FinOps Lead: Cloud Cost, Governance & Growth

skipton; Skipton; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

Annual leave allowance

Pension contribution

Staff mortgages

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing app

Volunteer opportunities

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounted gym memberships

Home & Tech voucher

Job summary

Skipton is seeking a Senior FinOps Analyst to establish and embed FinOps practices across its technology estate. You will create governance, reporting, processes and insights to drive better technology investment decisions, with cloud spend transparency and accountability.

You'll be the subject matter expert for FinOps, helping the organisation understand where technology money is spent, why it's spent, and how to maximise value from every pound invested.

Qualifications

• Proven FinOps or similar role experience with Azure or multi-cloud.
• Strong FinOps principles knowledge: cost optimisation, forecasting, governance.
• Strong financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting skills.
• Experience collaborating with Technology, Finance and Procurement with stakeholder management.
• Strong analytical and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead Skipton's FinOps capability, including governance, processes and reporting standards.
• Drive cloud cost transparency across Microsoft Azure, providing clear insight into spend, usage trends and cost drivers.
• Develop showback/chargeback models and embed financial accountability across technology teams.
• Partner with Technology, Finance, Procurement and Architecture teams to integrate FinOps best practice into decision-making.
• Identify and deliver cloud cost optimisation opportunities while balancing performance, resilience and business value.
• Develop forecasting, budgeting and financial models to improve cost predictability and support investment decisions.
• Create cloud reporting, dashboards and KPIs, leading financial reviews and providing recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud cost management

Azure

Financial governance

Forecasting & budgeting

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Tools

IBM Apptio

Cloudability

Job description

Skipton is seeking a Senior FinOps Analyst to establish and embed FinOps practices across its technology estate. You will create governance, reporting, processes and insights to drive better technology investment decisions, with cloud spend transparency and accountability.

You'll be the subject matter expert for FinOps, helping the organisation understand where technology money is spent, why it's spent, and how to maximise value from every pound invested.