FinOps Lead — Cloud Cost Strategy & Governance

Hitachi; Kraków; On-site; PLN 320,000 - 460,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care and life insuranc

Fitness and wellness programs

Benefits platform with discounts and…

Employee Capital Plans (PPK)

Equipment for working from home

Spectacles and contact lensesAllowance

Company events and team-building

Psychological support program

Free parking available

Job summary

HITACHI ENERGY SERVICES SP. Z O.O.

in Krakow 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. 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud cost mgmt

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cloud economics

Stakeholder comms

Leadership

Education

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

Tools

FinOps platforms

Cloud-native cost management tools

Power BI

Job description

HITACHI ENERGY SERVICES SP. Z O.O.

in Krakow 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. 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.