FinOps SME

Enterprise Solutions Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud management company based in Calgary is seeking a Senior FinOps Practitioner. The ideal candidate will define and execute financial strategy for cloud services, establish governance frameworks, and lead a high-performing team. Key responsibilities include conducting training, assessing cloud usage, and performing budget management. Candidates should have strong experience in FinOps, cloud cost management tools, and significant experience with AWS and Azure. This role offers an opportunity to drive strategic impact in a diverse environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud financial management and solution architect roles.
• Active involvement in the FinOps community.
• Strong experience with AWS and Azure platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute cloud financial strategy.
• Establish governance frameworks and FinOps best practices.
• Lead a high-performing FinOps team.
• Conduct training for various stakeholders.
• Perform budget management and anomaly detection.

Skills

FinOps Experience

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Cloud cost management tools

Data analysis

Quantitative analysis

Tools

Apptio

Cloudability

CloudHealth

Job description

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

• 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/

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 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 )
• 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)

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.