FinOps Lead: Cloud Value Architect

Travelbyinvestec; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Investec is seeking a FinOps Lead to drive cloud financial management, governance, and cost optimisation across key platforms. The role sits at the intersection of technology, finance and business, delivering measurable value from cloud investments.

The successful candidate will establish budgeting, forecasting and spend governance, partnering with engineering and procurement to ensure responsible, value-driven cloud decisions and to accelerate transformation programmes.

Qualifications

• Significant FinOps experience and cloud financial management proficiency.
• Strong ability to translate cloud spend into business value and governance.
• Experience presenting insights to executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise FinOps strategy.
• Establish governance, policies and standards for cloud financial management.
• Manage cloud spend across Azure, OCI and other strategic platforms.
• Develop forecasting, budgeting and financial planning processes for cloud services.
• Monitor consumption trends and identify financial risks and opportunities.
• Partner with engineering teams to embed cost awareness into designs and decisions.
• Provide commercial insight to transformation programmes and vendor management.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud Financial Management

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Copilot / AI tools

Tools

Cloud cost management tooling

Job description

Investec is seeking a FinOps Lead to drive cloud financial management, governance, and cost optimisation across key platforms. The role sits at the intersection of technology, finance and business, delivering measurable value from cloud investments.

The successful candidate will establish budgeting, forecasting and spend governance, partnering with engineering and procurement to ensure responsible, value-driven cloud decisions and to accelerate transformation programmes.