Senior FinOps Practitioner

NCS Group Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Group Australia is seeking an experienced Senior FinOps Practitioner to join our Cloud & Digital Practice. This client-facing role focuses on delivering FinOps advisory, cloud financial management, governance, and cost optimization across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

The successful candidate will work with enterprise customers to optimize cloud investments, improve financial accountability, enhance FinOps maturity, and support business growth through consulting and pre-sales engagements.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in FinOps, Cloud Consulting, or related roles.
• Strong understanding of AWS, Azure, and GCP billing models.
• Experience presenting executive-level reviews (MBR/QBR) and managing enterprise cloud portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Deliver FinOps consulting across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities and drive governance.
• Develop FinOps strategies and roadmaps aligned to business objectives.
• Lead pre-sales activities including discovery workshops and proposals.
• Provide executive reporting, dashboards, and cost analytics.
• Support migrations to governance tools and cloud cost management platforms.
• Collaborate with architects, delivery teams, and customer success managers to drive measurable outcomes.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud cost optimization

AWS cost management

Azure cost management

GCP cost management

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Financial analysis

Multi-cloud

Pre-sales activities

Education

FinOps Certification

Cloud Certification

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Flexera One CCO

AWS Cost Explorer

Azure Cost Management & Billing

Google Cloud Billing

CloudHealth

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Description

NCS Australia is seeking an experienced Senior FinOps Practitioner to join our Cloud & Digital Practice. This customer-facing consulting role focuses on delivering FinOps advisory, cloud financial management, governance, and cost optimization services across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The successful candidate will work with enterprise customers to optimize cloud investments, improve financial accountability, enhance FinOps maturity, and support business growth through consulting and pre-sales engagements.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver FinOps consulting and cloud financial management services across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Conduct cloud financial assessments and identify cost optimization opportunities across cloud services.
• Develop FinOps strategies, governance frameworks, and continuous improvement roadmaps aligned to business objectives.
• Drive cloud cost optimization through rightsizing, commitment management (Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, CUDs), resource lifecycle management, and architectural recommendations. Support FinOps pre‑sales activities including discovery workshops, solution design, proposals, effort estimation, and SOW development.
• Lead FinOps maturity assessments and provide executive-level reporting, dashboards, MBRs, and QBRs using Flexera One CCO and native cloud cost management tools.
• Provide forecasting, budgeting, showback/chargeback, cost allocation, and cloud consumption analytics.
• Support migrations to Flexera One CCO and establish cloud financial governance best practices. Facilitate customer workshops, executive presentations, architecture discussions, and stakeholder engagement.
• Collaborate with Cloud Architects, Delivery Teams, Customer Success Managers, and Technical Account Managers to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant years of experience in FinOps, Cloud Consulting, Technical Account Management, Service Delivery, Cloud Financial Management.
• Strong expertise in AWS, Azure, and GCP commercial and billing models.
• Hands‑on experience with Flexera One CCO (Highly preferred), AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management & Billing, Google Cloud Billing and CloudHealth (desirable)
• Strong knowledge of: o Cost optimization and governance o Budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis o Cost allocation, showback, and chargeback o Multi‑cloud financial management o FinOps Framework and best practices o FinOps pre‑sales strategies o CloudHealth-to-Flexera One migrations o Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills o Power BI, Tableau, SQL and Amazon QuickSight reporting
• Experience presenting executive‑level business reviews (MBR, QBR) and managing enterprise cloud portfolios.
• Excellent stakeholder management, consulting, workshop facilitation, and communication skills.
• Experience delivering measurable cloud cost savings and governance outcomes.
• Experience within Managed Services, Cloud Professional Services, or large‑scale cloud transformation programs.

Preferred Certifications

• Flexera Certified Cloud Cost Optimization Administrator (Highly Preferred)
• FinOps Certified Practitioner
• FinOps Certified for AI Value 2026
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
• Google Cloud Digital Leader or Associate Cloud Engineer
• Project Management Professional (PMP) & ITIL Foundation certification.

Additional Information

Why join us:

At NCS Australia, you'll be part of a team that values your growth and development. Our comprehensive global learning and development program will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. Plus, you'll be mentored by some of the industry's best, and have access to a worldwide network of career opportunities. Join us now and discover just how far your career can go!

We are in the process of refreshing our employee benefits, so don’t forget to ask our Talent Acquisition Team about what’s on offer.

We take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we serve. Diversity, inclusivity, and being different are not just buzzwords for us - they are integral to our culture. We are dedicated to upholding Equal Employment Opportunity Principles and providing reasonable accommodations to all our applicants. If you require any assistance or modifications to navigate our careers site or complete your application, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at [e-mail].

Other important stuff:

To be eligible for a position with us, applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process, including probity and police checks.

As we navigate through our business integration process, we will continue to issue contracts under our existing entities of ARQ, Dialog, CatapultBI, ICEMEDIA, Eighty20, Riley or AccessHQ.

Visit our website https://www.ncs.co/en-au/ for more information.

Agencies:

We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process, no fee or payment will be given.

Why NCS?

This is a place for people who like to get stuck in, bring ideas to life and make things happen. You'll work alongside experienced people who care about what they do, contribute to meaningful work and have the support to keep learning and grow your career. Whether you want to deepen your expertise, explore something new or take your career in a different direction, there's room to make it your own. We value Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership and Unity - bringing curiosity, collaboration and accountability to the way we work with our clients and each other.

Ready to make extraordinary happen?

We’d love to hear from you.

We celebrate diversity and inclusion

We value different perspectives, experiences and strengths our people bring. We're committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to contribute, grow and succeed, and to providing equal employment opportunities and reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Important information

Applicants will need valid Australian work rights and may be required to undergo relevant background, probity and police checks.