Job description
Position Summary
We’re looking for a Cloud FinOps SME to join our team and bring clarity, strategy, and accountability to the way we manage cloud costs.
In this role, you’ll be a trusted advisor and expert in cloud financial operations—driving cost optimization, improving financial visibility, and helping teams make smarter, data-driven decisions about their cloud usage. You’ll work across departments, connecting IT, security, finance, and business teams to ensure cloud spending aligns with overall business goals.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of FinOps practices across multi-cloud environments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build strategies that optimize cloud usage and reduce waste.
- Provide meaningful insights and reporting on cloud spend and trends—helping teams forecast, budget, and stay within targets.
- Use risk management principles to identify and mitigate financial and operational risks tied to cloud services.
- Participate in (and sometimes lead) reviews and assessments of IT and cloud operations, identifying areas for improvement.
- Support IT transformation initiatives by ensuring financial efficiency is a core part of the change process.
- Recommend oversight strategies based on your understanding of IT/IS goals, risks, and solutions.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in information technology or information security.
- A bachelor’s degree in IT, computer science, cybersecurity, auditing, or business administration.
- A master’s degree in a related field.
- At least 5 years of IT/IS operations or service delivery experience, with increasing responsibility.
- 3+ years of experience supporting or leading transformational change within IT.
- A strong understanding of how to evaluate and mitigate risks using proven risk management approaches.
- The ability to align IT/IS goals with business objectives and provide oversight strategies that make sense.
- Experience participating in or leading operational reviews or audits.
Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience
- A FinOps certification (like FinOps Certified Practitioner).
- Experience with cloud cost management tools and platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- A background in regulated industries or experience working with federal/state agencies.
Company Offered Benefits
Full-time employees are eligible to participate in our employee benefit programs:
- Medical, dental, and vision health insurances,
- Short term disability, long term disability and life insurances,
- 401k with Company match
- Paid time off (PTO) (120 hours PTO that accrue over one year)
- Paid time off for major holidays (14 days per year)
- These and any other employee benefit offerings are subject to management’s discretion and may change at any time.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The work is generally performed in an office environment. Physical demands include sitting, keyboarding, verbal communication, written communication. Employees are occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
Salary Range for this position: $150,000 - $200,000
“Salary ranges provided are for informational purposes only and may vary depending on factors such as experience, qualifications, and geographic location. The final salary offer will be determined based on the candidate’s skills and alignment with the role requirements.”
This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended anytime at the sole discretion of the Employer. Duties and responsibilities are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship. Effectual Inc. is an EEO employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected classification in its hiring, promoting, or any other job-related opportunity.
