Is my career path a feasible one?
Hello everyone!
I am currently 27m and am at that stage of life where I have to decide what end game career goal I am looking to work towards.
I currently work as a Financial Analyst Team Lead over a small team of other Financial Analysts. I have my undergrad in Health Administration (I was a corpsman in the navy and thought this degree would benefit me at the time, I wasn’t thinking). Ended up getting out of the navy and working in the Health Finance sector. Mainly Health and Human services and Pharmaceutical Accounting. I am finishing my MBA currently but really had the urge to do a concentration in IT management. I’ve always loved technology and have become so useful at my current job where I have taken it upon myself to build small data pipelines, build Power BI dashboards, running financial queries that auto-format/update so that they are ready for visualization, and more automation style work. I really love how things work and taking things apart and restructuring them at the lowest level to boost efficiency.
All that being said, would it be too big of a jump to go into FinOps for IT organizations? I really have grown to love Finance but would like to shift from the healthcare sector to a more IT related field.
As I wrap up my MBA in August I have a plan to knock out some certifications to help with my career ideas.
Certs I am looking to get over the next year:
PL-300
Security+
AWS Cloud Practitioner
AWS Solutions Architect
AZ-900
FinOps Practitioner
I know it is a lot of certs but usually when I enjoy something I get addicted to it (ADHD) and can’t stop looking at videos and really just surrounding myself to the concepts.
If any FinOps workers are out there, please bless me with your guidance. Or if anyone else has any recommendations, that would also be amazing.