Senior FinOps Lead: Cloud Cost Optimization & Reporting

FinOps Weekly; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

FinOps Weekly is seeking a Sr. Cloud FinOps Expert to lead cloud cost optimization across AWS/Azure/GCP, translate usage into financial insights, and partner with engineering, finance, and operations.

You will own budgeting, forecasting, tagging strategies, dashboards, and cost controls to improve transparency and drive accountable cloud consumption. The role demands hands-on leadership, strong data skills, and the ability to communicate complex cost data to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• 10–14 years of experience in cloud engineering, financial analysis, or FinOps roles.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proven experience in cloud cost analysis, optimization, and reporting.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams across engineering, finance, and operations.
• Strong understanding of cloud pricing and billing models.
• Experience with data analysis, reporting, and dashboarding.
• Knowledge of cost allocation and tagging strategies.
• Experience with cloud cost management tools and billing platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud cost optimization efforts, including rightsizing, workload scheduling, and removing unused resources.
• Manage Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and committed use discounts.
• Analyze cloud usage, spending patterns, and pricing models to identify inefficiencies and savings opportunities.
• Translate cloud consumption into financial insights tied to business KPIs and cost centers.
• Support cloud budgeting, forecasting, and cost planning.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reporting to track spend, trends, anomalies, and unit economics.
• Develop and maintain tagging strategies and cost allocation models.
• Support governance policies, financial controls, and cost-aware engineering practices.
• Improve FinOps processes, standards, documentation, and shared tooling.
• Collaborate with engineering, finance, DevOps, and business teams to drive accountability and transparency.

Skills

Cloud cost optimization

Budgeting & forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Billing & pricing models

Dashboarding

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Finance

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Cloud cost management tools

Billing platforms

Job description

FinOps Weekly is seeking a Sr. Cloud FinOps Expert to lead cloud cost optimization across AWS/Azure/GCP, translate usage into financial insights, and partner with engineering, finance, and operations.

You will own budgeting, forecasting, tagging strategies, dashboards, and cost controls to improve transparency and drive accountable cloud consumption. The role demands hands-on leadership, strong data skills, and the ability to communicate complex cost data to non-technical stakeholders.