Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced FinOps Practitioner / FinOps Expert to drive cloud financial management, cost optimization, and governance across large-scale Azure and/or AWS environments. The role will partner closely with engineering, architecture, procurement, finance, and leadership teams to ensure cost transparency, accountability, and business value realization from cloud investments, with a strong focus on PaaS services, advanced FinOps controls, and enterprise governance models.

Key Responsibilities

FinOps Strategy & Governance

Define and implement FinOps operating models (centralized, decentralized, hybrid) aligned to business units
Establish FinOps governance frameworks, including chargeback/showback, budget ownership, and cost accountability
Drive FinOps maturity assessments and roadmap execution across the organization
Create and manage cloud financial KPIs, dashboards, and executive reports

Cloud Cost Optimization & Controls

Identify and implement cost optimization opportunities across IaaS and PaaS services
Enforce FinOps policies, guardrails, and tagging standards for cost allocation and optimization
Design and manage budgeting, forecasting, and anomaly detection mechanisms
Enable advanced controls such as:
Rightsizing and commitment management (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans)
Spend anomaly detection and alerts
Idle resource identification and decommissioning
License optimization and hybrid benefit usage

Azure & AWS FinOps Expertise

Deep hands-on expertise in Azure Cost Management + Billing and/or AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, CUR
Optimize costs across services including (but not limited to):
IaaS , PaaS , SaaS and AI services
Advanced mechanisms like changing resources types , regions , services alternatives , licensing optimization
Azure App Services, Functions, AKS, SQL MI, Azure Storage
AWS Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3
Advise architecture teams on cost-efficient cloud and PaaS design patterns

Stakeholder & Cross‑Functional Collaboration

Act as the bridge between Finance, Engineering, and Cloud Platform teams
Enable product and delivery teams with cost-awareness and FinOps best practices
Drive FinOps culture adoption through training, workshops, and enablement programs

Automation & Tooling

Drive automation for cost controls, alerts, and reporting
Experience with any third-party FinOps tools is a plus (e.g., Apptio Cloudability, CloudHealth, along with Cloud native FinOps platforms etc.)

Required Skills & Competencies

Core FinOps Skills

Strong expertise in FinOps principles, phases (Inform, Optimize, Operate), and personas
Hands-on experience with budgeting, forecasting, chargeback/showback
Advanced understanding of public cloud pricing models and saving mechanisms in IaaS , PaaS , Serverless , Licensing optimizations

Cloud Platforms

Knowhow of Azure and/or AWS (mandatory)
Strong understanding of Cloud financial optimization
Experience working with enterprise-scale cloud environments

Certifications (Mandatory)

✅ FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP)OR
✅ FinOps Certified Professional (FOCPRO)

Certifications (Added Advantage)

Azure:
AZ‑104, AZ‑305, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert
AWS:
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional
Other cloud or cost management certifications are a plus

Soft Skills & Leadership

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to influence without authority
Excellent communication with both technical and finance stakeholders
Experience presenting insights to senior leadership

Nice to Have

Experience defining enterprise-wide FinOps CoE
Exposure to multi-cloud cost governance models
Understanding of SaaS cost optimization and vendor negotiations
Knowledge of data analytics / Power BI / FinOps dashboards

Success Metrics

% reduction in cloud wastage and unused spend
Improved cost predictability and forecast accuracy
Governance adherence across cloud workloads
Adoption of FinOps best practices across teams

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