## About the Role

The FinOps Lead will own the development and execution of Velera’s cloud financial management strategy. Reporting to the VP of Platform Engineering, this role is responsible for improving cost visibility, accountability, and optimization across cloud environments while supporting both business and engineering goals.

A key early priority is to establish a FinOps Center of Excellence and advance multi-cloud observability aligned to the FinOps Foundation Framework. The role will work across engineering, finance, infrastructure, and leadership teams to strengthen governance, improve cloud spend transparency, and support better decision-making.

This position also plays a central role in translating cloud usage into actionable cost insights, including shared, containerized, and untagged spend. Success in the role will depend on the ability to influence cross-functional teams, embed financial controls into operational processes, and support ongoing optimization initiatives.

## Key Responsibilities

– Establish and lead the FinOps Center of Excellence.
– Build financial accountability across engineering, finance, and leadership stakeholders.
– Deliver training, guidance, and knowledge-sharing to improve FinOps adoption and cost awareness.
– Implement, manage, and optimize cloud cost-management tooling and observability.
– Develop dashboards that allocate shared, containerized, and untagged cloud costs.
– Provide infrastructure leaders with cost insights and unit economics reporting.
– Align cloud spend with business value through cost optimization and governance.
– Create and enforce cloud usage policies, tagging standards, and financial controls.
– Partner with application development, network engineering, and infrastructure teams on cost-conscious architecture decisions.
– Follow established change management processes when implementing optimization efforts.

## Required Skills

– Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or Finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
– 3–5+ years of experience in cloud financial management or infrastructure operations.
– Experience managing enterprise public cloud environments.
– 3 years of experience in a senior or subject matter expert role.
– Extensive expertise in AWS and Azure cloud cost and billing frameworks.
– Advanced experience with Flexera One, AWS Cost Explorer, and Azure Cost Management.
– Strong analytical skills, including SQL, data modeling, business intelligence platforms, and large-scale data analysis.
– In-depth knowledge of cloud governance practices, including tagging strategies, chargeback/showback models, and Kubernetes cost allocation.
– Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
– Strong problem-solving ability for diagnosing complex billing anomalies.
– Ability to manage multiple optimization priorities and infrastructure projects simultaneously.
– Strategic mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and cultural transformation.

## Preferred Skills

– Advanced degrees or certifications, such as FinOps Foundation certification.
– Experience leading cross-functional optimization initiatives.
– Familiarity with private cloud environments.
– Familiarity with SaaS portfolio management and enterprise licensing models.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– AWS
– Azure

### FinOps Platforms
– Flexera One
– AWS Cost Explorer
– Azure Cost Management

### Programming Languages
– SQL

### Data & Analytics
– Data modeling
– Business intelligence platforms
– Large-scale data analysis

### Containers & Kubernetes
– Kubernetes cost allocation

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Establish and operate a FinOps Center of Excellence.
– Improve cloud financial accountability across technical and business stakeholders.
– Increase cloud cost transparency through dashboards and observability.
– Allocate and report on shared, containerized, and untagged cloud spend.
– Produce unit economics reporting for infrastructure leadership.
– Align cloud spending with business value.
– Support savings initiatives and cost optimization efforts.
– Develop and enforce governance controls, including tagging standards and cloud usage policies.

## Benefits

– Competitive salary
– Medical coverage with telemedicine
– Dental and vision coverage
– Basic and optional life insurance
– Paid time off
– Maternity, parental, and family care leave
– Community volunteer time off
– 12 paid holidays
– Company-paid disability insurance
– 401(k) with employer match
– Health savings account with company contributions
– Flexible spending accounts
– Supplemental insurance
– Employee assistance program for mental health and well-being
– Tuition reimbursement
– Wellness program

## Useful Links

– LinkedIn Job Posting: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4458304296

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the chance to build and shape a FinOps function from the ground up, including establishing a Center of Excellence and defining cloud financial governance practices. It also sits at the intersection of engineering and finance, with direct influence on cloud cost transparency, optimization, and decision-making. The position includes meaningful scope across AWS, Azure, and FinOps tooling, along with opportunities to work on reporting, unit economics, and cross-functional process improvement. For candidates with deep cloud financial management experience, it provides a high-impact leadership opportunity in a remote-first environment.