FinOps Engineer: Cloud Cost & Governance

Topdesk-7; Delft; Hybrid; EUR 61,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working environment

Open, collaborative culture

Job summary

TOPdesk is seeking a FinOps Engineer to bridge technology and finance in a proactive, data-driven way. You will own budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, and governance across cloud, SaaS, and licensing, turning spend data into insights that guide investment decisions.

You will collaborate with engineers and finance, build cost-data pipelines, dashboards, and models, and drive optimisation initiatives across Azure-based SaaS, on-prem components, and renewals, ensuring value delivery and cost

Qualifications

• 3+ years in FinOps, IT Financial Management, Technology Asset Management, or Technology Finance.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, analysis, financial reporting, and cost allocation.
• A good understanding of cloud platforms and cloud pricing models.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into actionable insight.
• Hands-on data skills — SQL or comparable data analysis — and comfort building repeatable analytical or reporting mechanisms.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders across technology and business functions.
• Able to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Technology budgeting, forecasting, and spend governance across cloud, SaaS, software licensing, infrastructure, and managed services.
• Tracking actual spend against budgets, explaining cost drivers and variances, and proactively flagging financial risks and unexpected increases.
• Cost allocation and financial-transparency models — showback and chargeback, plus ownership, tagging, and allocation standards.
• Visibility into technology consumption and spend through dashboards, reporting, and financial insight.
• Cost-optimisation initiatives across cloud platforms, SaaS, software licensing, and on-premises infrastructure.

Skills

FinOps

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Cost allocation

Cloud pricing models

Analytical skills

SQL

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Azure Cost Management

Archera

Job description

TOPdesk is seeking a FinOps Engineer to bridge technology and finance in a proactive, data-driven way. You will own budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, and governance across cloud, SaaS, and licensing, turning spend data into insights that guide investment decisions.

You will collaborate with engineers and finance, build cost-data pipelines, dashboards, and models, and drive optimisation initiatives across Azure-based SaaS, on-prem components, and renewals, ensuring value delivery and cost