Senior FinOps Technical Lead - Cloud and Infrastructure Engineering

Area(s) of responsibility

The FinOps Lead will be responsible for establishing and operating a formal FinOps governance capability across cloud and on-prem environments. This role is accountable for driving financial accountability, cost governance, and optimization outcomes, transitioning the organization from fragmented, tool-driven cost management to a structured, ownership-led operating model.

This role is not advisory in nature — it is accountable for measurable cost outcomes, governance enforcement, and repeatable execution.

Key Responsibilities

1. Establish FinOps Operating Model (Core Accountability)

• Design and implement a formal FinOps operating model covering:
• Roles, responsibilities, and ownership structure
• Decision rights and accountability matrix (RACI)
• Ensure explicit ownership of cost across all platforms and business units
• Drive FinOps as an organizational capability, not a consulting function

2. Governance & Execution (Primary Mandate)

• Establish and run structured governance frameworks including:
• Executive FinOps review forums
• Weekly working-level execution reviews
• Escalation mechanisms for non-compliance
• Define and enforce:
• Governance cadence
• Standard operating procedures
• Compliance controls and guardrails

. Cost Ownership, Allocation & Financial Alignment

• Implement cost allocation frameworks:
• Tagging standards
• Business unit / application-level cost ownership
• Enable:
• Showback / chargeback models
• Budget tracking and financial forecasting
• Act as the bridge between IT, Operations, and Finance
• Ensure outputs are:
• Finance-consumable
• Business-aligned (not technical reports)

4. Reporting & Self-Service Model (Eliminate Ad Hoc Dependency)

• Establish a centralized reporting factory:
• Standardized dashboards (Power BI / equivalent)
• Scheduled reporting cadence
• Self-service reporting capabilities
• Eliminate dependency on:
• Architects for routine analysis
• Manual report generation
• Ensure reporting is:
• Automated
• Accurate and sourced from systems of record

5. Cost Optimization & Continuous Improvement

• Drive identification and execution of optimization opportunities:
• Rightsizing
• Reservation planning
• Track:
• Embed continuous improvement cycles in cost management