FinOps Leader: Cloud Cost & Governance

Curtin University; Bentley; Hybrid; AUD 153,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time permanent position

Generous leave entitlements

17% superannuation

Flexible work-from-home arrangements

Job summary

Curtin University seeks an experienced FinOps leader to shape cloud financial management. You will guide governance, cost control and value from cloud investments within the Digital Platforms Team, influencing finance and tech stakeholders.

You will lead a FinOps function, drive continuous improvement, champion cost-conscious culture, and help Curtin mature its cloud strategy across the university.

Qualifications

• Experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, or cloud cost optimisation in a complex enterprise.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Knowledge of AWS and/or Azure cloud billing and cost governance.
• Proven leadership and stakeholder engagement across an organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a FinOps team to deliver strategic cloud financial management outcomes and uplift FinOps capability across the university.
• Develop and implement strategies to optimise cloud costs, improve value from cloud investments and support financially sustainable cloud consumption.
• Provide clear visibility and insight into cloud spend across compute, storage, applications and broader cloud services.
• Develop and enforce cost allocation models, tagging standards, and chargeback/showback frameworks to improve financial transparency, governance and accountability.
• Leverage data insights to analyse spend trends, identify optimisation opportunities and provide informed recommendations to executive stakeholders.
• Collaborate with technology leaders and business stakeholders to promote efficient cloud utilisation, support practical change and strengthen financially responsible practices.
• Lead education, engagement and continuous improvement initiatives to champion FinOps principles, build cloud financial literacy and mature cloud financial management tools, reporting platforms and cost monitoring capabilities.

Skills

FinOps leadership

Cloud financial management

Cost optimisation

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Tools

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Curtin University seeks an experienced FinOps leader to shape cloud financial management. You will guide governance, cost control and value from cloud investments within the Digital Platforms Team, influencing finance and tech stakeholders.

You will lead a FinOps function, drive continuous improvement, champion cost-conscious culture, and help Curtin mature its cloud strategy across the university.