Senior FinOps Lead: Cloud Cost & Growth Strategy (Remote)

FinOps Weekly; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FinOps Weekly in the United States seeks a Senior FinOps Analyst / FinOps Manager to lead cloud financial management across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will drive cost models, budgets, and forecasts, partnering with engineering, product, and finance to align spend with growth.

The ideal candidate brings 6–10+ years in FinOps/FP&A, strong cost optimization skills, experience with dashboards (Looker, Tableau, Power BI), and the ability to influence cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of experience in cloud financial management, FinOps, FP&A, or cloud cost optimization roles.
• Proven experience managing multi-million-dollar cloud budgets in SaaS or cloud-native environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud pricing models, consumption-based billing, and cost drivers.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end cloud cost management across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP environments.
• Develop and maintain cloud cost models, budgets, and forecasts aligned with product and infrastructure roadmaps.
• Monitor cloud spend, usage trends, and unit economics across services, teams, and environments.
• Identify and execute cost optimization initiatives including rightsizing, RI/Savings Plans, and data lifecycle optimization.
• Build detailed cloud cost forecasts and scenario models; support budgeting and variance analysis.
• Develop dashboards and executive-ready reporting for monthly cloud spend and unit economics.

Skills

SQL

Dashboarding

Tools

Kubecost

Looker

Tableau

Power BI

Mode

AWS Cost Explorer

Azure Cost Management

GCP Billing

Job description

FinOps Weekly in the United States seeks a Senior FinOps Analyst / FinOps Manager to lead cloud financial management across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will drive cost models, budgets, and forecasts, partnering with engineering, product, and finance to align spend with growth.

The ideal candidate brings 6–10+ years in FinOps/FP&A, strong cost optimization skills, experience with dashboards (Looker, Tableau, Power BI), and the ability to influence cross‑functional teams.