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Sue Yamanoha

San Francisco Bay Area,US

Summary

I am an accomplished Cloud Finance Specialist with a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) background and a proven track record of optimizing public cloud spending and promoting FinOps capabilities and best practices within the organization. My exceptional interpersonal and communication skills enable me to effectively collaborate with engineering, product, and finance teams, bridging the gap between technology and finance to align cloud objectives with company financial goals. I am passionate about staying ahead of FinOps trends and continuously enhancing my knowledge and skills in this rapidly evolving field.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Cloud Cost Analyst - Product Engineering

Five9
10.2021 - 03.2024
  • Spearheaded financial analysis efforts on public cloud spending and AI/ML expenses, delivering insights into spending trends, cost anomalies, and opportunities for cost savings, and collaborated with service owners to optimize resource utilization
  • Owned AWS Savings Plans and GCP Committed Use Discounts strategy to balance cost savings and financial risk
  • Fostered cross-functional collaboration with Platform and Product service owners and Finance to formulate budgets and forecasts for cloud-related expenses while diligently monitoring spending variances
  • Collaborated closely with the Procurement team to negotiate Cloud Service Provider contracts and manage vendor relations effectively
  • Worked cross-functionally with various Finance teams on month-end close activities, including cloud invoice cost allocations, flux reviews, and fulfilling quarter-end financial reporting requirements
  • Stayed up to date on Cloud FinOps trends, emerging technologies, and Cloud Service providers' new product offerings and capabilities.

Sr. Financial Analyst - Engineering and Product Finance

Salesforce
07.2016 - 03.2019
  • Built trusted relationships with infrastructure leadership across six acquired companies, integrating their engineering budgets into the overall Salesforce infrastructure budget
  • Partnered with the acquired company's infrastructure leadership team to develop and manage expense budgets for public cloud usage, software license spends, and workforce planning
  • Utilized cloud cost management tool CloudHealth to analyze public cloud spend and synthesized financial issues and communication of key messages to inform leadership
  • Worked cross-functionally to standardize AWS accrual methodology, SaaS sourcing to allocate software license expenses across business units, and Engineering and Product recruiting to manage workforce planning
  • Managed the month-end close and reporting process for 50M of public cloud spend.

Sr. Financial Analyst - M&A FP&A Integration

Oracle
01.2015 - 07.2016
  • Contributed to the M&A FP&A team's efforts, providing crucial support following the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an acquisition target and guiding the integration with Oracle's Global Business Finance organization
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with the acquired company's FP&A team and various internal departments to develop the two year operating budget by aligning the acquisition's financials into Oracle's fiscal calendar for executive management approval
  • Teamed up with Oracle M&A Accounting during month-end close to book the acquired company's P&L and headcount activity into Oracle's financial system throughout the integration process
  • Managed acquisition-specific mapping files and cost allocations, prepared quarterly acquisition scorecards and KPIs, and assisted in executive presentations.

Sr. Financial Analyst - Global Distribution & Supply Chain

Levi Strauss & Co.
02.2007 - 11.2014
  • Supported the financial planning, forecasting, and reporting for a $173M Global Distribution Network
  • Consolidated global quarterly financial forecasts and annual financial plans into reporting packages for management review and ensured all regions were within established financial targets
  • Reviewed month-end results to forecast, plan, and prior year and provided variance explanations
  • Successfully partnered with various internal finance groups and communicated results, targets, deadlines, and system upgrades with key stakeholders
  • Teamed with IT business partners to develop a Global Distribution Essbase Cube; validated and reconciled data across different business systems and integrated European and Asian regions into the performance reports
  • Collaborated with internal finance departments to implement a new expense allocation methodology due to the company's change from Brand to Channeled reporting
  • Streamlined planning and reporting processes; created standardized Essbase template.

Education

Bachelor of Science Business Administration Finance -

California State University, Sacramento

Skills

  • Public Cloud Cost Management
  • Financial Planning and Analysis Background
  • Understanding of Cloud Pricing Models
  • Experience with AWS Cost Explorer and GCP Billing Console
  • Cloud Cost Management Tool CloudHealth
  • Hyperion Essbase and Oracle GL
  • Advanced Proficiency in Excel
  • Experience with Procurement software Coupa

Certification

  • FinOps Certified Practitioner
  • FinOps For Containers
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Timeline

Sr. Cloud Cost Analyst - Product Engineering

Five9
10.2021 - 03.2024

Sr. Financial Analyst - Engineering and Product Finance

Salesforce
07.2016 - 03.2019

Sr. Financial Analyst - M&A FP&A Integration

Oracle
01.2015 - 07.2016

Sr. Financial Analyst - Global Distribution & Supply Chain

Levi Strauss & Co.
02.2007 - 11.2014

Bachelor of Science Business Administration Finance -

California State University, Sacramento
  • FinOps Certified Practitioner
  • FinOps For Containers
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

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