FinOps & TCO Leader — Tech Cost Optimization

Prestige Cruise Services LLC; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) seeks a Technology Cost Accounting & FinOps Manager to own the TCO framework, financial transparency, and business case realization across the Global Technology Organization.

You will partnering with Finance, VMO, PMO, Supply Chain, and Technology leaders to drive cost discipline, optimize vendor and operational spending, and provide the financial insights needed to inform strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in FP&A, technology cost management, cost accounting, or FinOps management.
• Strong experience with TCO models, business case development, and financial performance reporting.
• Solid understanding of technology operating models, vendor contracts, and cost structures.
• Hands-on experience with financial modeling and analytical tools (Excel, BI tools, cost modeling platforms).

Responsibilities

• Define and own FinOps operating model, standards, and cross-functional meeting cadences (e.g., GTO QBR, FinOps Exec Forum, FinOps Ops Review).
• Set and drive cadences for budgeting, forecasting and cost accountability.
• Lead cost optimization standards with tracked savings.
• Establish and oversee implementation of data requirements for integrated IT asset management.
• Define and operate the TCO model for applications, platforms, infrastructure, and services.
• Establish cost transparency across labor, vendor, licensing, hardware, cloud, and support costs.
• Partner with Technology leaders to identify cost optimization opportunities and rationalization targets.
• Develop financial models (e.g., ROI, NPV, payback) for technology initiatives.
• Track benefit realization against approved business cases.
• Provide insight into variances, risks to value, and required corrective actions.
• Partner with Finance to align actuals, forecasts, and budget models.
• Build and maintain budget forecasts and usage reports for GTO leadership and application teams.
• Partner with FinOps Engineer(s) to build accessible reporting dashboards against FinOps and TCO KPIs.
• Partner with VMO and MSP to ensure financial implications of contracts, rate cards, SLAs, and service levels are transparent and modeled for negotiations.
• Analyze vendor cost structures and performance against terms.
• Track vendor contract expirations, terminations and renewals to ensure proactive contract management.
• Conduct scenario modeling to support decision-making around investments, sourcing changes, and architecture choices.
• Lead analysis to identify duplications, inefficiencies, and opportunities for consolidation.
• Provide data-driven recommendations to improve technology cost structure.
• Partner with Finance to establish guidelines and standards for cost accounting and financial reporting across GTO.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, accruals, capitalization rules, and audit requirements.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cost modeling

Excel

BI tools

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering or related field

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Cost modeling platforms

Job description

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) seeks a Technology Cost Accounting & FinOps Manager to own the TCO framework, financial transparency, and business case realization across the Global Technology Organization.

You will partnering with Finance, VMO, PMO, Supply Chain, and Technology leaders to drive cost discipline, optimize vendor and operational spending, and provide the financial insights needed to inform strategic decisions.