Service Now FinOps Specialist

Paxus; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Paxus is seeking a ServiceNow FinOps Specialist to support cloud financial management, reporting, governance and stakeholder engagement across a large technology environment. The role is hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days at home) with a 6-month contract likely to extend, located in Melbourne, Canberra or Adelaide.

You will handle FinOps reporting, governance packs, and OGRE tooling support, collaborating with application teams and stakeholders to drive cost transparency and optimization across

Qualifications

• 2-3 years' experience in financial analysis, business reporting, IT operations support or Cloud FinOps.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Exposure to AWS, Azure and/or OCI cloud platforms and cloud financial management.

Responsibilities

• FinOps Reporting & Governance: support monthly financial reporting, forecasting and governance packs.
• Stakeholder Engagement & OPEX Reviews: coordinate monthly cloud OPEX reviews and capture forecasts and variance commentary.
• OGRE Reporting & Support: provide operational, reporting and maintenance support for OGRE and assist with enhancements.

Skills

Financial analysis

Business reporting

IT operations support

Cloud FinOps

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Tools

OGRE Tool

Python

AWS

Azure

OCI

Job description

Location: Melbourne, Canberra or Adelaide
Work Model: Hybrid - 3 days office, 2 days home
Contract: 6 months, likely to extend

We are seeking a ServiceNow FinOps Specialist to support cloud financial management, reporting, governance and stakeholder engagement across a large technology environment.

Key Responsibilities

FinOps Reporting & Governance - 50%

• Support monthly financial reporting and ad-hoc analysis.
• Assist with forecasting, trend analysis and cloud cost transparency.
• Prepare governance packs, metrics and reporting.
• Provide support for IOP planning.

Stakeholder Engagement & OPEX Reviews - 30%

• Coordinate monthly cloud OPEX reviews with application teams.
• Work with stakeholders to collect forecasts, optimisation initiatives and variance commentary.
• Track actions, savings opportunities and remediation commitments.

OGRE Reporting & Support - 20%

• Provide operational, reporting and maintenance support for OGRE, a Python-based custom tool.
• Provide backfill support during Lead Engineer leave or unavailability.
• Assist with OGRE enhancements.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 2-3 years' experience in financial analysis, business reporting, IT operations support or Cloud FinOps.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving ability.
• Exposure to AWS, Azure and/or OCI cloud platforms and cloud financial management.
• Experience with reporting, forecasting, cost analysis and governance.
• Ability to work across technical and business stakeholders.

Technical skills to support the relevant cloud/FinOps architecture are also required.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability.