FinOps Engineer: Cost Visibility & Optimisation

FinOps Weekly; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

10% personal development time/budget (

Job summary

FinOps Weekly is seeking a FinOps Engineer to bring structure and governance to technology spend across cloud, SaaS, licensing, on-premises infrastructure, and shared services. You will sit between Engineering and Finance, building models, reporting, and controls behind budgeting, forecasting, allocation, and optimisation.

The goal is to make spending visible, understandable, and actionable, while giving teams the insight they need to make cost-aware decisions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in FinOps, IT Financial Management, or related.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and cost reporting.
• Strong cloud pricing knowledge and data analytics skills.
• Hands-on SQL or similar data tools.

Responsibilities

• Own budgeting, forecasting, and spend governance across cloud, SaaS, licensing, and on-premise infra.
• Track spend vs budget, explain variances, and flag risks early.
• Build allocation models for showback/chargeback with clear ownership and tagging standards.
• Create dashboards and reports to improve visibility into tech consumption and spend.
• Drive cost-optimisation across cloud platforms and licensing.

Skills

FinOps

Budgeting & Forecasting

Cost Allocation

Cloud Pricing

Data Analysis

SQL

Tools

Azure Cost Management

Archera

Claude - Agents

Job description

FinOps Weekly is seeking a FinOps Engineer to bring structure and governance to technology spend across cloud, SaaS, licensing, on-premises infrastructure, and shared services. You will sit between Engineering and Finance, building models, reporting, and controls behind budgeting, forecasting, allocation, and optimisation.

The goal is to make spending visible, understandable, and actionable, while giving teams the insight they need to make cost-aware decisions.