Finops Lead

Title: Finops Lead

Location: Pune, India

Duration: 3 - 6+ Months

Role Overview: The FinOps Lead, with 57 years of hands-on FinOps experience, is responsible for leading the FinOps function and team while driving cloud financial management, cost optimization, budgeting,

forecasting, and governance across multi-cloud environments. This role collaborates closely with Cloud Platform, Engineering, Architecture, Finance, Procurement, and Business teams to ensure efficient cloud spending, maximize business value, and maintain financial accountability. The FinOps Lead is also responsible for mentoring team members, establishing FinOps best practices, and driving adoption of a cloud cost optimization culture across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the FinOps team, setting priorities, objectives, and performance expectations.
• Develop and execute the enterprise FinOps strategy, governance framework, and operating model.
• Drive cloud cost optimization initiatives across AWS, Azure, OCI, and other cloud platforms.
• Establish and monitor budgets, forecasts, chargeback/showback models, and financial reporting.
• Partner with engineering and platform teams to improve cloud resource utilization and efficiency.
• Lead cloud cost reviews and provide recommendations to leadership and business stakeholders.
• Manage FinOps tools such as Cloudability, Turbonomic, Cost Explorer, and native cloud cost management platforms.
• Define and track FinOps KPIs, savings targets, and cloud financial performance metrics.
• Collaborate with procurement and vendors on cloud contracts, commitments, reserved instances, and savings plans.
• Promote FinOps best practices and drive adoption across technology and business teams.
• Provide executive-level reporting and insights on cloud spend, savings, and optimization opportunities.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead a team of FinOps analysts and cloud financial specialists.
• Establish FinOps processes, standards, and governance.
• Build organizational awareness and accountability for cloud financial management.
• Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence within the FinOps practice.

Desired Skills

• Cloud Financial Management (FinOps)
• AWS, Azure, and OCI Cost Management
• Cloudability, Turbonomic, ProsperOps Cost Optimization Tools
• Budgeting, Forecasting, and Financial Analysis
• Stakeholder and Vendor Management
• Leadership and Team Development
• Data Analysis, Reporting, and Executive Communication

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