# Cloud FinOps SME

**Location:** Dallas, TX / Remote

## About the Role

This senior role is focused on cloud financial management across Azure-led multi-cloud environments. The position exists to strengthen governance, forecasting, allocation, executive reporting, and cost optimization across cloud spend.

The Cloud FinOps SME will work closely with engineering, architecture, operations, finance, procurement, and business stakeholders. The role is expected to turn cloud usage and financial data into clear recommendations that improve accountability and support better decisions.

A strong emphasis is placed on Microsoft Azure, with working knowledge of GCP and hands-on experience in Apptio Cloudability. The role also supports cloud migration, modernization, and architecture discussions by providing cost models, TCO, ROI, and scenario analysis.

## Key Responsibilities

– Lead cloud cost analysis, optimization, budgeting, forecasting, variance management, and financial governance across Azure and GCP.
– Manage Azure Reservations, Savings Plans, Azure Hybrid Benefit, budgets, cost analysis, exports, and Azure Advisor recommendations.
– Support GCP billing analysis, budgets, committed use discounts, labels, resource utilization, and optimization efforts.
– Build and maintain showback and chargeback models, tagging standards, allocation rules, unit-cost metrics, dashboards, and executive reports.
– Identify idle, orphaned, oversized, and underutilized resources, quantify potential savings, and track remediation through realization.
– Partner with cross-functional teams to drive cloud cost accountability.
– Develop cost models, TCO, ROI, and scenario analyses to support cloud migration, modernization, and architecture decisions.

## Required Skills

– 10+ years of IT experience, including 7+ years in Cloud FinOps, cloud economics, or cloud financial management.
– Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure Cost Management and Billing, including Cost Analysis, budgets, exports, Reservations, Savings Plans, Azure Hybrid Benefit, and Azure Advisor.
– Hands-on experience with Apptio Cloudability, including cost allocation, reporting, optimization insights, budgeting/forecasting, dashboards, and business-unit views.
– Working knowledge of GCP Cloud Billing, budgets, committed use discounts, labels, reporting, and resource optimization.
– Strong understanding of the FinOps Framework, cloud cost allocation, showback/chargeback, unit economics, rate optimization, governance, and anomaly management.
– Advanced analytical and reporting skills using Power BI, Excel, SQL, APIs, or similar tools.
– Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
– Ability to translate technical and financial data into actionable recommendations.

## Preferred Skills

– FinOps Certified Practitioner/Professional or equivalent certification.
– Microsoft Azure Administrator or Azure Solutions Architect certification.
– GCP certification.
– Experience supporting enterprise-scale cloud migration, modernization, or multi-cloud governance programs.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– Microsoft Azure
– Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

### FinOps Platforms
– Apptio Cloudability

### Reporting & BI
– Power BI
– Excel

### Data & Analytics
– SQL
– APIs

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Lead cloud cost optimization, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and governance.
– Manage Azure and GCP cost controls, including reservations, savings plans, committed use discounts, and resource optimization.
– Develop showback and chargeback models.
– Create and maintain tagging standards, allocation rules, dashboards, and executive reporting.
– Identify savings opportunities through rightsizing and remediation of idle, orphaned, oversized, and underutilized resources.
– Provide TCO, ROI, and scenario analysis for migration, modernization, and architecture decisions.
– Support anomaly management and cloud cost accountability across stakeholders.

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to lead cloud FinOps across Azure and GCP in a senior, enterprise-facing capacity. It combines financial governance, optimization, reporting, and strategic analysis with direct collaboration across engineering, finance, procurement, and business teams. The position also provides hands-on work with Azure Cost Management, Apptio Cloudability, and executive reporting. For candidates with deep Azure FinOps experience and multi-cloud exposure, it is a strong fit for influencing both cloud spend and decision-making.

## Useful Links

– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4477587674
– Application: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4477587674