Senior FinOps Solution Consultant – Apptio Presales

Your Role And Responsibilities As a Solution Consultant with a strong focus on FinOps and cloud financial governance, you act as the technical and functional advisor in the sales process. You translate business, financial, and operational objectives into scalable FinOps solutions powered by IBM Cloudability, IBM Kubecost, and IBM Turbonomic. You guide customers from initial discovery to value realization and proof‑of‑value validation, ensuring transparency, cost optimization, and business alignment across hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.

Here’s What Your Day-to-day May Look Like Discovery & Value Definition

• Conduct executive discovery with CIO/CTO/CFO/FinOps stakeholders to assess cloud cost challenges and optimization levers
• Build a FinOps use‑case backlog (e.g., cloud cost transparency, cost sharing, anomaly detection, unit economics, Kubernetes cost allocation, forecasting…)
• Translate financial and operational goals into measurable KPIs and dashboards

FinOps Advisory & Architecture

• Advise on FinOps capabilities, maturity models, cost allocation frameworks, tagging/labeling strategies, and usage optimization approaches
• Design target architectures using Cloudability, Kubecost, and Turbonomic
• Define KPI suites (e.g., cost per service/app/team, rightsizing metrics, container efficiency, reserved‑instance/savings‑plan coverage…)

Solution Design & Data Integration

• Build data pipelines for cloud billing sources across AWS, Azure, GCP, and container platforms
• Configure Cloudability modules, Kubecost allocations, and Turbonomic optimization policies
• Create dashboards for engineering, finance, and operations teams

Technical & Business Validation

• Lead proofs‑of‑value using customer data to demonstrate optimization benefits and financial impact
• Develop cost‑saving scenarios, baseline/target comparisons, and ROI models

RFP/RFI Leadership & Thought Leadership

• Produce high‑quality RFI/RFP responses with a strong FinOps focus
• Represent the company at events, webinars, and internal enablement sessions

Customer Feedback & Collaboration

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to provide structured customer feedback
• Support customers in establishing FinOps governance, domains, and operational cadences

Example FinOps Use Cases

• Cloud cost transparency and cost sharing across accounts, subscriptions, and services
• Kubernetes cost allocation and container rightsizing with Kubecost
• Automated optimization and resource assurance with Turbonomic
• Budgeting and forecasting of cloud spend
• Anomaly detection and governance policy design

Preferred Education None

Required Technical And Professional Expertise Your Profile – What You Bring

We are looking for a professional who combines technical know-how with a good understanding of finance and strong communication skills. If you enjoy working with customers, solving problems, and connecting IT with business goals, this role is for you.

Education

• University degree (Bachelor or higher) in Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a similar field

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in a Presales, Solutions Consultant, or Sales Engineering role
• You have worked with IT departments in different industries and company sizes
• Experience engaging with IT, Cloud, DevOps, and Finance stakeholders
• Strong value-selling capability and executive communication skills

FinOps Knowledge

• Strong understanding of cloud cost models and FinOps practices
• Hands‑on experience with Cloudability, Kubecost, or Turbonomic (or similar cloud cost tools)
• Strong data modeling, visualization, and financial analysis skills
• Familiarity with cloud billing, tagging, Kubernetes, and automation concepts

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience We are looking for someone who understands both technology and business. If you enjoy working with data, IT systems, and people, these additional skills will support your success in the role:

• FinOps Practitioner/Professional or equivalent certification
• Experience with hybrid/multi‑cloud cost management
• Experience with BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau
• Knowledge of ITFM/TBM frameworks (secondary focus)