Cloud FinOps Manager

Kraft Heinz, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraft Heinz, Inc. Bengaluru seeks a seasoned FinOps leader to drive cloud financial governance across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Own cost visibility, reporting, budgeting, and chargeback frameworks to align cloud spend with business targets.

Collaborate with Finance, IT, Engineering, and Procurement to optimize usage, deliver executive dashboards, and mentor analysts in best practices. Independent daily operation and stakeholder engagement are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT, Cloud Operations, or Finance Ops with FinOps exposure.
• Deep knowledge of cloud billing constructs, consumption models, and cost levers.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills for global teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead FinOps across AWS, Azure, and GCP with cost visibility and governance.
• Manage billing, cost allocation, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Translate cost data into dashboards and executive-ready recommendations.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud cost mgmt

AWS billing

Azure billing

GCP billing

Power BI

Excel

SQL

Python data analytics

Stakeholder mgmt

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Finance/IT or related domain exposure

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

Azure Cost Management

GCP Billing

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead FinOps operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring cost visibility, governance, optimization, accurate reporting, and billing transparency for global stakeholders
• Manage cloud billing, cost allocation, chargeback/showback, tagging compliance, budget tracking, forecasting, and spend variance analysis
• Partner with Finance, Engineering, DevOps, Procurement, and business teams to align cloud consumption with financial targets and enterprise governance standards
• Translate complex cloud cost data into clear, actionable insights, dashboards, and executive-ready recommendations
• Independently handle daily FinOps operations, stakeholder queries, billing escalations, reporting requests, and follow-ups during the reporting manager's absence
• Identify and drive optimization opportunities, including rightsizing, commitment coverage, storage optimization, idle resource cleanup, and usage trend analysis
• Improve FinOps processes, controls, documentation, governance cadences, and stakeholder communication routines
• Coach analysts and team members on FinOps best practices, cloud billing processes, reporting standards, and stakeholder engagement

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in IT, Cloud Operations, Finance Operations, or related roles, with strong exposure to FinOps and cloud cost management
• Strong understanding of AWS, Azure, and GCP billing constructs, consumption models, commitment discounts, and cost optimization levers
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills, with confidence engaging global, cross-functional, and senior stakeholders
• Ability to work independently, take ownership of daily operations, resolve queries, manage escalations, and provide reliable backup coverage during the manager's absence
• Strong financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, variance-analysis, and data-interpretation skills
• Hands-on experience with cloud cost and analytics tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, Power BI, Excel, SQL, or equivalent platforms
• Strong problem‑solving mindset with attention to detail, accountability, and the ability to prioritize in a fast‑paced global environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience applying AI for FinOps use cases, including cost anomaly analysis, forecasting support, automation, and insight generation
• undefined Python data analytics for automation, reporting, data validation, and cloud cost analysis
• Power BI dashboard development for cloud spend visibility, KPI tracking, and executive reporting
• Hands-on cloud platform experience across Azure, AWS, and GCP
• Expertise in FinOps commitment‑plan strategies, including enterprise discount programs, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot usage, Sustained Use Discounts, and Committed Use Discounts
• Experience with agentic AI concepts and AI‑enabled workflow automation for FinOps reporting and analysis
• Advanced Excel skills for financial modelling, variance analysis, reconciliations, and executive reporting
• Strong understanding of financial principles, budgeting, forecasting, chargeback/showback, and business analytics
• Proven ability to collaborate with global teams across Finance, IT, Engineering, Procurement, and business stakeholders
• Self‑starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a team while delivering superior customer service
• Understanding of application development environments, databases, data management, and infrastructure capabilities and constraints
• Ability to analyse large datasets and produce meaningful insights for operational, financial, and executive decision‑making