TechnologyOne is recognised as an industry leader in FinOps, a critical discipline central to the growth of our SaaS business. As a mid to senior FinOps professional, you’ll drive measurable cloud cost optimisation, financial insight, and FinOps enablement across TechnologyOne’s SaaS and cloud environments.
Reporting to the R&D Director , SaaS P&L, you’ll proactively identify cost opportunities, manage commitment and variance reporting, build FinOps capability across teams, and ensure cloud spend is understood, justified, and continuously improved.
What you’ll be doing:
Analyse usage and billing data across AWS, Azure, and Databricks to identify cost optimisation opportunities.
Maintain an optimisation backlog and track recommendations through to closure.
Plan and manage Reserved Instances and Savings Plans with data-driven recommendations.
Maintain a commitment renewal calendar, engaging stakeholders ahead of expiry windows to avoid commitment waste.
Monitor AI/LLM workloads and provide cost optimisation insights.
Deliver actionable reporting and insights to stakeholders, including contributing to cost dashboard and self-service analytics development.
Track actuals against budgets and explain variances; support the budget process with phased forecasts and variance commentary aligned with the annual planning cycle.
Refine cost allocation and validate cloud credits.
Develop cloud unit economics metrics to support SaaS margin visibility.
Build FinOps literacy across the organisation and mentor teams; contribute to the FinOps community through internal lunch-and-learns and external working groups.
Take end-to-end ownership of recommendations, from opportunity identification through to realised savings validation.
Partner with engineering, product, and finance teams to implement cost-saving initiatives.
Partner with external vendors to optimise cloud contracts.
Stay current with FinOps ecosystem developments, the FOCUS specification, and emerging AI cost management practices.
Maintain compliance with data governance, security, and confidentiality requirements across all FinOps activities.
Your Talents…
Based in Brisbane and able to work our hybrid model of 3 days in the office, 2 days from home
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience
2-5 years of experience in cloud FinOps, cloud cost management, data analytics, or a related cloud/software engineering discipline
Proficiency with cloud cost management platforms (e.g. AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Databricks cost APIs)
Strong SQL and analytical skills
Working knowledge of the FinOps Foundation framework and the Inform-Optimise-Operate lifecycle
Solid understanding of cloud pricing models, including Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, spot/preemptible compute, and EDP/MACC commercial arrangements
Ability to translate complex cost data into clear, audience-appropriate insights
Ability to drive outcomes collaboratively across engineering, finance, and product teams without direct authority
Experience with AI/LLM cost management is highly desirable
Experience with BI or visualisation tools is highly desirable
FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) or FinOps Certified Professional (FCP) certification is highly desirable
Familiarity with the FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost & Usage Specification) standard is highly desirable
Experience with data engineering or pipeline tooling (e.g. Databricks, dbt, Spark SQL) is highly desirable
Participation in FinOps community activities or industry working groups is highly desirable
Why Join us?
TechnologyOne is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who values diversity and an inclusive workplace. We aim to recruit a diverse range of people with a diverse range of talents to help us to deliver on our mission to better our community.
We pride ourselves on providing our people with earned recognition through talent mapping and career progression, competitive salaries and having a supportive tribe environment.
Our core values and culture unleash the boundless potential of creativity, innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit within our people.
When you experience Life at TechnologyOne you’ll see that our team enjoys an extensive array of benefits, including foundation charity activities, which all cultivate a vibrant workplace our people are very proud to be involved with.
Benefits…
Competitive remuneration package
Access to our industry leading employee share plan
Salary packaging options
Up to 10 days of additional leave via our Purchase Leave program
Amazing Culture: 8 x Australian Business Awards “Employer of Choice” winner
We love our team events & celebrate diversity
Flexible hours: we are family-friendly and value life outside of work
Free gym membership in your region (or, if you are located at HQ, we have a new state of the art Gym onsite, exclusive and available 24/7).
Additional 2.5 days of leave per year dedicated to volunteering at a charity of your choice
Free breakfast and coffee on-site
Accelerate your growth with full access to LinkedIn Learning and a clear career framework that maps your path to success.
Who we are…
TechnologyOne (ASX: TNE) is Australia’s largest enterprise software company and one of Australia’s top 50 ASX-listed companies, with locations across six countries. We provide a global SaaS ERP solution that transforms business and makes life simple for our customers. Our deeply integrated enterprise SaaS solution is available on any device, anywhere and anytime and is incredibly easy to use. Over 1,200 leading corporations, government agencies, local councils and universities are powered by our software.
For 38 years, we have been providing our customers with enterprise software that evolves and adapts to new and emerging technologies, allowing them to focus on their business and not technology.
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