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
