Cloud FinOps Lead - Forecasting & Exec Reporting

Centraprise, Corp.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Centraprise, Corp. is seeking an experienced FinOps practitioner to own cloud cost forecasting and spend tracking across its multi-cloud estate.

You will be the single point of accountability for what is spent, what is forecasted, and why variances occur, working with engineering, IT finance, and business planning to keep forecasts aligned and present concise executive summaries. The role is highly cross-functional, requiring collaboration with Cloud Build, SDIT FinOps, and Business Planning

Qualifications

• Hands-on FinOps or cloud financial management experience in multi-cloud environments.
• Ability to forecast, analyze variances, and explain drivers in business terms.
• Experience presenting to senior technical and finance stakeholders; credible in executive rooms.
• Excellent written communication with a track record of producing material for executives.
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid ramp-up when urgency is high.

Responsibilities

• Own cloud spend forecasting and tracking across AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts.
• Maintain cost visibility at account/service/environment/application level with tagging hygiene.
• Produce recurring and ad hoc executive summaries with narrative and key numbers.
• Identify savings opportunities (RI, Savings Plans, right-sizing, storage tiering) and track realized benefits.

Skills

FinOps experience

Cloud financial management

Forecasting

Executive stakeholder communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS CUR

Azure Cost Management

GCP Billing

BigQuery exports

Apptio/CloudHealth/Flexera

Job description

Centraprise, Corp. is seeking an experienced FinOps practitioner to own cloud cost forecasting and spend tracking across its multi-cloud estate.

You will be the single point of accountability for what is spent, what is forecasted, and why variances occur, working with engineering, IT finance, and business planning to keep forecasts aligned and present concise executive summaries. The role is highly cross-functional, requiring collaboration with Cloud Build, SDIT FinOps, and Business Planning