FinOps Specialist- SC Cleared
We are currently recruiting for a FinOps Specialist with experience working on cloud financial operations to join one of our Consultancy clients on a 3 month contract.
Inside IR35
Remote
Responsibilities:
* Lead Cloud Waste Management and Cost Optimisation: Drive initiatives focused on reducing cloud waste and costs by identifying inefficiencies and implementing best practices across group technology and divisions.
* Collaborate with Stakeholders: Engage with cloud subscription owners, finance teams, engineering teams, and executive leadership to implement changes, ensure compliance, and align cloud spending with business goals.
* Conduct Workshops and FAQ Sessions: Upskill internal stakeholders on cloud financial management and cost-saving measures through workshops and FAQ sessions.
* Analyse Cloud Utilisation: Provide detailed analysis of cloud resource utilisation, summarising findings on usage patterns and wastage, and implementing tactical and strategic levers for cost-saving opportunities.
* Develop and Document Processes: Create comprehensive documentation of processes, policies, and cloud cost governance strategies, ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
* Reporting: Maintain dashboards or reports for tracking cloud costs and providing visibility to stakeholders, in tools such as PowerBI.
* Support Handover Process: Collaborate with the Project Manager to prepare and execute the handover plan to the newly hired internal FinOps team, including conducting upskilling sessions.
Experience:
* Demonstrable experience in cloud financial management, particularly in cost optimisation and reduction.
* Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and their cost management features, alongside proficiency in FinOps tools such as Azure Cost Advisor and AWS Cost Explorer.
* Cost Governance and Compliance: Experience in establishing and enforcing cloud cost governance policies, ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
* Experience in recommending and selecting finops tools
* Experience with Reserved Instance purchasing across AWS/Azure
* Experience setting up a team to manage FinOps including necessary FinOps framworks
* Have acted as the point of contact for an organisation for FinOps queries and Responsibilities
* Must be SC Cleared
Desirable: Experience with CloudHealth, Lucidity & Prosperops, Azure Cost Advisor and AWS Cost Explorer