FinOps Specialist

FinOps Specialist

Why this role exists

• Build a centralized FinOps function to govern the vendor financial lifecycle while preserving decentralized Req/PO agility with budget owners and delivery managers.
• Eliminate fragmented data, inconsistent processes, overspending, renewal risk, and weak forecasting by standardizing processes, systems, and reporting across procurement, finance, and asset ecosystems.
• Deliver stronger cost control, on-time renewals, and reduced management effort through standards, playbooks, centralized visibility, and an optimization pipeline.

What you'll do

• Translate business outcomes into measurable FinOps processes, standards, and dashboards; define requirements and success criteria for forecasting, renewal orchestration, vendor catalog stewardship, and optimization.
• Lead discovery and design workshops with budget owners, Procurement, Legal, Finance, and Security; document current-state vs. target-state processes and prioritize a phased roadmap.
• Own backlog creation and delivery for reporting, alerts, and workflow automation leveraging no-code/low-code platforms for rapid prototyping and production-grade solutions.
• Define and implement data models and data quality rules for a single source of truth across vendor, contract, usage/telemetry, spend, PO, and forecasting datasets.
• Build renewal orchestration and alerting (e.g., 180/120/90/60 days), true-up and commitment tracking, and PO hygiene reporting, instrument process SLAs and exceptions.
• Support M&A playbooks for vendor assignment, disposition, and integration; ensure early FinOps involvement and consistent ownership models.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their billing and pricing models.
• Proficiency in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting and an AWS Expert FinOps Module will be preferred..
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and make data-driven decisions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Experience with Financial /Vendor management tools and software is a plus (e.g Ariba)
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, FinOps Certified Practitioner) will be preferred.
• 2-4 years of hands-on FinOps experience in technology/vendor financial lifecycle management (budgeting, forecasting, renewals, true-ups, utilization optimisation, and reporting).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience interacting with all levels of an organization.
• Proven track record building centralized operating models and standards in partnership with budget owners, Procurement, Legal, Finance, and Security.
• Experience with no-code/low-code platforms (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform, Superblocks) to rapidly deliver workflows, data apps, and third-party integrations.
• Advanced analytical skills: proficiency with BI/reporting, SQL, and data modeling to create a single source of truth across contracts, usage/telemetry, and spend data.
• General AWS service knowledge. Specific experience with RDBMS/Postgres, Athena, S3, Glue and Data Lakes.
• Excellent facilitation, process design, and documentation skills; able to translate business needs into clear requirements, epics/stories, and testable acceptance criteria.
• Jira / Scrum experience to organize work, track progress and escalate blockers.
• Preferred: familiarity with procurement/CLM and spend systems (e.g., Coupa, Ironclad) and how they integrate into a FinOps data flow.
• Preferred: experience supporting M&A integration for vendor assignment and disposition with playbook-driven execution.

What makes this role exciting

• High-visibility charter to materially improve cost control, forecasting, and time-to-renewal across a broad vendor landscape.
• Opportunity to create durable playbooks and a vendor catalog that becomes the organization's source of truth for decisions and governance.
• Direct impact on M&A velocity and integration quality through standard assignment and disposition approaches.