Our mission is to create the Experience of a Lifetime for our employees, so they can, in turn, create the Experience of a Lifetime for our guests. We own and operate the most renowned destination resorts in the world as well as regional and local ski areas outside major cities, and connect them all through one unrivaled network. We are looking for ambitious leaders, innovators and creators to join our talented team. If you’re ready to pursue your fullest potential, we want to get to know you!
Candidates for year-round positions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted up to 90 days after the posting date, or until the position is filled (whichever is first).
Job Summary:
The Senior Analyst supports financial planning, cost management, cloud spend, and software asset management across Platform Services. The role improves visibility into budgets and technology spend, strengthens forecasting, and helps teams make informed decisions about enterprise platforms, software, and cloud services.
This role combines financial analysis with hands-on operational work. The analyst maintains and improves reporting, investigates variances and asset data, and follows recommendations through implementation and measurement. They work with Finance, Procurement, platform owners, and delivery teams, with clear decision boundaries for each.
Job Responsibilities:
Financial planning and analysis
- Support annual and multi-year planning, budget development, forecasts, and in-year reforecasts for Platform Services.
- Track actuals, commitments, forecast changes, and variances across enterprise platforms, software, cloud services, and other technology costs.
- Analyze OPEX and CAPEX spending, business planning cycles, renewals, and demand changes to identify financial impacts.
- Develop cost estimates and ROI analysis for proposed technology investments; explain assumptions, risks, and expected outcomes.
- Prepare concise financial insights and recommendations for leaders and budget owners.
FinOps and cloud cost management
- Analyze cloud usage and spending across Azure, AWS, and GCP as applicable to Platform Services.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities, underused resources, waste, and forecast risks; work with technical owners to validate and deliver improvements.
- Evaluate, recommend, implement, and monitor cloud commitments, including Azure Reservations and Savings Plans, AWS Reserved Instances and Savings Plans, and Google Cloud committed-use discounts.
- Track commitment coverage, utilization, realized savings, renewal dates, and changing demand; coordinate purchase and renewal recommendations with platform owners, Finance, and Procurement.
- Improve cost attribution through tagging, allocation, and reporting so cloud spend is traceable to the right services, teams, or business areas.
- Partner with product and platform teams to include cost estimates and accountability in planning and delivery workflows.
Software asset management
- Support day-to-day software asset management in ServiceNow, including software inventory, normalization, entitlement data, reclamation, and compliance reporting.
- Reconcile software deployments, licenses, contracts, and entitlements; investigate discrepancies and coordinate remediation with technical owners, Procurement, and vendors.
- Track renewals, maintenance, and usage to inform licensing decisions and reduce avoidable spend.
- Improve the quality, completeness, and consistency of software asset data and related processes.
Reporting and continuous improvement
- Build and maintain dashboards, forecasts, and recurring reports using Power BI and related reporting and data tools.
- Use Azure Synapse or comparable data platforms, where available, to combine and analyze financial, cloud usage, and software asset data.
- Translate complex data into clear trends, forecasts, risks, and recommendations for technical and business audiences.
- Document assumptions, data sources, definitions, and processes so results are understandable and repeatable.
- Identify opportunities to improve data quality, reporting automation, cost controls, and asset management processes.
Job Requirements:
- Experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, FinOps, software asset management, or a related technology operations role.
- Experience supporting budgets for enterprise technology platforms, including tracking actuals, forecasts, commitments, and variances.
- Knowledge of business planning cycles and OPEX versus CAPEX spending.
- Hands-on experience with ServiceNow Software Asset Management or a comparable enterprise SAM tool.
- Experience with Azure FinOps, including cost analysis and cloud cost optimization.
- Experience using Power BI and comparable reporting or data analysis tools to develop insights and forecasts.
- Ability to work with data from multiple sources, assess its quality, and explain findings clearly.
- Demonstrated ability to independently investigate ambiguous issues, develop recommendations, and follow through with stakeholders.
- Strong written, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Azure Synapse or a comparable data warehouse or analytics platform.
- Experience supporting software licensing, renewals, contract or entitlement reconciliation, and vendor coordination.
- Exposure to AWS and Google Cloud cost management, including commitment discounts.
- Experience with cloud cost allocation, tagging, chargeback, or showback.
- Relevant training or certification in FinOps, software asset management, business intelligence, or financial analysis.
Preferred Certifications
- ServiceNow CSA or SAM-related certification.
- Software/IT Asset Management or FinOps certification.
- Relevant FP&A, finance, accounting, or TBM certification.
The expected Total Compensation for this role is $73,841.00 - $105,487.00 + Annual Bonus. Individual compensation decisions are based on a variety of factors.
Job Benefits
- Ski/Mountain Perks! Free passes for employees, employee discounted lift tickets for friends and family AND free ski lessons
- MORE employee discounts on lodging, food, gear, and mountain shuttles
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Excellent training and professional development
Full Time roles are eligible for the above, plus:
- Health Insurance; Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance plans (for eligible seasonal employees after working 500 hours)
- Free ski passes for dependents
- Critical Illness and Accident plans
Vail Resorts offers a ‘Hybrid’ work environment for Broomfield-based roles where employees must live within 50 miles of the Broomfield office and work on-site Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and have flexibility to work off-site on Mondays and Fridays.
Please note that the ability to work in person or off-site, and the particulars related to such work, are subject to change at any time; and, accordingly, the Company reserves the right to change its policies and/or require in-person/in-office work or off-site work at any time in its sole discretion.
In completing this application, and when submitting related documentation, applicants may redact information that identifies their age, date of birth, and/or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
We follow all federal, state, and local laws including restrictions on child/minor labor. Minors hired into this position will not be asked or permitted to engage in any activities restricted to adult workers.
Vail Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.
Requisition ID 518480
Reference Date: 10/23/2026
Job Code Function: Project Management
