Specialist, Corporate Finance (FinOps)

FinOps Weekly; Malaysia; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

FinOps Weekly in Cyberjaya leads FinOps for a National Sovereign AI Cloud, establishing governance and cost controls to drive value-based cloud use. You’ll collaborate with cloud operations, engineering, governance and procurement to deliver transparency, and effective financial decision-making.

The role focuses on forecasting, reporting, and continuous improvement of cost efficiency, with senior leadership accountability and a strong emphasis on TBM and governance across agencies.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of financial management, cloud operations or FinOps experience.
• Experience in cloud cost optimisation and governance.
• Experience working across finance, technology, operations and vendor management.
• Proven leadership and ability to mentor teams.
• Strong forecasting, budgeting and financial reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish FinOps governance, policies and accountability frameworks.
• Drive FinOps adoption across cloud platforms and stakeholders.
• Monitor spend and utilisation to identify optimisation opportunities.
• Lead forecasting, expenditure modelling, and dashboards for reporting.
• Support procurement reviews, pricing analysis, and vendor management.
• Mentor analysts and build cloud financial capability across the organisation.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud cost management

Forecasting

Vendor management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/IT/CS/Business Analytics

Tools

TBM

FinOps frameworks

Job description

About the Role

This role leads FinOps for the National Sovereign AI Cloud, with responsibility for building the financial controls and operating practices needed to manage cloud consumption in a disciplined, transparent, and value-focused way. The objective is to ensure sovereign cloud resources are governed effectively, used efficiently, and aligned with business value outcomes. The position works closely with cloud operations, engineering, architecture, AI platform, and governance teams. It also supports financial decision-making across cloud services, procurement, licensing, investment choices, and commercial arrangements. The broader mandate is to improve cost visibility, strengthen accountability, and support sustainable cloud operations through forecasting, reporting, optimisation, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and operate FinOps governance frameworks, policies, standards, and accountability mechanisms for sovereign cloud resources.
• Drive FinOps adoption across cloud platforms, technology teams, and key stakeholders.
• Develop cloud financial management practices aligned with government requirements, financial governance standards, and national digital priorities.
• Monitor cloud expenditure, resource consumption, and utilisation to improve value from infrastructure investment.
• Identify savings opportunities through rightsizing, resource rationalisation, capacity optimisation, and workload efficiency improvements.
• Lead cloud financial planning, consumption forecasting, and expenditure modelling for budgeting and investment decisions.
• Build financial projections based on cloud adoption trends, business demand, workload growth, and infrastructure expansion needs.
• Design and manage cost allocation, showback, and chargeback models to improve financial visibility and accountability.
• Ensure cloud costs are accurately attributed across agencies, programmes, business units, and services.
• Develop dashboards, metrics, and reporting for cloud financial performance.
• Provide insight on expenditure, efficiency, return on investment, and optimisation opportunities.
• Present financial reports and recommendations to management and governance committees.
• Support commercial evaluation of cloud services, technology investments, licensing, and vendor agreements.
• Assess pricing structures, commercial models, and service consumption arrangements to ensure value for money.
• Advise cloud operations, engineering, architecture, AI platform, and governance teams on the financial impact of technology decisions.
• Define and track FinOps KPIs, financial efficiency indicators, and value realisation measures.
• Monitor financial risks, cost leakage, and inefficient utilisation, and implement controls to maintain discipline.
• Lead and mentor FinOps analysts, cloud financial specialists, and relevant stakeholders.
• Build organisational capability in cloud financial management, cost optimisation, forecasting, and cloud economics.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Analytics, or a related discipline from a recognised university.
• 8–12 years of experience in financial management, cloud operations, technology finance, FinOps, IT financial management, or a related field.
• Experience in cloud cost optimisation, cloud financial governance, technology budgeting, or resource planning.
• Experience working across finance, technology, operations, and vendor management environments.
• FinOps frameworks and practices.
• Cloud cost management.
• Cloud financial governance.
• Cost allocation and chargeback models.
• Financial planning and forecasting.
• Technology Business Management (TBM).
• Cloud economics and pricing analysis.
• Financial analytics and reporting.
• Vendor commercial management.
• Cloud consumption optimisation.
• Business case development.
• Financial risk management.
• Leadership and team development.
• Strategic thinking.
• Commercial acumen.
• Stakeholder engagement.
• Analytical thinking.
• Influencing and negotiation skills.
• Problem solving.
• Accountability and ownership.
• Collaboration.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Willingness to work in Cyberjaya.
• Malaysian citizen.

Preferred Skills

• FinOps Certified Practitioner, FinOps Certified Professional, Cloud Financial Management certification, or equivalent.
• Professional cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, OpenStack, or VMware.
• Experience with large-scale cloud environments, data centres, digital infrastructure, or public sector technology programmes.

Cloud Platforms & Technologies

Cloud / Platform Environments

• National Sovereign AI Cloud
• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud
• Oracle Cloud
• OpenStack
• VMware

FinOps / Cloud Financial Management Domains

• FinOps frameworks and practices
• Cloud cost management
• Cloud financial governance
• Cost allocation and chargeback models
• Financial planning and forecasting
• Technology Business Management (TBM)
• Cloud economics and pricing analysis
• Financial analytics and reporting
• Vendor commercial management
• Cloud consumption optimisation
• Business case development
• Financial risk management

FinOps Responsibilities

• Build and operationalise FinOps governance, policies, standards, and accountability mechanisms.
• Improve cost transparency through showback, chargeback, and accurate cost allocation.
• Monitor spend and utilisation to identify optimisation and efficiency opportunities.
• Deliver rightsizing, capacity optimisation, and workload efficiency initiatives.
• Develop forecasting, expenditure modelling, dashboards, and financial reporting.
• Support commercial assessments, procurement reviews, and pricing analysis.
• Track KPIs, efficiency indicators, and value realisation outcomes.
• Strengthen financial controls, risk monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor stakeholders and build FinOps capability across the organisation.

Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers broad ownership across FinOps governance, cost optimisation, forecasting, chargeback, and financial reporting within a national sovereign cloud environment. It combines financial analysis with commercial evaluation, stakeholder advisory, and capability building. The scope spans cloud operations, engineering, architecture, AI platform, and governance teams, making it well suited to someone seeking a cross‑functional role with clear financial accountability. The position is based in Cyberjaya and requires Malaysian citizenship.