FinOps Lead: Cloud Cost Strategy & Governance

HITACHI ENERGY CZECH REPUBLIC S.R.O.; Kraków; On-site; PLN 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care and lifeinsurance

Fitness and wellness programs

Benefits platform with discounts and ↆ

Employee Capital Plans (PPK)

Equipment for working from home or set

Spectacles and contact lenses

Company events and team-building

Psychological support program

Free parking

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Services Sp. z o.o. in Krakow is seeking a Financial Operations Lead to build and mature an enterprise FinOps capability across our software, SaaS, and digital products.

You will establish the operating model, governance, and reporting to enable cloud financial management across hosted environments. You will partner with Finance, Cloud Operations, Product Development, Architecture, and Procurement to drive cost transparency, forecasting accuracy, and optimization while embedding

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 major cloud platforms.

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 management

Budget forecasting

Cloud governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Tools

Power BI

FinOps platforms

Job description

Hitachi Energy Services Sp. z o.o. in Krakow is seeking a Financial Operations Lead to build and mature an enterprise FinOps capability across our software, SaaS, and digital products.

You will establish the operating model, governance, and reporting to enable cloud financial management across hosted environments. You will partner with Finance, Cloud Operations, Product Development, Architecture, and Procurement to drive cost transparency, forecasting accuracy, and optimization while embedding