Staff AI FinOps Governance Lead

UKG; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 102,300 - 147,050; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Alpharetta is seeking a Staff Cloud FinOps Analyst to drive financial accountability and optimization across public cloud environments. The role demands expertise in cloud cost governance, collaboration with engineering and finance teams, and the development of dashboards for cloud cost reporting. Applicants should have 5+ years in FinOps and strong analytical skills, with a Bachelor's degree preferred. This position offers competitive pay and potential bonuses.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in FinOps or cloud financial management roles.
• Minimum 2+ years hands-on experience with GCP or similar.
• Strong proficiency in enterprise financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial accountability and optimization in cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports for cloud cost.
• Collaborate on infrastructure demand planning.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud financial management

GCP billing concepts

Advanced Excel

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance or accounting

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Why UKG

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

About The Role

As a Staff Cloud FinOps Analyst- Eng, you will be a key driver of financial accountability and optimization across our public cloud environments. This role combines deep expertise in public cloud cost governance, cost allocation, and data analysis with strategic leadership to embed cost awareness into architecture and design decisions. You will partner with engineering, finance, and business leaders to deliver actionable insights, optimize cloud spend, and standardize governance practices across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

Governance & Strategic Leadership

• FinOps governance and rhythms of business, including forecasting, budgeting, optimization tracking, and reporting.
• Establish long‑range plans and monthly forecasts for public cloud cost and usage.
• Act as the resident FinOps practitioner for the Strategic Line of Business driving public cloud governance and accountability.
• Define and manage FinOps KPIs and metrics, ensuring transparency and measurable success.

Cost Awareness & Architecture Integration

• Embed cost "shift‑left" principles into design and architecture by integrating cost into guardrails.
• Provide cost‑to‑serve insights to inform pricing strategies and capacity planning decisions.

Optimization & Enablement

• Support commitment strategies and partner with engineering on forecasting and budgets.
• Drive tagging, allocations, and unit‑cost visibility across services and teams.
• Identify and track optimizations and realized savings; accelerate optimization initiatives across pillars.
• Standardize forecasting and planning processes; enable engineers with education, dashboards, and anomaly triage.

Reporting & Tooling

• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports for cloud cost, optimization progress, and risk tracking.
• Coordinate tooling access and implementation for cost management and reporting.
• Translate complex billing data into actionable insights for executives, engineering, business, and product leaders.

Collaboration & Demand Planning

• Collaborate on infrastructure demand planning and customer migration tracking across GCP and AWS environments.
• Partner with finance and technical owners to reconcile cloud spend and ensure accountability.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years in FinOps or cloud financial management roles.
• Minimum 2+ years hands‑on experience with GCP (or similar – AWS, Azure) billing concepts.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and enterprise financial systems (SAP, Oracle).
• Familiarity with cloud‑native cost tools and third‑party FinOps platforms.
• Budget governance and forecasting.
• Cost allocation and tagging strategies.
• Advanced data analysis and executive reporting.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and financial teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional.
• Experience with multi‑cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, finance or accounting, or related field (MBA preferred).

Company Overview

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people‑first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

UKG is an equal‑opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories. UKG participates in E‑Verify. In Massachusetts it is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.

Disability accommodation in the application and interview process: for individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please e‑mail [e-mail]. The pay range for this position is $102,300 to $147,050, plus potential performance bonuses and restricted stock units. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at UKG benefits.