Capgemini Invent – FinOps – Senior Consultant

FinOps Weekly; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance programs

Additional benefits based on local政策

Job summary

Capgemini Invent is seeking a Senior Consultant to lead FinOps workstreams focused on cloud cost visibility, allocation, optimization, and forecasting. You will work across AWS, Azure, and GCP to identify savings and drive practical improvements.

You will build governance foundations for showback, unit economics, and tagging strategy, while contributing to maturity assessments, roadmaps, and business cases. Coaching junior colleagues will also be part of the role.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in cloud cost management, IT finance, FP&A, or technology consulting.
• Hands-on experience with cloud billing and cost-management tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, Apptio Cloudability, CloudHealth, or Flexera.
• Strong analytical capability using Excel, SQL, Power BI, or similar tools.
• Knowledge of cloud pricing, commitment models, and core infrastructure services.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain cost drivers to both technical and finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end FinOps activities, including cost visibility, allocation, optimization, and forecasting.
• Analyze cloud billing and usage data across AWS, Azure, and GCP to identify savings opportunities and reduce waste.
• Build dashboards and reporting for engineering, finance, and leadership, including KPIs, showback, and unit economics.
• Develop tagging strategies, account and subscription structures, and cost-allocation models.
• Optimize cloud spend through Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and committed-use discounts.
• Partner with engineering, finance, and procurement to convert cost analysis into actionable improvements.
• Support FinOps maturity assessments, roadmaps, and business case development.
• Coach junior team members and ensure the quality of analytical outputs.

Skills

Cloud cost management

Analytical thinking

Communication to stakeholders

FinOps

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

Azure Cost Management

GCP Billing

Apptio Cloudability

CloudHealth

Flexera

Job description

Capgemini Invent is hiring a Senior Consultant to lead FinOps workstreams focused on cloud cost visibility, allocation, optimization, and forecasting. The role is designed to help clients move from reactive cloud spend management to a more controlled, forecastable operating model.

You will work directly with billing and usage data across AWS, Azure, and GCP, helping identify savings opportunities and reduce waste. The role also requires close collaboration with engineering, finance, and procurement stakeholders to turn cost insights into practical improvements.

A key part of the position is building reporting and governance foundations that support showback, unit economics, tagging strategy, and cost allocation. You will also contribute to FinOps maturity assessments, roadmaps, and business cases, while coaching junior team members and maintaining strong analytical quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end FinOps activities, including cost visibility, allocation, optimization, and forecasting.
• Analyze cloud billing and usage data across AWS, Azure, and GCP to identify savings opportunities and reduce waste.
• Build dashboards and reporting for engineering, finance, and leadership, including KPIs, showback, and unit economics.
• Develop tagging strategies, account and subscription structures, and cost-allocation models.
• Optimize cloud spend through Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and committed-use discounts.
• Partner with engineering, finance, and procurement to convert cost analysis into actionable improvements.
• Support FinOps maturity assessments, roadmaps, and business case development.
• Coach junior team members and ensure the quality of analytical outputs.

Required Skills

• 5–8 years of experience in cloud cost management, IT finance, FP&A, or technology consulting.
• Hands-on experience with cloud billing and cost-management tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, Apptio Cloudability, CloudHealth, or Flexera.
• Strong analytical capability using Excel, SQL, Power BI, or similar tools, including large and complex datasets.
• Knowledge of cloud pricing, commitment models, and core infrastructure services.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain cost drivers to both technical and finance stakeholders.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with FOCUS/FinOps standards.
• Familiarity with AI/GenAI cost drivers.

Analytics & Reporting Tools

• Excel
• SQL
• Power BI

FinOps Responsibilities

• Manage cloud cost visibility, allocation, optimization, and forecasting.
• Analyze billing and usage data to identify savings opportunities and reduce waste.
• Build KPI, showback, and unit economics reporting.
• Develop tagging strategies and cost-allocation models.
• Optimize spend using Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and committed-use discounts.
• Support FinOps maturity assessments, roadmaps, and business cases.

• Paid time off, including vacation, company holidays, personal days, and sick leave, based on employee grade and policy.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada.
• Retirement savings plans, such as 401(k) in the U.S. and RRSP in Canada.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Additional benefits based on local policy and eligibility.

Useful Links

• Applicant Rights Information: http://www.capgemini.com/resources/equal-employment-opportunity-is-the-law

Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the chance to lead FinOps work for clients operating across major cloud platforms and to influence how cloud spend is tracked, understood, and optimized. It combines hands-on analysis with stakeholder engagement, reporting, and operating-model improvement. The position also includes exposure to maturity assessments, roadmaps, and business cases, as well as the opportunity to coach junior colleagues. For professionals with a background in cloud cost management, finance, or consulting, it provides a broad and practical FinOps leadership scope.