# FinOps Engineer

## About the Role

Technology spend is increasingly spread across cloud, SaaS, licensing, on-premises infrastructure, and shared services. In this role, you will bring structure and transparency to that spend, helping the business move from reactive cost control to proactive, data-driven governance.

You will sit between Engineering and Finance, building the models, reporting, and controls behind budgeting, forecasting, allocation, and optimisation. The goal is to make spending visible, understandable, and actionable, while giving teams the insight they need to make cost-aware decisions. Outputs from analysis and AI-assisted work remain reviewable, with Finance and technology leaders retaining accountability for material decisions.

## Key Responsibilities

– Own budgeting, forecasting, and spend governance across cloud, SaaS, software licensing, on-premises infrastructure, and managed services.
– Track actual spend against budget, explain variances and cost drivers, and flag financial risks or unexpected increases early.
– Build allocation models for showback and chargeback, including ownership, tagging, and allocation standards.
– Create dashboards, reporting, and financial insight to improve visibility into technology consumption and spend.
– Drive cost-optimisation work across cloud platforms, SaaS, software licensing, and on-premises infrastructure.
– Support software asset management, including licence utilisation, renewals, compliance, and vendor-audit readiness.
– Provide financial analysis to support vendor reviews, renewal planning, and commercial discussions.
– Run regular cost reviews with stakeholders and improve technology financial governance over time.
– Investigate unusual spending patterns, identify affected stakeholders, and help bring spend back on track.

## Required Skills

– 3+ years of experience in FinOps, IT Financial Management, Technology Asset Management, or Technology Finance.
– Experience with budgeting, forecasting, analysis, financial reporting, and cost allocation.
– Strong understanding of cloud platforms and cloud pricing models.
– Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn data into actionable insight.
– Hands-on data skills, including SQL or similar analysis tools, and experience building repeatable analytical or reporting mechanisms.
– Experience working with multiple stakeholders across technology and business functions.
– Clear communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.

## Preferred Skills

– FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) and/or FinOps Certified Engineer (FCE).
– Experience with Azure Cost Management, Archera, or similar tools.
– Knowledge of software asset management and licensing models.
– Experience supporting vendor management and contract-renewal processes.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– Azure (multi-tenant SaaS scale, including single-tenant components and a virtual appliance/on-premises version)

### FinOps Platforms
– Azure Cost Management
– Archera

### Programming Languages
– SQL

### AI Tools
– Claude
– Agents

### Data & Analytics
– Cost-data pipelines
– API integrations
– Dashboards
– Semantic models
– Anomaly detection
– Automated allocation
– Policy and control automation

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Manage technology budgeting, forecasting, and spend governance across the full technology spend surface.
– Build cost allocation approaches for showback and chargeback.
– Improve visibility into consumption and spend through dashboards and reporting.
– Identify optimisation opportunities and drive follow-through across cloud, SaaS, licensing, and on-premises infrastructure.
– Support software asset management, licence utilisation, renewals, compliance, and audit readiness.
– Analyse spend, variances, vendor plans, renewals, and commercial discussions to support decision-making.
– Maintain governance mechanisms, including tagging, ownership, allocation standards, and repeatable controls.
– Use Claude and agents to analyse billing and contract data, detect anomalies, model scenarios, and generate optimisation recommendations for human validation.

## Benefits

– In the Netherlands, the 10 to Grow programme provides 10% of your time and budget for personal development.
– Hybrid working model built on freedom, trust, and responsibility.

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role brings together FinOps, technology finance, and software asset management across a broad technology spend surface. It offers ownership of the models and governance behind spend visibility, forecasting, allocation, and optimisation rather than reporting alone. You will work closely with Engineering and Finance, with opportunities to influence decisions through SQL-based analysis, dashboards, and automation. The environment also includes Azure at scale and practical use of Claude and agents for analysis and workflow support.