FinOps Specialist

Kforce Inc; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA and FSA

401(k)

Life, disability, and AD&D insurance

Paid time off for salaried employees

Paid sick leave for hourly employees

Job summary

Kforce is seeking a FinOps Specialist to support cloud financial management across a multi-cloud and SaaS environment in Memphis, TN. The role concentrates on cost transparency, governance, and helping teams make better decisions about cloud spending.

You will partner with technology, finance, and business stakeholders to forecast, budget, showback reporting, and cost allocation, while identifying savings opportunities and improving cost-conscious cloud usage across AWS, Azure, and SaaS

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 1 year of experience in cloud financial management, IT finance, cloud operations, or related discipline.
• Experience analyzing financial and cloud usage data to generate insights and recommendations.
• Understanding of FinOps principles and cloud cost optimization concepts.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and communication skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support FinOps initiatives and cloud cost optimization across AWS, Azure, and SaaS platforms.
• Assist with cost allocation, showback reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
• Identify savings opportunities through rightsizing, reserved capacity planning, and related optimization efforts.
• Partner with engineering and platform teams to encourage cost-aware cloud consumption.
• Support tagging governance, cost reporting, dashboarding, and KPI development.
• Monitor cloud spend, cost anomalies, budget alerts, and governance processes.
• Track cloud commitments, including Reserved Instances and Savings Plans.
• Work with Finance and IT Governance teams to align cloud spend with budgeting and procurement processes.
• Stay informed on FinOps best practices, cloud pricing models, and industry developments.

Skills

Cloud cost management

FinOps principles

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial modeling

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Cloudability

Power BI

Tableau

QuickSight

Job description

Kforce is seeking a FinOps Specialist to support cloud financial management and cost optimization across a multi-cloud and SaaS environment in Memphis, TN. The role is focused on improving cloud cost transparency, strengthening governance, and helping teams make better decisions about cloud spending.

This position works closely with technology, finance, and business stakeholders to support forecasting, budgeting, showback reporting, and cost allocation. It also contributes to identifying savings opportunities and improving cost-conscious cloud usage across AWS, Azure, and SaaS platforms.

The role will be part of efforts to align cloud investment with procurement and budgeting processes while monitoring spend, anomalies, and commitment usage. It is well suited to someone who can analyze data, communicate insights clearly, and collaborate across functions in a fast-moving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support FinOps initiatives and cloud cost optimization across AWS, Azure, and SaaS platforms
• Assist with cost allocation, showback reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
• Identify savings opportunities through rightsizing, reserved capacity planning, and related optimization efforts
• Partner with engineering and platform teams to encourage cost-aware cloud consumption
• Support tagging governance, cost reporting, dashboarding, and KPI development
• Monitor cloud spend, cost anomalies, budget alerts, and governance processes
• Track cloud commitments, including Reserved Instances and Savings Plans
• Work with Finance and IT Governance teams to align cloud spend with budgeting and procurement processes
• Stay informed on FinOps best practices, cloud pricing models, and industry developments

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• At least 1 year of experience in cloud financial management, IT finance, cloud operations, or a related discipline
• Experience analyzing financial and cloud usage data to generate insights and recommendations
• Understanding of FinOps principles and cloud cost optimization concepts
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, and communication skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Skills

• FinOps Certified Practitioner certification, or willingness to obtain it
• AWS, Azure, or other cloud certifications
• Experience managing multi-cloud or SaaS costs
• Exposure to regulated industries such as financial services

FinOps Platforms

• Cloudability

Reporting & BI

• Power BI
• Tableau
• QuickSight

FinOps Responsibilities

• Cloud cost optimization across cloud and SaaS environments
• Cost allocation and showback reporting
• Forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
• Rightsizing and reserved capacity planning
• Tagging governance and cost reporting
• Monitoring cost anomalies and budget alerts
• Commitment tracking, including Reserved Instances and Savings Plans
• Supporting budgeting and procurement alignment with cloud spend

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA and FSA
• 401(k)
• Life, disability, and AD&D insurance
• Paid time off for salaried employees
• Paid sick leave for hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project

Useful Links

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4489173209

Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers hands‑on exposure to FinOps in a multi‑cloud and SaaS environment, with clear involvement in cost transparency, forecasting, governance, and optimization. It provides the opportunity to collaborate with engineering, finance, and IT governance teams on cloud spending decisions. Candidates with an interest in cloud financial management and data‑driven cost improvement will find a strong fit here.