EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products.

Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.


Department Summary

Our investment in the future needs those with an eye on the bottom line, and our Financial organization plays a vital role in supporting our game-changing ideas with creative solutions to complex problems. Team members have the unique opportunity to explore diverse business lines, gaining hands-on experience in various facets of finance, including accounting, audit and supply chain management.


Job Duties and Responsibilities

Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview.

This role addresses the complex challenge of aligning multi-cloud infrastructure consumption with corporate financial governance and business unit economics. The position requires bridging the gap between engineering execution and financial oversight, resolving opaque billing structures to establish a single, reliable source of truth. By designing automated cost optimization workflows and managing strategic usage commitments, the objective is to eliminate cloud spend waste while maintaining operational agility. Ultimately, this function ensures that rapid technology scaling remains financially sustainable and directly tied to strategic business value.

What Success Looks Like (Objectives)

• Architect the financial "translation layer" to map raw cloud consumption and on-premises infrastructure to business-facing service units and products.
• Lead the financial lifecycle of cloud consumption, from initial capacity planning and workload onboarding to long-term usage commitments and discount instrument management.
• Design and oversee automated workflows and AI-driven predictive modeling for real-time anomaly detection, resource right-sizing, and proactive commitment management.
• Partner with DevOps, Network Engineering, and Supply Chain to align technical roadmaps with financial constraints, utilizing configuration management data to ensure 100% asset transparency.
• Present high-impact financial insights and unit-economic narratives to senior leadership to drive strategic investment trade-offs and meet departmental OKRs.
• Strengthen financial processes and internal controls for cloud expenditures, software licensing, and labor capitalization, ensuring strict adherence to GAAP and regulatory standards.

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Core Skills and Competencies

• Expert mastery of cloud-native cost management tools and multi-cloud environments to optimize diverse infrastructure portfolios.
• Deep understanding of cloud services, including compute, storage, databases, and containerization, to strategically influence cost and resource allocation.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, and data lakehouse environments to execute complex, large-scale usage analyses.
• Strong skills in synchronizing disparate spend data across procurement, asset management, and financial planning systems to maintain a single source of truth.
• AI Application skills, specifically the ability to leverage modern machine learning and generative tools to automate anomaly detection, predictive forecasting, and cost optimization workflows.
• Proven experience leading financial analysis and cloud operations within complex, multi-entity technology environments.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Minimum Experience: 8 years of experience in financial analysis and cloud operations.
• Required Technical Skills: Must have at least 8 years of experience with:
  
  • Cloud-native cost management tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, CUR) and multi-cloud environments
  • SQL and Python for cloud usage and data analysis
  • FinOps principles and standards (FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified FOCUS Analyst is required)
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree or MBA in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
  • Advanced credentials such as FinOps Certified Professional or Technology Business Management (TBM) Council certifications (CTBA/CTBE).

Visa sponsorship not available for this role


Salary Ranges

Compensation: $96,250.00/Year - $137,500.00/Year
Benefits

We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: EchoStar Benefits.

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location.


Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.

EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact View email address on click.appcast.io if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.

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