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AWS Cloud for Finance Professionals

Course Summary:

In this course, you will learn how finance professionals can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to adopt cloud in a fiscally responsible manner. You will gain foundational knowledge to help you manage, optimize, and plan cloud spend. You will learn how to influence your organization’s builders to be more accountable and cost conscious. Finally, you will consider how you can use AWS to innovate in your finance organization.

Course Duration: 2 Days

Course Content:

Day 1

Module 1: Introduction

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

Module 2: Planning and Forecasting

Estimate cloud workload costs
Activity 2.1: Build and refine a cost estimate
Budget and forecast cloud costs
Improve cloud financial predictability

Module 3: Measurement and Accountability

KPIs and unit metrics
Cost visibility and monitoring
Demonstration 3.1: Tools for cost visibility, tools for cost monitoring
Cost allocation and accountability
Cost allocation building blocks

Day 2

Module 4: Cost Optimization

Usage optimizations
Commitment-based purchase options
Activity 4.1: Cost optimization

Module 5: Cloud Financial Operations

Organizational change for CFM
Organization models for CFM
Activity 5.1: Organizational models
Establish a cost-aware organizational culture
Governance, control, and agility
AWS governance and control building blocks
Automated-based governance using AWS services

Module 6: Financial Transformation and Innovation

Keys to financial innovation
Financial transformation
Activity 6.1: Solutions for financial innovation

Module 7: Resources and Next Steps

Module resources

Next steps