FinOps Lead: Cloud Cost Strategy & Optimization

Allegis Group; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegis Group is seeking an experienced FinOps Advisor to design, implement and operationalise FinOps across Azure, AWS, GCP and OCI. You will partner with Finance, Engineering and Platform teams to drive cloud financial visibility, accountability and optimisation.

Responsibilities include leading discovery workshops, supporting RFPs, designing operating models and guiding customers through cost and optimisation use cases.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in cloud, cloud cost optimisation, cloud financial management or FinOps.
• Demonstrated involvement in cloud savings or cost-optimisation initiatives.
• Strong experience with at least two major cloud providers, such as Azure, AWS, GCP or OCI.
• Hands-on experience with FinOps tools such as Cloudability, CloudHealth, native cloud cost tools or equivalent platforms.
• Good understanding of cloud pricing models, reservations, Savings Plans, committed-use discounts and licensing impacts.
• Experience designing cost-allocation, budgeting, forecasting, chargeback or showback models.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer discussions, solution presentations and RFP responses for new and existing customers.
• Conduct FinOps discovery and maturity-assessment workshops.
• Understand customer business objectives, cloud adoption plans and financial priorities.
• Design FinOps frameworks covering governance, budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, chargeback/showback and optimisation.
• Define FinOps operating models, stakeholder responsibilities and decision-making processes.
• Advise customers on aligning cloud consumption with business KPIs, product roadmaps and financial goals.
• Communicate technical cloud-cost drivers clearly to Finance, Business and Executive stakeholders.
• Lead customer onboarding to FinOps solutions and services.
• Implement FinOps processes across the Inform, Optimise and Operate phases.
• Establish tagging and labelling standards across cloud environments.
• Define account, subscription, project and resource hierarchy structures.

Skills

Cloud cost optimisation

FinOps advisory

Stakeholder communication

Workshop facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Cloudability

CloudHealth

Native cloud cost tools

Job description

Allegis Group is seeking an experienced FinOps Advisor to design, implement and operationalise FinOps across Azure, AWS, GCP and OCI. You will partner with Finance, Engineering and Platform teams to drive cloud financial visibility, accountability and optimisation.

Responsibilities include leading discovery workshops, supporting RFPs, designing operating models and guiding customers through cost and optimisation use cases.