Regularly review and refine FinOps processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency and effectiveness in cloud financial management.
Develop and implement strategies and automation to reduce cloud costs, such as right-sizing resources, managing reserved instances (RIs) and Savings Plans, and implementing policy-as-code for resource governance.
Drive quality accountability within the organization with well-defined processes, metrics, and goals for process quality.
Collaborate with cloud and SaaS service providers to understand pricing models, discounts, and assist in negotiating contracts to ensure cost-effectiveness.
Partner closely with engineering, DevOps, finance, and business teams to embed FinOps principles into the application development lifecycle, providing guidance and training on cost-efficient cloud architectures and best practices.
Assist with developing and maintaining cloud cost forecasting models and tracking actual spend against budgets, providing alerts for anomalies or unplanned spikes.
Proactively monitor, collect, and analyze cloud and SaaS usage/spending data to identify cost drivers, waste, and opportunities for optimization.
Define, implement, and enforce proper resource tagging policies to ensure accurate cost attribution and allocation across business units, environments, and applications.
Drive a culture of financial accountability by implementing accurate cost allocation, showback/chargeback mechanisms, and creating clear, actionable cost visibility reports and dashboards for engineering and business stakeholders.
Requirements
python
aws
finops
power bi
aws certified
automation
Automation (scripting in Python/Bash, APIs for cost data extraction)
FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) → industry standard, entry-level credential from the FinOps Foundation
FinOps-Specific (finance side)
Familiar with FinOps Framework (cloud cost culture, unit economics, accountability)
Python for automation of cost reporting
Deep knowledge of AWS billing & cost tools (Cost Explorer, CUR, Budgets, Savings Plans, RI utilization)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Azure Administrator
Simple data extraction via an API into dashboards/Excel would be extremely helpful
Excellent time management, communication, decision-making, presentation, and organizational skills.
Strong communication, partnership, teamwork and influencing skills required that can close the gaps between technology and finance.
Experience building automation and reports from AWS CUR Files
Bachelor’s or Masters’s Degree in computer science or related discipline; or equivalent work experience
FinOps Certified Professional – advanced
Cloud Provider Certs
BI tools (Power BI) for visibility dashboards
Demonstrated knowledge and depth in cloud services.