Undisclosed · 16 hours ago
Senior FinOps Analyst / FinOps Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
6+ years expOur client is seeking a Senior FinOps Analyst / FinOps Manager to lead cloud financial management, cost optimization, and financial accountability across engineering, product, and finance teams. This role is critical in ensuring cloud spend is efficient, predictable, and aligned with business growth.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end cloud cost management across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP environments
Develop and maintain cloud cost models, budgets, and forecasts aligned with product and infrastructure roadmaps
Monitor cloud spend, usage trends, and unit economics across services, teams, and environments
Identify and execute cost optimization initiatives including:
Rightsizing compute, storage, and database resources
Reserved Instances (RI), Savings Plans, and Committed Use Discounts (CUDs)
Storage tiering and data lifecycle optimization
Idle resource detection and elimination
Quantify savings, track realized vs. projected benefits, and report outcomes
Build detailed cloud cost forecasts and scenario models (growth, scale, new product launches)
Partner with Finance to support annual budgeting, reforecasting, and variance analysis
Develop dashboards and executive-ready reporting for:
Monthly cloud spend
Cost per product, customer, or environment
Unit economics and margin impact
Work closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, SRE, and Platform teams to embed cost-awareness into architecture and design decisions
Partner with Product and Finance leaders to align cloud investment with revenue growth and customer value
Enable teams with cost transparency and self-service reporting
Establish FinOps governance models, tagging standards, and allocation methodologies
Define policies for cost accountability, chargeback/showback, and budget ownership
Promote FinOps best practices across the organization through education and enablement
Own and optimize FinOps tooling and platforms such as:
Cloud provider billing tools (AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing)
Third-party FinOps platforms (Apptio Cloudability, Kubecost, Harness, Finout, CloudHealth)
Automate reporting, anomaly detection, and cost controls where possible
Qualification
Required
6–10+ years of experience in cloud financial management, FinOps, FP&A, or cloud cost optimization roles
Proven experience managing multi-million-dollar cloud budgets in SaaS or cloud-native environments
Strong understanding of cloud pricing models, consumption-based billing, and cost drivers
Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider: AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, Savings Plans), Azure (VMs, AKS, SQL, Blob Storage), GCP (Compute Engine, GKE, BigQuery)
Familiarity with Kubernetes cost management (Kubecost or equivalent)
Strong SQL skills and experience working with large cost and usage datasets
Experience building dashboards using tools such as Looker, Tableau, Power BI, or Mode
Strong FP&A fundamentals: budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, unit economics
Ability to translate technical usage data into financial insights and executive narratives
Comfortable presenting complex financial and technical concepts to non-finance stakeholders
Business-minded: Understands how cloud spend drives revenue and margin
Technically credible: Trusted partner to engineers and infrastructure teams
Data-driven: Makes decisions grounded in metrics and analysis
Influential communicator: Drives behavior change without direct authority
Detail-oriented but strategic: Balances granular cost control with long-term growth
Preferred
FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) or FinOps Certified Professional (FCP)
Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Finance or analytics certifications a plus
Company
Undisclosed
Financial Services
Founded in 2016US
10001+ employeesFunding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Sean Blanton, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Member of the Management Board
Jeff Saginor
Chief Technology Officer
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