Lead FinOps Specialist

FinOps Weekly; Richmond Hill; Hybrid; CAD 87,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Variable and commission opportunities

Vacation entitlement and paid time off

Job summary

OpenText is seeking a Lead FinOps Specialist to manage cloud financial operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will collaborate with Development, Finance, FP&A, Procurement, Engineering, Product, and leadership to turn cloud usage into actionable financial insights.

You will lead forecasting, budgeting, governance, and cost optimization initiatives, delivering dashboards and strategic recommendations to executives to guide cloud investments and maturity.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years FinOps for senior role; 12–15+ for principal.
• Hands-on cloud spend mgmt across AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Influence across Engineering, Finance, Procurement.
• Thorough understanding of cloud billing constructs & levers.
• Demonstrated financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting & analysis.
• Experience with cloud cost management platforms.
• Advanced Excel, SQL, and BI tool capabilities.
• Translate cloud usage into business insights.
• Proven change leadership & adoption of new processes.
• Strategic thinking to shape FinOps maturity.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide cloud cost optimization initiatives.
• Drive rightsizing, storage optimization, and savings strategies.
• Build forecasts, budgets, and variance analyses.
• Align cloud spend with FP&A plans.
• Implement controls, alerts, and anomaly detection.
• Design showback/chargeback models; define governance.
• Establish tagging standards and FinOps policies.
• Deliver executive dashboards and strategic reports.
• Promote cost-aware practices across product teams.

Skills

FinOps leadership

Cloud cost management

Forecasting & budgeting

Stakeholder influence

Analytical skills

Change leadership

Strategic thinking

Executive dashboards

Tools

Excel (Advanced)

SQL

BI tools

Cloud cost management platforms

Job description

Lead FinOps Specialist

About the Role

OpenText is seeking a Lead FinOps Specialist to manage cloud financial operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The role exists to improve cloud spend efficiency, strengthen forecasting and budgeting, and support governance in a multi-cloud environment. You will work closely with Development, Finance, FP&A, Procurement, Engineering, Product, and leadership teams to turn cloud usage into actionable financial insight. The goal is to help the business make better decisions on cloud investment, cost allocation, and long-term FinOps maturity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide initiatives to reduce cloud waste and improve efficiency.
• Drive rightsizing, storage optimization, and commitment-based savings efforts.
• Build and maintain cloud spend forecasts, budgets, and variance analysis.
• Partner with FP&A to align cloud spend with financial plans.
• Implement proactive controls, alerts, and anomaly detection.
• Design and operate showback and chargeback allocation models.
• Establish and enforce tagging standards and governance.
• Define FinOps policies, guardrails, and KPI-based processes.
• Promote cost-aware practices across engineering and product teams.
• Deliver dashboards, KPIs, and strategic recommendations to executive stakeholders.

Required Skills

• 8–12+ years of FinOps experience for Senior-level consideration, or 12–15+ years for Principal-level consideration.
• Hands-on experience managing cloud spend across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• Ability to influence Engineering, Finance, and Procurement stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of cloud billing constructs and optimization levers.
• Demonstrated financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical skills.
• Experience with cloud cost management platforms.
• Advanced Excel, SQL, and/or BI tool skills.
• Ability to translate cloud consumption into business insights.
• Proven change leadership and ability to drive adoption of new processes.
• Strategic thinking and ability to shape FinOps maturity over time.

Cloud Platforms & Technologies

Cloud Providers

• AWS
• Azure
• GCP

FinOps Platforms

• Cloud cost management platforms

Reporting & BI

• Advanced Excel
• SQL
• BI tools

FinOps Responsibilities

• Cloud cost optimization and waste reduction
• Rightsizing, storage optimization, and commitment strategies
• Forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
• Alignment of cloud spend with FP&A plans
• Cost anomaly detection, controls, and alerts
• Showback and chargeback design and implementation
• Tagging governance and standards enforcement
• FinOps policy, guardrail, and KPI development
• Executive dashboards and strategic reporting
• Cross-functional adoption of cost-aware practices

Benefits

• Benefits package supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
• Variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles.
• Vacation entitlement and paid time off.
• Salary range: $86,800 - $130,200.
• Actual salary may vary based on education, experience, skills, geographic location, and internal/external equity factors.

Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers broad ownership of cloud financial management across a global multi-cloud environment. It combines cloud cost optimization, forecasting, governance, and executive-level communication in one position. You will collaborate with teams across engineering, finance, procurement, and leadership, with direct influence on spending decisions and cloud strategy. It may appeal to candidates who want to shape FinOps maturity at scale.