FinOps Engineer - Hybrid, Data-Driven & Growth-Focused

TOPdesk; Delft; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

10 to Grow programme (personal growth)

Excellent employment conditions

Job summary

TOPdesk is seeking a FinOps Engineer to bridge technology and finance, owning budgeting, forecasting, and spend governance across cloud, SaaS, and licensing. You will transform consumption data into actionable insights, drive cost-optimisation, and create transparent models for allocation and governance.

You will work with engineers and Finance to implement data pipelines, dashboards, and policy automation, ensuring alignment with business needs and reliability.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in FinOps, IT Financial Management, Technology Asset Management, or Technology Finance.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, analysis, financial reporting, and cost allocation.
• Understanding of cloud platforms and cloud pricing models.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insight.
• Hands-on data skills — SQL or comparable data analysis — and comfort building repeatable analytics 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

• Own technology budgeting, forecasting, and spend governance across cloud, SaaS, software licensing, infrastructure, and managed services.
• Track actual spend against budgets, explain cost drivers, and flag financial risks and unexpected increases.
• Develop cost allocation and transparency models — showback/chargeback, tagging, and allocation standards.
• Provide visibility into technology consumption via dashboards and financial insights.
• Lead cost-optimisation initiatives across cloud, SaaS, licensing, and on‑premises infrastructure.
• Manage software asset management — license utilisation, renewals, compliance, vendor-audit readiness.
• Support vendor reviews and renewal planning with financial analysis.
• Conduct regular cost reviews with stakeholders and drive continuous governance improvements.

Skills

FinOps

Budgeting & forecasting

Cloud pricing models

Analytical thinking

SQL/data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Data storytelling

Tools

Azure Cost Management

API integrations

Job description

TOPdesk is seeking a FinOps Engineer to bridge technology and finance, owning budgeting, forecasting, and spend governance across cloud, SaaS, and licensing. You will transform consumption data into actionable insights, drive cost-optimisation, and create transparent models for allocation and governance.

You will work with engineers and Finance to implement data pipelines, dashboards, and policy automation, ensuring alignment with business needs and reliability.