FinOps Lead: Cloud Cost Optimisation (Azure/Snowflake)

FinOps Weekly

Royal Tunbridge Wells

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

FinOps Weekly in the United Kingdom seeks a Cloud FinOps Analyst to drive financial accountability, cost transparency, and optimisation across Azure and Snowflake environments. You will partner with Engineering, Data, Cloud Operations, and Finance to shape governance and support value realisation.

The role combines financial modelling with technical insight, leading cost-saving initiatives, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, including tagging, guardrails, and chargeback/showback models, with

Qualifications

Strong financial analysis including spend modelling, forecasting, and communicating insights.
Knowledge of cloud pricing models and platform fundamentals (Azure, Snowflake).
Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost management tools.
Experience using cloud-native cost portals.
Ability to collaborate with Finance and technical teams.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Persistent and proactive approach to cost improvements.

Responsibilities

Lead FinOps optimisation across Azure, Snowflake, and related data platforms.
Analyse cloud and Snowflake spend, identify trends, and recommend improvements.
Implement and monitor cost-saving measures (rightsizing, scheduling, warehouse optimisation, waste reduction).
Develop and enforce cost governance (tagging, budgeting, guardrails, accountability).
Oversee cost observability through Kubecost, Snowflake dashboards, and cloud cost portals.
Manage budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, and financial reporting for cloud and Snowflake.