Cloud FinOps SME
MOHD AZHARRemoteSENIORPosted 14d ago
Cloud FinOpsMicrosoft AzureGCPApptio CloudabilityAzure Cost ManagementAzure BillingCost AnalysisBudgetingForecastingAzure ReservationsSavings PlansAzure Hybrid BenefitAzure AdvisorGCP BillingCommitted Use DiscountsPower BIExcelSQLAPIs
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Cloud FinOps SME responsible for driving cloud financial management, cost optimization, governance, forecasting, allocation, and executive reporting across Azure-led multi-cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead Azure and GCP cloud cost analysis, optimization, budgeting, forecasting, variance management, and financial governance.
• Manage Azure Reservations, Savings Plans, Azure Hybrid Benefit, budgets, cost analysis, exports, and Azure Advisor recommendations.
• Support GCP billing analysis, budgets, committed use discounts, labels, resource utilization, and optimization.
• Develop showback/chargeback models, tagging standards, allocation rules, unit-cost metrics, dashboards, and executive reports.
• Identify idle, orphaned, oversized, and underutilized resources; quantify savings and track remediation through realization.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, operations, finance, procurement, and business teams to drive cost accountability.
• Provide cost models, TCO, ROI, and scenario analysis for cloud migration, modernization, and architecture decisions.
Requirements
• Cloud FinOps, cloud economics, or cloud financial management.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure Cost Management and Billing, Cost Analysis, budgets, exports, Reservations, Savings Plans, Azure Hybrid Benefit, and Azure Advisor.
• Hands-on expertise with Apptio Cloudability, including cost allocation, reporting, optimization insights, budgeting/forecasting, dashboards, and business-unit views.
• Good working knowledge of GCP Cloud Billing, budgets, committed use discounts, labels, reporting, and resource optimization.
• Strong knowledge of the FinOps Framework, cloud cost allocation, showback/chargeback, unit economics, rate optimization, governance, and anomaly management.
• Advanced analytical and reporting skills using Power BI, Excel, SQL, APIs, or equivalent tools.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills, with the ability to convert technical and financial data into actionable recommendations.