What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal FinOps Analyst position at MiniMed?
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 15 May 2026
At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.
About The Role
The Principal FinOps Analyst drives financial transparency, accountability, and optimization across the organization’s cloud footprint. This role partners with engineering, finance, and business leaders to analyze cloud spend, improve cost allocation accuracy, and support data-driven budgeting and forecasting.
The Principal FinOps Analyst focuses on financial insight and reporting, while collaborating closely with engineering to influence cost-efficient architectural and operational decisions. This role ensures every dollar of cloud spend is attributable, visible, and aligned to business value.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
7 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 5 years of experience with an advanced degree or 12 years of experience with a high school diploma or equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
Benefits & Compensation
MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package
At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$116,000.00 - $174,000.00
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Short Term Incentive (STI).
At MiniMed, we are committed to supporting the well-being and financial security of our employees. Regular employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for a robust benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as access to a Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, life insurance, long-term disability leave, and a dependent daycare spending account. In addition, all regular employees enjoy incentive plans, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term disability coverage, paid time off and holidays, participation in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and access to our Employee Assistance Program. Eligible employees may also benefit from our Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan, subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements. Please note that “regular employees” refers to those who are not temporary staff, such as interns, and some benefits may not apply to employees in Puerto Rico.
For further details about our comprehensive benefits, we encourage you to visit the link below.
About MiniMed
MiniMed Benefits Overview
MiniMed is a full-stack insulin delivery company dedicated to supporting people living with diabetes through every step of their journey — when and how they need it. For more than 40 years, we’ve been committed to redefining what’s possible: intelligent dosing systems designed for real life, predictive insights that stay a step ahead, and always on support when it’s needed most. At the heart of everything we do is a simple Mission: to make every day a better day for people with diabetes.
Learn more about our business, and our mission here.
It is the policy of MiniMed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, MiniMed will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
If you are applying to perform work for MiniMed in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which MiniMed reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. MiniMed will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.
About The Role
The Principal FinOps Analyst drives financial transparency, accountability, and optimization across the organization’s cloud footprint. This role partners with engineering, finance, and business leaders to analyze cloud spend, improve cost allocation accuracy, and support data-driven budgeting and forecasting.
The Principal FinOps Analyst focuses on financial insight and reporting, while collaborating closely with engineering to influence cost-efficient architectural and operational decisions. This role ensures every dollar of cloud spend is attributable, visible, and aligned to business value.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Monitor daily cloud spend across providers and identify anomalies, waste, and optimization opportunities.
- Produce recurring cost reports by cost center, business unit, and application.
- Maintain and validate tagging compliance for financial allocation accuracy.
- Support budgeting and forecasting processes with trend analysis and variance reporting.
- Assist in modeling and tracking savings mechanisms (e.g., committed use discounts, reserved capacity).
- Partner with engineering teams to review high-cost workloads and recommend optimization strategies.
- Develop and maintain dashboards for executive and operational stakeholders.
- Participate in monthly business reviews to explain cost drivers and trends.
- Support chargeback and showback frameworks.
- Contribute to ongoing maturity of FinOps processes, documentation, and governance standards.
7 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 5 years of experience with an advanced degree or 12 years of experience with a high school diploma or equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications
- 2–5 years of experience in finance, FP&A, cloud cost analysis, or related analytical roles.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, SQL, or data visualization tools.
- Working knowledge of cloud billing constructs (compute, storage, data transfer, licensing).
- Ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable insights.
- Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
- Experience with FinOps or cloud cost management tools.
- Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP billing structures.
- Understanding of tagging strategies and cost allocation models.
- Experience supporting chargeback/showback in enterprise environments.
- FinOps Foundation Practitioner certification or cloud certifications.
- Success Metrics: Accurate and timely cost reporting, improved tagging compliance and allocation coverage, reduced unallocated or “unknown” , measurable spend cost optimization outcomes, increased financial transparency across engineering and business units.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
Benefits & Compensation
MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package
At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$116,000.00 - $174,000.00
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Short Term Incentive (STI).
At MiniMed, we are committed to supporting the well-being and financial security of our employees. Regular employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for a robust benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as access to a Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, life insurance, long-term disability leave, and a dependent daycare spending account. In addition, all regular employees enjoy incentive plans, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term disability coverage, paid time off and holidays, participation in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and access to our Employee Assistance Program. Eligible employees may also benefit from our Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan, subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements. Please note that “regular employees” refers to those who are not temporary staff, such as interns, and some benefits may not apply to employees in Puerto Rico.
For further details about our comprehensive benefits, we encourage you to visit the link below.
About MiniMed
MiniMed Benefits Overview
MiniMed is a full-stack insulin delivery company dedicated to supporting people living with diabetes through every step of their journey — when and how they need it. For more than 40 years, we’ve been committed to redefining what’s possible: intelligent dosing systems designed for real life, predictive insights that stay a step ahead, and always on support when it’s needed most. At the heart of everything we do is a simple Mission: to make every day a better day for people with diabetes.
Learn more about our business, and our mission here.
It is the policy of MiniMed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, MiniMed will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
If you are applying to perform work for MiniMed in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which MiniMed reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. MiniMed will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Salary : $116,000 - $174,000