The AWS Cloud for Finance Professionals course equips finance professionals with essential knowledge of cost management strategies within the AWS cloud ecosystem. Participants will learn about AWS pricing models, cloud spending decisions, and the AWS Well-Architected Framework, enabling them to make informed financial decisions. The course emphasizes planning, forecasting, and accountability, providing tools to estimate and monitor cloud workloads effectively. Participants will also explore optimization techniques to enhance financial performance and drive innovation. This training is vital for finance professionals looking to leverage AWS for improved financial operations and decision-making.

AWS Cloud for Finance Professionals Course Objectives

  • Define cloud business value
  • Estimate costs associated with current and future cloud workloads
  • Use tools to report, monitor, allocate, optimize, and plan AWS spend
  • Optimize cloud spending and usage through pricing models
  • Establish best practices with Cloud Financial Management (CFM) and Cloud Financial Operations (Cloud FinOps)

Upcoming Schedules

Who Should Attend?

  • Finance Specialist

Course Prerequisites

Recommended

  • Cloud Computing and AWS from the digital version of AWS Cloud for Finance Professionals

Course Outline

  • Cloud spending decisions
  • AWS pricing
  • Cost drivers
  • AWS Well-Architected Framework
  • AWS Cloud Value Framework
  • Activity 1.1: Cloud value metrics
  • Cloud Financial Management
  • Activity 1.2: Cloud Financial Management outcomes