Principal FinOps & SAM Architect (Remote)

Deckers Brands; Washington; Remote; USD 138,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Health and wellbeing programs

Growth and development

Employee discounts

Job summary

Deckers Brands is seeking a Principal, Financial Operations & Software Asset Management. The role focuses on owning FinOps processes, governance, and reporting to optimize technology costs across cloud, software licensing, and AI services.

You’ll partner with Finance, Engineering, Procurement, and Product to drive value and accountability. You will design reusable dashboards, enable teams with cost insights, and mature SAM workflows while balancing cost, performance, resilience, and security.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, Software Asset Management, or related disciplines.
• Experience establishing governance and reporting capabilities within complex, matrixed organizations.
• Strong capabilities in data analysis, financial modeling, dashboard design, KPI development, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve Deckers’ enterprise FinOps processes, operating model, standards, controls, and decision rights.
• Partner across Finance, Procurement, Engineering, Product, Architecture, Security, and platform teams to embed FinOps practices.
• Design and maintain reusable dashboards, scorecards, allocation views, and reporting assets for visibility into technology cost.
• Establish metrics, data definitions, tagging, and reporting standards to improve consistency and trust.
• Own and mature SAM processes for software, SaaS, renewals, entitlements, and utilization.
• Identify opportunities to reclaim licenses, right-size subscriptions, and reduce spend while supporting business needs.

Skills

FinOps

Data analysis

Dashboard design

Power BI

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Deckers Brands is seeking a Principal, Financial Operations & Software Asset Management. The role focuses on owning FinOps processes, governance, and reporting to optimize technology costs across cloud, software licensing, and AI services.

You’ll partner with Finance, Engineering, Procurement, and Product to drive value and accountability. You will design reusable dashboards, enable teams with cost insights, and mature SAM workflows while balancing cost, performance, resilience, and security.