Lead FinOps Specialist

OpenText; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 86,800 - 130,200; Full time

Job summary

OpenText is seeking a Lead FinOps Specialist to maximize value of cloud investments across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will partner with Development, Finance and leadership to drive smarter decisions, improve forecasting, optimize spending, and strengthen cloud governance.

This senior role requires 8–12+ years in cloud financial management, multi‑cloud spend management, and strong forecasting, budgeting, and analytical skills. It offers a path to influence strategy and tangible business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of FinOps experience in cloud financial management.
• Hands-on multi-cloud spend management across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Strong forecasting, budgeting, and analytical capabilities.
• Experience with cloud cost management platforms.
• Excellent executive communication and cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide cloud cost optimization initiatives to reduce waste.
• Drive rightsizing, storage optimization, and commitment strategies.
• Develop and maintain cloud spend forecasts and variance analysis.
• Collaborate with FP&A to align cloud spend with financial plans.
• Design tagging governance and cost allocation models.

Skills

FinOps

Multi-cloud management

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud pricing knowledge

Financial modeling

Excel/SQL/BI

Executive communication

Change leadership

Strategic thinking

Tools

Cloud cost management platforms

Job description

Your Impact
Cloud is at the heart of OpenText’s innovation and transformation, and as a Lead FinOps Specialist, you will play a key role in maximizing the value of our cloud investments across AWS, Azure, and GCP. This highly visible position combines financial expertise, technical insight, and strategic influence, empowering you to partner with Development, Finance, and leadership teams to drive smarter decisions, improve forecasting, optimize spending, and strengthen cloud governance. More than managing cloud costs, you’ll help turn our multi‑cloud environment into a strategic business advantage while delivering measurable impact across the organization.

What The Role Offers

• Cloud cost optimization: Lead enterprise‑wide initiatives to reduce waste and improve efficiency
• Cost‑reduction execution: Drive rightsizing, storage optimization, and commitment strategies
• Forecasting & budgeting: Build and maintain cloud spend forecasts and variance analysis
• Financial alignment: Partner with FP&A to tie cloud spend to financial plans
• Cost anomaly detection: Implement proactive controls and alerts
• Cost allocation models: Design and operationalize showback/chargeback frameworks
• Tagging governance: Establish and enforce tagging standards
• FinOps governance: Define policies, guardrails, and KPI‑driven processes
• Cross‑functional partnership: Embed cost‑aware practices across engineering and product teams
• Executive insights: Deliver dashboards, KPIs, and strategic recommendations

What You Need To Succeed

• FinOps experience: 8–12+ years (Senior) or 12–15+ years (Principal) in cloud financial management
• Multi‑cloud expertise: Hands‑on experience managing spend across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
• Cross‑functional leadership: Ability to influence Engineering, Finance, and Procurement
• Cloud pricing knowledge: Deep understanding of billing constructs and optimization levers
• Financial modeling: Strong forecasting, budgeting, and analytical capabilities
• FinOps tooling: Experience with cloud cost management platforms
• Data skills: Advanced Excel, SQL, and/or BI tools
• Executive communication: Ability to translate cloud consumption into business insights
• Change leadership: Proven ability to drive adoption of new processes
• Strategic thinking: Ability to shape long‑term FinOps strategy and maturity

Compensation

At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. A summary of benefits can be found on our Why Join Us page. As you move through the hiring process, we’re happy to provide more details about our compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles, vacation entitlement, and paid time off.
Salary Range: $86,800 - $130,200 – depending on education, experience, skills, geographical location, and internal equity. Actual salary may vary.

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