Financial Operations Lead

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Fitness and wellness programs

Benefits platform with discounts

Employee Capital Plans (PPK)

Home office equipment allowance

Spectacles and contact lenses

Company events

Psychological support

Free parking

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. seeks a Financial Operations Lead, FinOps, to build enterprise-wide cloud financial management across software, SaaS, and digital products.

You will establish the operating model, governance, reporting, and accountability for cost visibility and optimization across hosted products and production environments. You will collaborate with Finance, Cloud Operations, and Product teams to embed cost-aware decision-making, drive forecasting accuracy, and mature FinOps practices

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, or IT financial governance.
• Hands-on experience managing cloud spend, budgeting, forecasting, and optimization across AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Strong understanding of cloud economics and licensing models.
• Ability to translate financial data into executive insights and influence stakeholders.
• Strong communication, governance, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the enterprise FinOps strategy and governance framework.
• Establish visibility into cloud and infra spend; create forecasting and reporting.
• Drive cloud cost optimization across compute, storage, licensing, and commitments.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, product, finance, procurement, and ops teams.
• Define and mature tagging standards and cost allocation models.
• Translate usage data into actionable business cases for stakeholders.
• Establish governance routines and decision forums for accountability.
• Build cost visibility for AI, ML, and related workloads.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud budgeting

Forecasting

Cost allocation

Leadership

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/IT

Tools

Power BI

FinOps platforms

Job description

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Financial Operations Lead, FinOps to build and mature an enterprise-wide FinOps capability across our commercial software, SaaS, and digital product portfolio. In this strategic and hands-on role, you will establish the operating model, governance, reporting, and accountability mechanisms that enable effective cloud financial management across hosted products, cloud platforms, and production environments.

Working closely with Finance, Cloud Operations, Product Development, Architecture, Product Management, Procurement, Customer Experience, and other key stakeholders, you will drive greater cost transparency, forecasting accuracy, and optimization while embedding cost-aware decision-making into product development, architecture, delivery, and operations. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape how cloud investments are governed and optimized across a rapidly growing digital business.

The Opportunity

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Financial Operations Lead, FinOps to build and mature an enterprise-wide FinOps capability across our commercial software, SaaS, and digital product portfolio. In this strategic and hands-on role, you will establish the operating model, governance, reporting, and accountability mechanisms that enable effective cloud financial management across hosted products, cloud platforms, and production environments.

Working closely with Finance, Cloud Operations, Product Development, Architecture, Product Management, Procurement, Customer Experience, and other key stakeholders, you will drive greater cost transparency, forecasting accuracy, and optimization while embedding cost-aware decision-making into product development, architecture, delivery, and operations. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape how cloud investments are governed and optimized across a rapidly growing digital business.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Develop and execute the enterprise-wide FinOps strategy, operating model, governance framework, and maturity roadmap


• Establish visibility into cloud and infrastructure spend, including allocation methodologies, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and executive reporting


• Drive cloud cost optimization initiatives across compute, storage, licensing, networking, commitments, and consumption-based services


• Partner with engineering, architecture, product, finance, procurement, and operations teams to embed cost accountability into planning, design, delivery, and run-state operations


• Define and mature tagging standards, cost allocation models, KPI frameworks, dashboards, and reporting processes across AWS, Azure, GCP, and related platforms


• Translate cloud usage and spending data into actionable recommendations, business cases, and optimization opportunities for technical and business stakeholders


• Establish governance routines and decision forums that drive accountability, manage financial risks, and track optimization initiatives through completion


• Build cost visibility and governance mechanisms for emerging technologies, including AI, machine learning, and agentic workloads
  

Your Background

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field


• 7+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, technology finance, cloud operations, or IT financial governance


• Hands-on experience managing cloud spend, budgeting, forecasting, allocation models, and optimization initiatives across AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar platforms


• Strong understanding of cloud economics, including rightsizing, reserved instances, savings plans, committed-use discounts, storage optimization, and licensing models


• Proven ability to translate financial and usage data into executive insights and influence stakeholders across technical and business functions


• Strong communication, governance, and leadership skills with experience driving cross-functional initiatives without direct authority
  

In Addition, the Following Skills Would Be Beneficial for the Role

• Experience building or scaling a FinOps practice across multiple product lines, business units, or geographies


• Advanced experience with FinOps platforms, cloud-native cost management tools, and Power BI reporting solutions


• Experience designing unit economics models, cost allocation frameworks, and accountability mechanisms


• Deep understanding of cloud pricing models, enterprise agreements, marketplace purchases, and rate optimization strategies


• Experience supporting SaaS, hosted, or cloud-managed software environments where cloud costs are aligned to customer and product commitments


• FinOps Certified Practitioner, cloud financial management certification, or equivalent FinOps leadership experience
  

More about us

At Hitachi Energy, we recognize that our people are at the heart of our success. We are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive workplace, competitive rewards, and opportunities for professional and personal growth. Our benefits package is designed to help employees thrive both at work and in their personal lives.

Our benefits offering for this role generally includes:

• Private medical care and life insurance


• Access to fitness and wellness programs


• Access to a benefits platform with discounts and perks


• Employee Capital Plans (PPK)


• Equipment for working from home or allowances for setting up a workplace at home


• Spectacles and contact lenses allowance


• Company events and team-building activities


• Psychological support program


• Free parking available
  

Additional benefits may apply depending on the role, grade, and business requirements.

You will receive more specific information during the recruitment process.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.