FinOps Consultant

FinOps Weekly; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Inetum is seeking a FinOps Consultant to lead cloud financial management within its central FinOps team. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization across product families and entities, collaborating with product and technical teams to balance cost and performance.

The role emphasizes building a holistic FinOps framework, governance across domains, and promoting best practices with stakeholders in a consulting and control capacity.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, IT, Finance, or related field.
• Hands-on experience in cloud operations and/or financial management.
• Familiarity with cloud-based architectures.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-related data for usage analysis.
• Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage cloud financial management practices.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization for cloud operations.
• Define policies and controls for cloud usage.
• Monitor and report on cloud usage, costs, and performance.
• Promote FinOps best practices across stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud operations

Financial management

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cost optimization

Cloud architectures

Cloud provider tools

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IT/Finance

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

# FinOps Consultant## About the RoleThis role sits within Inetum’s Central FinOps team and is focused on driving FinOps activities for a product family. The position supports cloud financial management practices that help improve visibility, control, and optimization of cloud usage and spend.The team provides both consulting and control over FinOps practices and activities for entities and product families. This includes reporting, advisory support, and the implementation of FinOps practices.The role works closely with product teams and technical teams to help them optimize cloud usage while maintaining reliability and performance. It also contributes to broader governance across the department by promoting consistent FinOps methods and decision-making.## Key Responsibilities– Establish and manage cloud financial management practices, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization. – Define and implement financial policies and controls for cloud operations. – Monitor and report on cloud usage, costs, and performance. – Work with product and technical teams to improve cloud efficiency without affecting reliability or performance. – Design and operate a holistic FinOps framework that supports multi-domain governance. – Promote cloud financial management best practices across department stakeholders. – Support reporting, consulting, and implementation of FinOps practices for entities and product families.## Required Skills– Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, or a related field. – Hands-on experience in cloud operations and/or financial management. – Familiarity with cloud-based architectures. – Familiarity with cloud provider tools. – Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization systems and processes. – Solid understanding of cloud-based application architectures. – Strong knowledge of cloud-related technical and financial data used to analyze and optimize cloud usage. – Ability to manage and allocate cloud resources and troubleshoot operational issues. – Fluent English.## Preferred Skills– Experience in IT asset management. – Experience in cost accounting. – Certifications from cloud providers such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.## Cloud Platforms & Technologies### Cloud Providers – Amazon Web Services (AWS) – Microsoft Azure### Cloud Architectures – Cloud-based architectures – Cloud-based application architectures### FinOps / Cloud Financial Management – Cloud provider tools – Budgeting systems and tools – Forecasting systems and tools – Cost optimization systems and tools – Cloud-related technical and financial data analysis – Cloud resource management and allocation – Operational troubleshooting## FinOps Responsibilities– Build and manage cloud financial management practices. – Support budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization for cloud operations. – Define financial policies and controls for cloud usage. – Monitor and report on cloud usage, costs, and performance. – Help teams optimize cloud consumption while preserving reliability and performance. – Develop and run a FinOps framework for multi-domain governance. – Share cloud financial management best practices across stakeholders.## Why You Might Be InterestedThis opportunity offers a central role in shaping FinOps practices for a product family within a broader consulting and control function. It combines cloud operations, financial management, and governance, making it relevant for professionals who work at the intersection of technology and cost control. The role also involves close collaboration with product and technical teams, with direct impact on cloud efficiency and operational decision-making.