FinOps & Cloud Cost Optimisation Specialist

Group 10 Consulting; Canberra; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Group 10 Consulting seeks a FinOps/Cloud Cost Management professional to help clients transform cloud cost governance and maximise investment value. The role focuses on implementing cost governance, driving organisational change, and guiding projects to adopt cost-efficient cloud solutions.

Background in cloud technology, finance or operations is welcome. You will engage with client stakeholders, analyse cost data, manage invoices and reports, and contribute to initiatives that raise our profile

Qualifications

• Understanding of the FinOps Framework and Principles.
• Knowledge of Azure and AWS foundational architectures.
• Experience with Azure and/or AWS cost management and reporting platforms such as Azure Cost Management, Azure Advisor, AWS Cost Explorer.
• Basic understanding of optimisation opportunities using on-premise entitlements in cloud (e.g., Azure Hybrid Benefit, BYOSL).
• Good customer engagement skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to build rapport and trust with clients and colleagues.
• Experience developing reports, analysing data, and developing recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Engage with client stakeholders to advise on cloud cost governance and cost optimisation.
• Forecast cloud workload costs by analysing technical designs.
• Monitor consumption data within cloud tools to understand and manage costs.
• Establish cloud native processes for FinOps capabilities like workload onboarding, cost attribution and visibility.
• Manage invoices, purchase orders and cost journalling.
• Report financial and business benefits of these activities.
• Contribute to initiatives that grow the company profile in this field.

Skills

FinOps knowledge

Cost governance

Customer engagement

Communication skills

Cloud cost reporting

Stakeholder liaison

Tools

Azure

AWS

Azure Cost Management

AWS Cost Explorer

Job description

Group 10 Consulting seeks a FinOps/Cloud Cost Management professional to help clients transform cloud cost governance and maximise investment value. The role focuses on implementing cost governance, driving organisational change, and guiding projects to adopt cost-efficient cloud solutions.

Background in cloud technology, finance or operations is welcome. You will engage with client stakeholders, analyse cost data, manage invoices and reports, and contribute to initiatives that raise our profile