FinOps Consultant

Group 10 Consulting; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Group 10 Consulting seeks a FinOps specialist to help clients optimise cloud investments from Canberra. You will implement cost governance, analyse workloads, and drive cost visibility across Azure and AWS platforms.

Ideal candidates will bring experience in cloud cost management, reporting, and stakeholder engagement to deliver measurable savings and business value for clients.

Qualifications

• Experience with FinOps governance and cost visibility.
• Familiarity with Azure/AWS cost reporting platforms.
• Ability to forecast cloud workloads and translate to budgets.

Responsibilities

• Engage with client stakeholders to advise on cloud cost governance and cost optimisation.
• Forecast cloud workload costs from technical designs.
• Monitor consumption data to manage costs and drive savings.
• Establish cloud native processes for FinOps capabilities and cost attribution.
• Manage invoices, purchase orders and cost journalling.
• Report financial and business benefits of cloud cost activities.
• Contribute to initiatives to grow the FinOps practice.

Skills

FinOps framework

Azure & AWS

Cost management tools

Cloud cost optimisation

Customer engagement

Communication skills

Data analysis & reporting

Tools

Azure Cost Management

Azure Advisor

AWS Cost Explorer

Job description

ABOUT GROUP 10 CONSULTING

Group 10 Consultingis a professional services firm dedicated to maximising the value of our clients' ICT investments. We are recognised for our ability to genuinely partner with clients to reduce cost, mitigate risk, and increase the business value of investment in software, hardware, communications, people, and processes. We operate with the culture of a small company, supported by the resources of a larger parent organisation.

WHY GROUP 10?

At Group 10, you'll work on diverse and challenging projects, supported by a collaborative team and leadership committed to your growth. We offer professional development opportunities, mentoring, wellness initiatives, and a range of social activities that make you feel part of a close-knit culture.

We value diversity and inclusion and are proud to ensure everyone belongs. Your ideas, contributions, and career development matter here.

OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking people with experience in FinOps / Cloud Cost Management to assist our clients to transform their ways of working and maximise the business value of their cloud investment. This important role is responsible for implementing/managing public cloud cost governance, driving organisational change and guiding new projects to adopt cloud offerings in a cost-efficient manner. Success in the role will deliver savings and other business optimisations for Group 10 clients. If you have a background in cloud technology, finance or operations, we want to hear from you!

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Engaging with client stakeholders and project areas to advise on cloud cost governance including cost optimisation best practices, cost estimation and cost management
• Analysing technical designs to forecast cloud workload costs
• Monitoring and analysing consumption data within cloud tools to proactively understand and manage costs
• Establishing cloud native processes for FinOps capabilities such as workload onboarding, cost attribution and cost visibility
• Managing invoices, purchase orders and cost journalling
• Reporting the financial and other business benefits of the above activities
• Contributing to initiatives that develop our company profile and team in this growing field

What we're looking for

• 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 developingreports, analysing data, and developing recommendations

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

This role requires Australian Citizenship and ideally a Federal Government Security Clearance. Preference may be given to applicants with an active clearance.