Cloud FinOps Specialist: Cost Optimization & Governance

Stifel Financial Corp.; Memphis, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Stifel Financial Corp. seeks a FinOps Specialist to drive cloud cost management across AWS, Azure, and other platforms. You’ll partner with technology, finance, and business teams to operationalize FinOps practices, foster accountability, and optimize cloud investments.

The role emphasizes forecasting, reporting, and governance to maximize business value while adhering to compliance. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical, financial modeling, and data visualization skills, plus experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or related field
• 1+ year of experience in cloud financial management or related discipline
• Exposure to multi-cloud or SaaS environments is a plus
• FinOps Practitioner certification preferred
• Foundational cloud certifications are a plus

Responsibilities

• Support FinOps strategies and operating models to optimize cloud spend
• Maintain cost allocation models and showback frameworks
• Build forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis reports
• Identify and implement cost optimization opportunities
• Collaborate with engineering to promote cost awareness in IaC and development practices
• Enforce tagging governance for accurate cost attribution
• Build dashboards and KPIs to communicate cloud financial performance
• Support governance processes including budget alerts and spend reviews
• Track cloud provider commitments (RI, Savings Plans)
• Coordinate with IT Governance and Finance for alignment with budgets

Skills

FinOps principles

Cloud pricing models

Cloud financial data analysis

Analytical & financial modeling

Communication & collaboration

Cost governance & policies

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Cost & Usage Reports

Azure Cost Management

GCP Billing

Cloudability

Power BI

Tableau

QuickSight

Job description

Stifel Financial Corp. seeks a FinOps Specialist to drive cloud cost management across AWS, Azure, and other platforms. You’ll partner with technology, finance, and business teams to operationalize FinOps practices, foster accountability, and optimize cloud investments.

The role emphasizes forecasting, reporting, and governance to maximize business value while adhering to compliance. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical, financial modeling, and data visualization skills, plus experience