Cloud FinOps Consultant: Optimize Cloud Spend & Value

Trace3; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

401(k) + 529 + HSA

Competitive compensation

Training and development

Office snacks and beverages

Collaborative culture

Work-life balance & PTO

Job summary

Trace3 is seeking a Cloud FinOps Consultant to guide clients in optimizing cloud spending with financial and technical expertise. You will lead engagements, architect FinOps reporting, and transition projects into ongoing governance services.

You will onboard customers to cost management tools, answer billing questions within SLAs, and collaborate with engineering, finance, and consulting teams to drive measurable cost savings across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of three years of experience in cloud billing, sales support, operations, managed services, or finance.
• Experience onboarding clients to cloud billing, cost management, or FinOps tooling.
• Experience leading client facing presentations.
• Ability to design and build FinOps reporting frameworks aligned to business and technical requirements.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively interact with customer business, finance and technical teams
• Ability to efficiently manage and prioritize multiple projects and associated tasks
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 offerings and licensing options
• Familiarity with Google Workspaces
• Familiarity with cloud concepts for AWS, Azure and/or GCP
• Knowledge and experience with FinOps concepts and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Maintain FinOps Practitioner certification and a strong understanding of current and future FinOps frameworks and best practices.
• Learn and maintain key knowledge of AWS, Azure, GCP, Microsoft CSP, and Google Workspace service offerings and savings vehicles.
• Align Trace3 FinOps solutions within these frameworks and best practices, working cross-functionally with engineering, business, and consulting teams.
• Onboard cloud customers to the appropriate cost management systems and ensure appropriate setup on recurring billing according to contractual specifics.
• Field and answer cloud customer questions about their billing and overall account within contractual SLAs.
• Execute FinOps consulting engagements according to specified customer requirements, ensuring on-time delivery of documentation and collateral.
• Transition consulting engagements into appropriate ongoing services to ensure seamless cloud governance.
• Foster strong and lasting relationships with key stakeholders and decision makers in the client’s organization to maximize customer success.
• Design and build cloud FinOps reporting frameworks that satisfy client business needs aligned to tagging and naming strategies.
• Analyze client cloud cost and usage data to generate optimization opportunities and measure and report results, both identified and realized.
• Publish regular FinOps activity reports and conduct monthly/quarterly business reviews with clients on results and opportunities.
• Lead and present in client-facing scenarios with executive audiences, on-site and virtual.
• Research, document and implement technical and business enhancements to Trace3’s FinOps service offering and operations with the goal of continually improving customer success.
• Analyze new cloud provider and third-party tooling options to help in the optimization and automation of internal processes.
• Contribute to the development of new and innovative FinOps consulting services.
• Build a community and following around Trace3’s company solutions and brand awareness.
• Formalize internal procedures and collateral for existing and new offerings.
• Support internal resources and prospects in the pre-sales cycle.
• Continuously analyze both internal and client-facing processes for opportunities to better scale as the business grows.
• Participate in tactical and strategic departmental planning to support future growth and team success.

Skills

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Cloud billing

Client-facing presentations

FinOps concepts

Communication skills

Multi-project management

Microsoft 365 licensing

Google Workspace

AWS/Azure/GCP familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft 365

Google Workspace

Job description

Trace3 is seeking a Cloud FinOps Consultant to guide clients in optimizing cloud spending with financial and technical expertise. You will lead engagements, architect FinOps reporting, and transition projects into ongoing governance services.

You will onboard customers to cost management tools, answer billing questions within SLAs, and collaborate with engineering, finance, and consulting teams to drive measurable cost savings across AWS, Azure, and GCP.