Operations Cost Analyst
About the position
About the Team Zoom is an award-winning workplace. We have been recognized by Comparably and Glassdoor as #1 CEO, Company Happiness, Benefits, Compensation, Diversity, and more! Our culture focuses on delivering happiness, our commitment to transparency, and the tangible benefits we provide our employees and our customers.
Responsibilities
• Being responsible for managing the entire lifecycle of hardware assets within Zoom’s data centers.
• Coordinates with data center operations and engineering teams for hardware moves, adds, and changes.
• Maintaining an accurate and up-to-date inventory of all data center hardware assets, including servers, networking equipment, storage devices, and related components
• Refining asset tracking processes and procedures to ensure compliance with up to date company policies and industry best practices.
• Conducting regular audits of hardware assets to verify inventory accuracy and identify discrepancies.
• Overseeing the decommissioning and disposal of end-of-life hardware, ensuring data sanitization and adherence to applicable rules and regulations.
• Developing and maintaining documentation related to hardware asset management processes and procedures.
• Performs data analysis to support strategic business decisions.
• Generating reports on asset utilization, lifecycle status, and cost analysis.
• Performs monthly carrier and data center expense analysis to support cost reduction initiatives.
• Reviews capital and operational expenses for abnormal usages, rate accuracy and determine course of action to remediate.
• Manages telecom and data center expenses.
• Evaluates and track global carrier rate plans (inbound/outbound rate, TF, local#, etc.)
• Supporting the monthly close and forecasting process, working closely with accounting in reconciling month-end close numbers with forecast, and continuously refining forecast variables.
• Collaborates with the Zoom Accounts payable and Finance teams to manage Purchase Orders and track the receipt of products and services.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery to facilitate on-time vendor payments.
Requirements
• BS/BA in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, or a highly analytical field.
• 5+ years related experience in Finance and Business analysis.
• Demonstrate an understanding of data center hardware components and infrastructure.
• Prioritize asset management software and tools.
• Build business cases, financial forecasts, pricing analysis, and cost improvement initiatives.
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About the Team Zoom is an award-winning workplace. We have been recognized by Comparably and Glassdoor as #1 CEO, Company Happiness, Benefits, Compensation, Diversity, and more! Our culture focuses on delivering happiness, our commitment to transparency, and the tangible benefits we provide our employees and our customers.
Responsibilities
• Being responsible for managing the entire lifecycle of hardware assets within Zoom’s data centers.
• Coordinates with data center operations and engineering teams for hardware moves, adds, and changes.
• Maintaining an accurate and up-to-date inventory of all data center hardware assets, including servers, networking equipment, storage devices, and related components
• Refining asset tracking processes and procedures to ensure compliance with up to date company policies and industry best practices.
• Conducting regular audits of hardware assets to verify inventory accuracy and identify discrepancies.
• Overseeing the decommissioning and disposal of end-of-life hardware, ensuring data sanitization and adherence to applicable rules and regulations.
• Developing and maintaining documentation related to hardware asset management processes and procedures.
• Performs data analysis to support strategic business decisions.
• Generating reports on asset utilization, lifecycle status, and cost analysis.
• Performs monthly carrier and data center expense analysis to support cost reduction initiatives.
• Reviews capital and operational expenses for abnormal usages, rate accuracy and determine course of action to remediate.
• Manages telecom and data center expenses.
• Evaluates and track global carrier rate plans (inbound/outbound rate, TF, local#, etc.)
• Supporting the monthly close and forecasting process, working closely with accounting in reconciling month-end close numbers with forecast, and continuously refining forecast variables.
• Collaborates with the Zoom Accounts payable and Finance teams to manage Purchase Orders and track the receipt of products and services.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery to facilitate on-time vendor payments.
Requirements
• BS/BA in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, or a highly analytical field.
• 5+ years related experience in Finance and Business analysis.
• Demonstrate an understanding of data center hardware components and infrastructure.
• Prioritize asset management software and tools.
• Build business cases, financial forecasts, pricing analysis, and cost improvement initiatives.
Apply Now
Apply Now