A prominent client of ours are seeking an experienced FinOps professional to lead cloud financial management activities, focusing on cost optimisation, waste reduction, and effective resource utilisation across public cloud environments, including Azure and AWS.
The role will be responsible for driving FinOps best practices, enabling stakeholders through training and guidance, and ensuring a smooth transition of responsibilities into a long-term internal capability.

Key Responsibilities
Cloud Cost Optimisation and Waste Reduction
Identify inefficiencies in cloud usage and implement cost-saving measures.
Promote and embed best practices for efficient cloud consumption.

Stakeholder Engagement
Work with technical, financial, and leadership stakeholders to align cloud spend with operational and strategic priorities.
Support adoption of agreed cost controls and optimisation initiatives.

Training and Enablement
Deliver workshops, training sessions, and guidance materials to improve cloud financial awareness and capability.

Cloud Usage Analysis
Analyse cloud utilisation data to identify patterns, wastage, and optimisation opportunities.
Recommend and implement tactical and strategic cost-saving actions.

Process and Governance Development
Define, document, and maintain FinOps processes, policies, and governance models.
Support compliance with financial and regulatory requirements.

Reporting and Cost Visibility
Develop and maintain cost reporting and dashboards using business intelligence tools.
Provide clear, actionable insights into cloud spend and efficiency.

Knowledge Transfer and Capability Transition
Support the transfer of FinOps knowledge and responsibilities to an internal team or function.
Contribute to the development of sustainable FinOps capability.

Commercial and Strategic Input
Provide input into cloud cost strategy and financial decision-making.
Support vendor discussions related to pricing models and cost optimisation where required.

Performance Management
Define and track key metrics related to cloud cost efficiency, budget adherence, and continuous improvement.

Required Experience and Skills
Cloud Financial Management
Strong experience in FinOps, cloud cost optimisation, and financial governance.

Cloud Platform Knowledge
Hands-on experience with Azure and AWS cost management and billing features.

FinOps Tooling
Experience using native and third-party FinOps tools to analyse and optimise cloud spend.

Leadership and Collaboration
Ability to influence and coordinate across multiple teams and stakeholder groups.

Communication and Facilitation
Confident communicator with experience delivering workshops and presenting insights to varied audiences.

Governance and Controls
Experience establishing and enforcing cloud cost controls and governance frameworks.

Outcome-Focused Approach
Proven ability to deliver measurable savings and efficiency improvements.

Analytical and Strategic Thinking
Strong analytical capability with a pragmatic approach to implementation.

Stakeholder Relationship Management
Ability to build trust and drive alignment between financial and technical stakeholders.

Scalability and Complexity
Experience operating in large-scale, complex cloud environments.

Essential Experience
Selecting and implementing FinOps tools
Reserved Instance and commitment-based purchasing across AWS and Azure
Establishing and maturing a FinOps function or operating model
Acting as a primary point of contact for FinOps-related activities

Desirable Experience
Experience with third-party cost management platforms (e.g. CloudHealth, Lucidity, ProsperOps)
Advanced use of Azure and AWS native cost management tooling
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