FinOps Architect — Cloud & AI Spend Optimization

Autodesk; Arkansas; On-site; USD 98,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk is seeking a Senior Cloud & AI FinOps Analyst to scale FinOps as a service for internal stakeholders. You will blend multi-cloud FinOps execution with advanced analytics, business systems analysis, and product ownership of our expanding AI asset portfolio.

In this role, you will build self-service capabilities, automate insights, and guide spend governance across AWS, Azure, GCP, and AI platforms. You will lead a FinOps Champion Network and drive continuous improvement in cost

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years as a Business Systems Analyst or FinOps Analyst with requirements elicitation and stakeholder-facing delivery.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and data-driven storytelling.
• Experience building dashboards in Apptio Cloudability, Apptio BI, Turbonomic.
• Knowledge of cloud billing across AWS/Azure/GCP and SaaS/AI licensing.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the FinOps Product Owner for multi-cloud and AI spend dashboards.
• Maintain a FinOps services portal as the self-service entry point.
• Evolve the operating model for FinOps as a service with roadmap and backlog priorities.
• Lead a FinOps Champion Network across engineering, finance, and product teams.
• Drive governance and KPI standardization; implement showback and tagging.
• Build and iterate dashboards in Apptio Cloudability, Apptio BI, Turbonomic.
• Establish usage tracking and token consumption analytics.
• Develop repeatable spend analyses and actionable summaries.
• Define reporting standards and allocation logic.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities and automate them.
• Support forecasting cloud and AI tooling spend and variances.
• Partner with cloud/automation teams to implement guardrails and prevent spend regressions.

Skills

FinOps

Data analysis

Dashboarding

Stakeholder comms

Multi-cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance/IT/Analytics

Tools

Apptio Cloudability

Apptio BI

Turbonomic

Job description

Autodesk is seeking a Senior Cloud & AI FinOps Analyst to scale FinOps as a service for internal stakeholders. You will blend multi-cloud FinOps execution with advanced analytics, business systems analysis, and product ownership of our expanding AI asset portfolio.

In this role, you will build self-service capabilities, automate insights, and guide spend governance across AWS, Azure, GCP, and AI platforms. You will lead a FinOps Champion Network and drive continuous improvement in cost