MELANIE EDWARDS
Dayton,OH
Work Preference
Summary
Results-oriented leader with over 15 years of experience in finance transformations across global organizations. Expertise in establishing Cloud Centers of Excellence (CCoE) and refining finance operating models. Proven ability to implement data-driven strategies that improve operational efficiency and drive financial performance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Principal FinOps Lead Consultant
LEFLORE CONSULTING
05.2025 - Current
- CCoE Strategy: Architect Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) frameworks to bridge the gap between engineering, finance, and executive leadership.
- Governance & Policy: Establish cloud governance models and tagging policies to ensure 100% cost allocation and accountability.
- Strategic Advisory: Partner with enterprise organizations to deliver initial assessments and strategic roadmaps for sustainable cloud growth.
- Cultural Transformation: Lead sessions to foster a culture of financial accountability and variable cloud consumption models.
Associate Director, FinOps
CARRIER
11.2022 - 04.2025
- Leadership: Provided leadership to the FinOps team, overseeing cloud financial management across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Strategy: Developed cost management strategies and offered thought leadership to executive leadership with financial performance insights.
- Optimization: Spearheaded rightsizing, purchasing RIs, and consolidating idle resources, resulting in significant savings.
- Reporting: Presented regular operational reviews to leadership, providing key insights for strategic decision-making.
Senior Manager, FinOps
CVS HEALTH
01.2020 - 11.2022
- Governance: Implemented standardized processes and governance frameworks for resource consumption and cost allocation.
- Transparency: Delivered regular reports and trend analyses to leadership, promoting financial transparency.
- Collaboration: Leveraged environment knowledge to assist support teams in resolving issues and enhancing customer focus.
Sr. Operational Data Analytics Manager (Consultant)
COMCAST
11.2018 - 12.2019
- Analytics: Provided thought leadership through financial/operational analyses used for developing data-driven strategies.
- Dashboards: Built high-quality dashboards to support and drive strategic direction.
- Team Building: Developed an agile team, managing work allocation, training, and performance evaluations.
Senior Financial Analyst
MACY’S SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
11.2015 - 10.2018
- Consulting: Partnered with business leaders to guide and influence long-term and strategic decision-making.
- Compliance: Satisfied audit requirements to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance.
- Vendor Management: Performed centralized management of external vendor resources and contract negotiations.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Strategy & Management
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UTBachelor of Science - Finance
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UTSkills
- Cloud financial management
- Cost optimization strategies
- Strategic advisory services
- Cloud governance frameworks
- Data analysis and reporting
- Cloud resource management
- Executive communication skills
- Financial transparency initiatives
- Cultural transformation facilitation
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Organizational development
- Stakeholder engagement strategies
- Cloud computing expertise
- Best practices implementation
Certification
FinOps Practioner
TBM
AWS Optimization
Azure AZ-900
Timeline
Principal FinOps Lead Consultant
LEFLORE CONSULTING
05.2025 - Current
Associate Director, FinOps
CARRIER
11.2022 - 04.2025
Senior Manager, FinOps
CVS HEALTH
01.2020 - 11.2022
Sr. Operational Data Analytics Manager (Consultant)
COMCAST
11.2018 - 12.2019
Senior Financial Analyst
MACY’S SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
11.2015 - 10.2018
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Strategy & Management
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science - Finance
Western Governors University