FinOps Specialist | CFM | Porto

Decskill; Porto; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Decskill is seeking a Cloud Financial Management Specialist in Porto to analyze, optimize, and report on cloud and AI service spending. You will drive FinOps initiatives, develop cost forecasts, and partner with engineering, finance, and product teams to implement cost controls and governance across AWS environments.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with cloud cost management, and fluency in English, with opportunities to work in a global context and contribute to savings

Qualifications

• Professional experience in Cloud Financial Management, FinOps, DevFinOps, Cloud Cost Optimization, or a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of cloud services cost management and optimization.
• Experience with cloud pricing models, discounts, and cost optimization strategies.
• Knowledge of FinOps principles and methodologies.
• Experience with cost attribution, cost showback, forecasting, and amortization.
• Experience identifying cloud cost drivers and optimization opportunities.
• Rightsizing and cloud resource optimization.
• Experience with cloud financial reporting and monitoring.
• Experience developing financial models and cost projections.
• Knowledge of ROI analysis and scenario modelling.
• Experience working with AWS cloud environments.
• Savings Plans and rate optimization.
• Integrating FinOps practices into engineering and delivery processes.
• DevFinOps and Policy-as-Code concepts.
• Experience in Agile environments.
• Fluent English is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and monitor cloud and AI service spending across products and services.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities and provide insights for strategic decisions.
• Analyze cloud spending in relation to business value, product outcomes, and operational needs.
• Monitor daily cloud costs and spending trends.
• Prepare and present weekly and monthly cost reports.
• Ensure transparency and visibility of cloud costs through reporting and cost attribution.
• Develop and implement hands-on cloud cost and resource optimization initiatives.
• Rightsize, waste management, rate optimization, discounts, and Savings Plans.
• Track progress and success of cost optimization initiatives.
• Support operational and product teams with FinOps controls and guardrails.
• Collaborate on FinOps and DevFinOps practices across cloud environments.
• Conduct business analysis to identify cloud cost drivers and optimization opportunities.
• Develop financial models for cost forecasting and projections.
• Perform ROI-focused scenario analyses for cloud initiatives.
• Collaborate with business, finance, infrastructure, cloud, and engineering teams.
• Improve tools and processes and integrate financial and technical data flows.
• Contribute to Policy-as-Code and FinOps practices in delivery pipelines.
• Communicate insights and recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud FinOps

FinOps

DevFinOps

Cloud cost optimization

Cloud cost reporting

English fluency

Agile environments

Tools

AWS

Python

SQL

Excel

Snowflake

Jupyter Notebooks

AWS QuickSight

Job description

We would like to meet a Cloud Financial Management | FinOps Specialist Porto.

At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.

We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long-term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.

As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long‑term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.

What You’ll Do:

• Analyze and monitor cloud and AI service spending across different products and services.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities and provide insights to support strategic decision-making.
• Analyze cloud spending in the context of business value, product outcomes, and operational needs.
• Monitor daily cloud costs and spending trends.
• Prepare and present weekly and monthly cost reports.
• Ensure transparency and visibility of cloud costs through reporting, showback, and cost attribution.
• Develop and implement hands‑on cloud cost and resource optimization initiatives.
• Work on rightsizing, waste management, rate optimization, discounts, and Savings Plans.
• Track the progress and success of cost optimization initiatives.
• Support operational and product development teams in implementing Cloud Financial Management controls and guardrails.
• Collaborate on FinOps and DevFinOps practices across cloud environments.
• Conduct business analysis to identify cloud cost drivers, trends, and optimization opportunities.
• Develop financial models for cost forecasting and projections.
• Perform scenario analysis and support the evaluation of the ROI of cloud initiatives.
• Collaborate with business, finance, infrastructure, cloud, and engineering teams.
• Improve tools and processes and support the integration of financial and technical data flows.
• Contribute to the implementation of Policy-as-Code and FinOps practices within delivery pipelines.
• Communicate insights and recommendations to technical, financial, operational, and management stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For:

• Professional experience in Cloud Financial Management, FinOps, DevFinOps, Cloud Cost Optimization, or a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of cloud services cost management and optimization.
• Experience with cloud pricing models, discounts, and cost optimization strategies.
• Knowledge of FinOps principles and methodologies.
• Experience with cost attribution, cost showback, forecasting, and amortization.
• Experience identifying cloud cost drivers and optimization opportunities.
• Knowledge of rightsizing and cloud resource optimization.
• Experience with cloud financial reporting and monitoring.
• Experience developing financial models and cost projections.
• Knowledge of ROI analysis and scenario modelling.
• Experience working with AWS cloud environments.
• Knowledge of Savings Plans and rate optimization.
• Experience integrating FinOps practices into engineering and delivery processes.
• Familiarity with DevFinOps and Policy-as-Code concepts.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to different stakeholders.
• Ability to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and optimization.
• Ability to work effectively in dynamic and distributed environments.
• Fluency in English is mandatory.

Technical Stack:

• AWS
• Python
• SQL
• Excel
• Snowflake
• Jupyter Notebooks
• AWS QuickSight

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with cloud cost management tools.
• Experience with AI service cost management and optimization.
• Knowledge of Cloud Financial Management frameworks.
• Experience implementing FinOps controls and guardrails.
• Experience with data analysis and visualization.
• Knowledge of cloud billing and cost allocation models.
• Experience working closely with engineering, finance, and business teams.
• Knowledge of automation for cloud cost analysis and reporting.
• Experience working in international and distributed teams.

Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously.

Find with us the right opportunity to grow!

What you can expect from us

• Long-term projects with national and international context.
• Opportunities to grow technically and professionally in Cloud, FinOps, and DevFinOps domains.
• A people‑first culture, focused on transparency and trust.
• Teams that value ownership, collaboration, and stability.
• The opportunity to work with cloud technologies and cost optimization initiatives.
• An international and dynamic working environment.
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.

Your next challenge might start here!

At Decskill, we are committed to equal opportunities and non‑discrimination. We promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, where recruitment and career progression are based exclusively on talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, or any other form of discrimination incompatible with human dignit