## About the Role
Capgemini Invent is seeking a FinOps professional to lead cloud financial management workstreams that improve visibility, control, and predictability across client cloud spend. The role exists to help clients move from reactive billing review to a structured approach for forecasting, allocation, optimization, and reporting.
You will work directly with billing and usage data across AWS, Azure, and GCP, translating findings into practical cost improvements. The position partners closely with engineering, finance, and procurement stakeholders to make sure optimization actions are implemented and sustained.
This role also supports FinOps maturity assessments, roadmap development, and business case creation. In addition, you will coach junior team members and help maintain high analytical standards across delivery.
## Key Responsibilities
– Lead end-to-end FinOps activities, including cost visibility, allocation, optimization, and forecasting.
– Analyze cloud billing and usage data across AWS, Azure, and GCP to identify savings opportunities and reduce waste.
– Create dashboards and reporting for engineering, finance, and leadership teams.
– Develop KPIs, showback reporting, and unit economics views.
– Design tagging strategies, account/subscription structures, and cost allocation models.
– Optimize cloud spend through Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and committed-use discounts.
– Partner with engineering, finance, and procurement to turn cost insights into actionable improvements.
– Support FinOps maturity assessments, roadmaps, and business cases.
– Coach junior team members and uphold analytical quality.
## Required Skills
– 5–8 years of experience in cloud cost management, IT finance, FP&A, or technology consulting.
– Hands-on experience with cloud billing and cost management tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, Apptio Cloudability, CloudHealth, or Flexera.
– Strong analytical capability using Excel, SQL, Power BI, or similar tools with large and complex datasets.
– Knowledge of cloud pricing, commitment models, and core infrastructure services.
– Strong communication skills with the ability to explain cost drivers to both technical and finance stakeholders.
## Preferred Skills
– Familiarity with FOCUS/FinOps standards.
– Familiarity with AI/GenAI cost drivers.
## Cloud Platforms & Technologies
### Cloud Providers
– AWS
– Azure
– GCP
### FinOps Platforms
– AWS Cost Explorer
– Azure Cost Management
– GCP Billing
– Apptio Cloudability
– CloudHealth
– Flexera
### Programming Languages / Analytics Tools
– SQL
– Excel
– Power BI
## FinOps Responsibilities
– Cost visibility, allocation, optimization, and forecasting.
– Cloud billing and usage analysis to identify savings opportunities.
– Dashboarding and reporting for KPI tracking, showback, and unit economics.
– Tagging strategy development and cost-allocation model design.
– Use of commitment-based savings mechanisms such as Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and committed-use discounts.
– FinOps maturity assessments, roadmap development, and business case support.
## Benefits
– Base salary range: $105,600 to $199,480.
– May be eligible for variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions, depending on the position and applicable laws.
– Paid time off, including vacation, company-paid holidays, personal days, and sick leave.
– Medical, dental, and vision coverage, or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada.
– Retirement savings plans, such as 401(k) in the U.S. and RRSP in Canada.
– Life and disability insurance.
– Employee assistance programs.
– Other benefits available under local policy and eligibility.
## Useful Links
– Applicant Rights (U.S.): http://www.capgemini.com/resources/equal-employment-opportunity-is-the-law
## Why You Might Be Interested
This opportunity is well suited to someone who enjoys working at the intersection of cloud, finance, and data analysis. The role has clear responsibility for shaping FinOps practices, improving spend visibility, and delivering practical cost-saving outcomes. It also offers the chance to work across engineering, finance, and procurement while contributing to maturity assessments and strategic roadmaps. The position includes exposure to multi-cloud environments and a broad set of cloud cost management tools.

