Cloud Governance & Automation Lead

Moneycorp; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical health insurance

Job summary

Moneycorp in London is seeking an experienced Cloud Governance & Automation Lead to build and lead a capability that makes governance automated, continual and evidence-based across FinOps, security and architecture compliance.

You will lead a lean service automation team, set strategy, and deliver automation that turns policy into measurable assurance while enabling internal customers to move fast with audit-ready evidence for regulators.

Qualifications

• FinOps expertise (cost control, tagging, unit economics, optimisation).
• Experience automating governance into measurable analytics.
• Proven delivery of cloud cost savings and optimisation outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design and run automated compliance analytics across FinOps, Security and Architecture.
• Convert policies and regulatory requirements into codified checks with clear pass/fail outcomes.
• Deliver audit-ready evidence with trend reporting and insights.
• Monitor cost governance, security posture and architectural standards using automated measurement.
• Lead and develop a lean service automation team (2-3 engineers).
• Set technical direction, standards and delivery cadence.
• Operate the team as a product function (backlog, SLAs, stakeholder engagement).
• Champion DevOps culture: automation‑first, guardrails over manual approvals.
• Build automation to remove manual compliance, reporting and remediation effort.
• Develop APIs, services and data pipelines integrating cloud, security, identity and finance systems.
• Enable self‑service analytics and reporting for internal teams.
• Embed secure, zero‑trust patterns across automation and workflows.
• Own executive dashboards, scorecards and reporting outputs.
• Translate technical data into business and regulatory insights.
• Partner with Finance, Risk, Audit and Engineering to support governance and reporting.
• Define and evolve automation and compliance strategy.
• Establish policy‑as‑code and governance patterns.
• Recommend tools and platforms to improve cost, compliance and operational efficiency.
• Enable safe self‑service through guardrails and standards.

Skills

FinOps

Cost Governance

Automation

Cloud Governance

DevOps

SRE

Platform Engineering

Python

Go

C#

Data Pipelines

Dashboards

ETL/ELT

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Policy as code

RBAC

PIM

Cost Management

Resource Graph

Job description

Description

Position at Moneycorp

Welcome to Moneycorp

Moneycorp powers global payments for corporates, institutions and high net worth individuals, combining worldwide reach with local expertise. With over 45 years of market experience, two banking licences and offices in 11 countries, our technology delivers 24/7 accessibility, while our people deliver award-winning service. In 2024, we supported $1tn+ of payment volume, reaching 190 countries in 130 currencies. Our 32k+ corporate clients benefit from our regulatory resilience with 63+ permissions globally, access to major payment rails, and our proprietary technology.

Moneycorp is a place where energy, commitment, and collaboration are core to our values of shared success. We're restless in our drive to surpass the expectations of our customers and unlock opportunities to support them at every stage of their journey. The foundation of our success is our people, and nurturing a culture of belonging for all our colleagues is central to our journey as a global business.

Your Next Challenge

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Governance & Automation Lead to build and lead a capability that makes governance automated, continual and evidence-based across FinOps, security and architecture compliance.

As Cloud Governance & Automation Lead, you are the "self-service with continual compliance" voice - the leader who shifts the organization from periodic audits to automated measurement, from manual gates to intelligent guardrails, and from reactive reporting to self-service analytics. You build the automation platform that enables internal customers to move fast safely while maintaining audit-ready evidence for regulators.

This is a hands‑on leadership role - you lead a lean service automation team while personally contributing to technical delivery. You set strategy, build capability, and deliver automation that turns policy into measurable, continual assurance.

Key Responsibilities

Continual Compliance Analytics

• Design and run automated compliance analytics across FinOps, Security and Architecture
• Convert policies and regulatory requirements into codified checks with clear pass/fail outcomes
• Deliver audit-ready evidence with trend reporting and insights
• Monitor cost governance, security posture and architectural standards using automated measurement

Team Leadership & Growth

• Lead and develop a lean service automation team (2-3 engineers)
• Set technical direction, standards and delivery cadence
• Operate the team as a product function (backlog, SLAs, stakeholder engagement)
• Champion DevOps culture: automation‑first, guardrails over manual approvals

Hands‑On Automation & Integration

• Build automation to remove manual compliance, reporting and remediation effort
• Develop APIs, services and data pipelines integrating cloud, security, identity and finance systems
• Enable self‑service analytics and reporting for internal teams
• Embed secure, zero‑trust patterns across automation and workflows

Reporting & Stakeholder Enablement

• Own executive dashboards, scorecards and reporting outputs
• Translate technical data into business and regulatory insights
• Partner with Finance, Risk, Audit and Engineering to support governance and reporting

Automation Strategy & Patterns

• Define and evolve automation and compliance strategy
• Establish policy‑as‑code and governance patterns
• Recommend tools and platforms to improve cost, compliance and operational efficiency
• Enable safe self‑service through guardrails and standards

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience

FinOps & Cost Governance

• Strong FinOps expertise (cost control, tagging, unit economics, optimisation)
• Experience automating compliance and governance into measurable analytics
• Proven delivery of cloud cost savings and optimisation outcomes

Leadership & Team Building

• Experience leading technical teams (DevOps, SRE, FinOps or platform engineering)
• Track record of mentoring and growing engineers
• Comfortable operating a product‑focused function with stakeholders

Technical Delivery

• Hands‑on engineering background in automation, tooling or systems integration
• Experience building data pipelines or reporting solutions
• Ability to contribute technically while leading

Regulated Environment

• Experience working in regulated industries
• Strong understanding of audit, controls and evidence requirements
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders across Finance, Risk and Engineering

Essential Technical Skills

Azure & Cloud Governance

• Azure governance tools (Policy, Resource Graph, Cost Management)
• Identity and access management (AAD, RBAC, PIM)
• Familiarity with key Azure services (Functions, Logic Apps, APIs, messaging)

Software Development & Automation

• Proficiency in Python, Go or C#
• Infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform or Bicep)
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)

Data & Analytics

• Building dashboards and self‑service analytics solutions
• Data pipelines (ETL/ELT, APIs, event‑driven patterns)
• Monitoring, logging and alerting

FinOps & Compliance

• Cloud cost allocation and optimisation strategies
• Policy‑as‑code / compliance‑as‑code approaches
• Audit evidence generation and regulatory reporting

Please note

This is a full-time, permanent position with an opportunity to work hybrid in our London office.

What you get in return

This role offers a competitive salary, plus a benefits package including private medical health insurance.

Fostering a culture of belonging and inclusivity

We're committed to creating a workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and included. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we actively cultivate an inclusive culture where diversity thrives, and we empower our colleagues to drive meaningful change within our organization through Employee Engagement initiatives and value champion networks.

Like many of our peers, we recognize that fostering inclusivity is an ongoing journey, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to progress. By measuring our efforts through regular assessments and listening to the feedback of our employees, we strive to ensure that our initiatives are impactful and responsive to the evolving needs of our workforce.

Together, we want to build a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work, as we believe this is the foundation of innovation, creativity, and collective success.

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