FinOps Specialist: Cloud & SaaS Cost Optimization

FinOps Weekly; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with matching contributions

Time off programs

Health savings account and dependent,

Job summary

FinOps Weekly is seeking a FinOps Analyst to build and manage cloud financials across AWS and SaaS platforms. You will partner with Cloud Engineering, Finance, Procurement, and Business teams to optimize costs and establish governance for AI token usage and variable workloads.

Strong analytical, forecasting, and modeling skills are essential. You will leverage AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, and Cost and Usage Reports, plus Flexibility across Snowflake and Dynatrace, with a focus on governance and

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of FinOps, IT financial analysis, or technology cost management.
• Hands-on experience with public cloud billing, pricing models, and cost management tools.
• Experience with AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, Cost and Usage Reports, and Cost Anomaly Detection.
• Experience establishing tagging standards, cost allocation models, and chargeback/showback frameworks.
• Strong understanding of cloud cost drivers, including compute, storage, networking, and managed services.
• Experience with consumption-based SaaS platforms and variable cost management.
• Strong analytical, forecasting, and financial modeling skills.
• Proficiency with Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or Python for analysis.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience working across Finance, Procurement, Architecture, Engineering, and Business Management teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and mature a FinOps operating model for cloud infrastructure and enterprise SaaS.
• Define tagging and metadata standards for allocation, chargeback/showback, and financial accountability.
• Develop cost governance policies, dashboards, and procedures.
• Drive cloud and SaaS cost optimization through rightsizing, commitments, and capacity planning.
• Provide forecasting and cost attribution for AI workloads, including token usage.
• Produce executive reporting, KPIs, dashboards, and variance analysis.
• Support budget planning and vendor governance.
• Assist with audit readiness through billing/consumption controls.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud cost management

AWS Cost Explorer

Cost optimization

Forecasting

Financial modeling

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Python

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Budgets

Cost and Usage Reports

Cost Anomaly Detection

Snowflake

Dynatrace

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Python

Job description

FinOps Weekly is seeking a FinOps Analyst to build and manage cloud financials across AWS and SaaS platforms. You will partner with Cloud Engineering, Finance, Procurement, and Business teams to optimize costs and establish governance for AI token usage and variable workloads.

Strong analytical, forecasting, and modeling skills are essential. You will leverage AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, and Cost and Usage Reports, plus Flexibility across Snowflake and Dynatrace, with a focus on governance and