PayInc is a purpose-driven payments provider building on over 50 years of trusted history in South Africa’s payments ecosystem. Our mission is to connect people, businesses, and economies through secure, efficient, and inclusive digital payment infrastructure and to be a catalyst for financial inclusion and economic growth. From EFTs and cards to PayShap, PayInc provides the backbone that enables money to move safely across the economy. At our core, we exist to make great connections, empower participation, enable growth, and ensure no one is left behind.

PURPOSE
The primary role of the FinOps Practitioner is to facilitate ongoing monitoring, analysis, and optimisation of cloud expenditures across all cloud platforms. This involves implementing and overseeing FinOps practices within the organisation, such as developing cost-visibility dashboards, forecasting usage, and identifying savings opportunities, such as rightsizing and reserved instances. As a FinOps Practitioner, your responsibility is to optimise cloud financial operations by bridging the gap between cloud engineers, finance, procurement, technology, business, and product teams. The role ensures that cloud expenditures support business objectives, promote cost transparency, and foster accountability across departments for efficient cloud utilisation. This cross-functional coordination is vital for maintaining cost transparency and cultivating a culture of financial accountability in cloud usage through collaboration and shared accountability for cloud usage decisions.

You will engage with the following stakeholders:
FinOps framework stakeholders, which include:
Finance
Procurement
Cloud engineers
Cloud Architects
Product owners
Technology teams and Leadership

Your key responsibilities include:
Cloud Financial Management
Track and assess cloud spending on platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Develop and maintain dashboards and reports for cost visibility and forecasting
Ensure alignment of accountability to cloud users by reporting spend vs. budget at granular levels
Identify cost-saving opportunities through rightsizing, reserved instances, and usage optimisation
Assist in making data-driven decisions that optimise cloud spending, ensuring the efficient use of resources and contributing to overall cost management strategies.
Communicate consumption trends and financial impacts to stakeholders in clear, business terms.

Stakeholder Engagement
Facilitate collaboration with Cloud engineers, finance, technology, business and product teams to align cloud usage within budgetary constraints
Educate teams on cloud cost implications and FinOps best practices
Act as a liaison between finance and technical teams to ensure accurate chargebacks and allocations

Governance & Compliance
Ensure that policies for cloud budget controls, tagging standards, and resource accountability are in place.
Ensure compliance with internal financial controls and external regulatory requirements
Support audits and provide documentation on cloud financial practices

Strategic Planning & Optimisation
Contribute to cloud strategy by providing insights into cost trends and ROI
Participate in vendor negotiations and contract reviews for cloud services
Support the development of FinOps maturity models and continuous improvement initiatives

QUALIFICATION / KNOWLEDGE
Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or related field
FinOps Certified Practitioner (preferred)
AWS Cloud practitioner or Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Experience
5+ years in cloud financial management, IT finance, or cloud operations
Hands-on experience with cloud billing tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management)
Familiarity with cloud architecture and services

Knowledge And Skills Required
Integrity
Analytical- and Critical Thinking Ability: Ability to gather sufficient data to understand a problem, to look at a situation from different perspectives
Logical Thinking and Judgment Ability: Use of discretion and logical reasoning in a clear and consistent manner whilst considering/evaluating of information/circumstantial evidence in order to draw sound conclusions, form an opinion and make a good decision
Creative and Innovative Ability: To be resourceful in generating new and original ideas to solve problems or designing new methods of executing/performing tasks to create value to the customer.
Verbal , Non-verbal and Written Communication Skills: Ability to effectively interact with individuals/groups, using appropriate verbal-, non-verbal- or written communication on the required level, and sending out/ receiving a clear message in the intended way.
Information Management Ability to effectively use information for management purposes, to gather/ organise/ capture relevant information to support sound decision-making, to correctly extract data from an existing database/ MIS, extrapolate data to determine trends and do trends analysis, and to properly and appropriately compile a management report.
Show more
Show less