# Job Description: FinOps Manager

## About the Role
As a FinOps Manager, you will take ownership of cloud cost forecasting and spend tracking across our multi-cloud environment, which includes AWS, Azure, and GCP. This role is critical for understanding cloud expenditures and ensuring alignment between forecasts and actual spending. You will collaborate closely with engineering, IT finance, and business planning teams to package insights for executive leadership, making your contributions vital for informed decision-making.

Your work will involve cross-functional partnerships to maintain accurate financial forecasting, communicate trends, and ensure clarity around cloud spending. You will be responsible for presenting findings to senior stakeholders, thereby influencing financial strategies and optimizing cloud expenditure.

## Key Responsibilities
– **Forecasting and Spend Tracking**
– Develop and maintain monthly and quarterly cloud spending forecasts across multiple cloud accounts.
– Monitor actual spending against forecasts and budgets, identifying variances and business drivers early.
– Ensure cost visibility at account, service, environment, and application levels, including tagging and allocation practices.
– Identify anomalies in cloud spending, driving resolution alongside relevant teams.

– **Cross-Team Alignment**
– Partner with the Cloud Build team to ensure workload changes are reflected in forecasts.
– Coordinate with the SDIT FinOps team for reconciled reporting and consistent numbers.
– Collaborate with Business Planning teams to align cloud forecasts with budgeting cycles.

– **Executive Reporting**
– Create recurring and ad hoc reports containing clear narratives and essential data for executive review.
– Present findings to senior stakeholders and justify the rationale behind financial assumptions.

– **Optimization**
– Identify opportunities for cost savings through various strategies, including rightsizing and subscription management.
– Quantify potential savings and collaborate with responsible teams to track and realize these savings.

## Required Skills
– Proven experience in FinOps or cloud financial management in a multi-cloud setting.
– Familiarity with native cost management tools: AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, and BigQuery. Experience with third-party platforms like Apptio, CloudHealth, or Flexera is advantageous.
– Strong skills in forecasting and variance analysis, with the ability to discern genuine trends from fluctuations.
– Ability to engage credibly with senior engineers and finance stakeholders.
– Excellent written communication skills, particularly in producing executive-level materials.
– Comfort with ambiguity and ability to adapt quickly in fast-paced environments.

## Preferred Skills
– Experience with unit economics and chargeback/showback models.
– Knowledge of enterprise IT financial structures where central IT spending is differentiated from business unit expenditures.

## Benefits
– Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
– Retirement savings plans with employer matching.
– Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
– Flexible work arrangements.

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## Why You Might Be Interested
This role offers a unique opportunity to influence cloud financial management within a dynamic multi-cloud environment. You will work cross-functionally and engage directly with senior leadership, making significant contributions to budgeting and financial strategy. If you are passionate about optimizing cloud costs and have robust analytical skills, this position might be the perfect fit for your professional growth.