FinOps SME

FinOps Weekly; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech in Calgary is looking for a Senior FinOps SME to define and execute cloud financial strategy, establish governance, and lead a high-performing FinOps team.

The role involves hands-on leadership, collaboration with finance, engineering, and product teams, and active FinOps community involvement; AWS/Azure experience and FinOps tool proficiency are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Proven FinOps experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct FinOps training and onboarding sessions for stakeholders.
• Assist customer onboarding and adoption of the FinOps platform.
• Identify dependencies among stakeholders and plan Cloud FinOps requirements.
• Assess reports and data on cloud spend and utilization.
• Produce sample showback/chargeback reports from the FinOps tool.
• Set anomaly budgets, scheduling rules, and optimization rules per requirements.
• Provide recommendations for tagging, cost allocation, and governance policies.
• Track initiatives and roadmaps with business case support.

Skills

FinOps experience

Automation & solutioning

Stakeholder management

FinOps community involvement

Apptio knowledge

AWS/Azure expertise

Tools

Apptio

Cloudability

CloudHealth

Kubernetes

Prometheus

OpenCost

Job description

HCLTech# FinOps SME## Job DescriptionJob Title :- : FinOps SME Location :- Calgary, AB (Hybrid ) About the Role This senior-level role is ideal for someone passionate about cloud financial management, cost optimization, and solutioning. We’re looking for a hands-on leader who is actively engaged in the FinOps community and ready to drive strategic impact. Role Highlights: • Define and execute cloud financial strategy • Establish governance frameworks and FinOps best practices • Lead a high-performing FinOps team • Collaborate with finance, engineering, and product teams What We’re Looking For: • Proven FinOps experience • Automation and Solution Architect FinOps Experience • Excellent communication and stakeholder management • Active involvement in the FinOps Community or similar industry groups • Well versed with usage of https://www.apptio.com/ \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Please note that Individual must be willing to work from office and five days are compulsory from February 2026 forward FinOps SME for Public Cloud Responsibilities of FinOps Practitioner: Conduct training and on boarding sessions on FinOps for various stakeholders Help the customer with on boarding process and adoption of the HCL FinOps platform Identify and communicate dependencies on various stakeholders Plan and collate the Cloud FinOps requirements with the Customer Assessment of existing reports and data around cloud spend Assessment of Past bills and invoices/purchases Assessment of current utilizations on Cloud services Conduct periodic performance reviews with various stakeholders to optimize cloud consumption Deliver sample chargeback and show back reports from the FinOps Tool Flag any suspicious cost spikes, help in setting anomaly, and budget alerts for BU Teams Set scheduling rules, optimization rules, etc. as per the Customer requirements Showback/Chargeback and Business unit custom integration recommendation Work with the customer to help define Public Cloud Policies related to FinOps Track recommendations and initiatives Quick wins identification, Roadmap & Platform Recommendation with Business Case Cost Allocation (Tagging, Hierarchy, Metadata and Shared Cost) Experience with cloud cost management tools (Cloudability, CloudHealth, etc.). Strong experience of cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure ). Implementing Environment Hygiene & Best Practices Tracking Cloud Consumption & Spend Forecasting Performing Budget Management and Anomaly detection Utilizing Cloud Policy & Governance /Third Party Tool/Custom Dashboard Proactively monitor cloud usage patterns and identify anomalies, enabling quick action to prevent cost overruns.Strong experience in capacity planning, or cloud operations, preferably in a large-scale SaaS environment Excellent quantitative analysis and problem-solving skills. Expertise in data analysis and modeling methodologies for capacity forecasting Strong experience of cloud computing platforms (AWS/Azure, SaaS vendors) and Cloud Native technologies (Kubernetes, Prometheus, OpenCost, etc) Show more Show less Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Title: FinOps SME Job Link: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4392404460 Company: HCLTech Email: Salary Range: Not SpecifiedChange LocationFind awesome listings near you!