FinOps Manager

Published: 7th December 2022 Closing Date: 31st January 2023

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About the job

The FinOps Manager is responsible for working with a range of internal stakeholders to design, develop and manage BitSight’s cloud financial management (FinOps) function. We are looking for a driven individual with demonstrated experience building and maturing Cloud FinOps capabilities in a growth SaaS company setting. The ideal candidate will need strong analytics, cross-team collaboration and multi-tasking skills that can execute and deliver quickly.

They will become a trusted liaison between engineering and finance; helping finance quantify the cost impacts of engineering operational decisions and helping engineering implement cost management best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Cost Forecasting

• Develop, maintain, and evolve cost and forecasting models to provide required insights to current and future cloud spend.
• Work with our engineering and product teams to accurately attribute costs to teams, help them develop forecasts and determine cost drivers of their expenses.
• Partner with Finance to maintain connection between company financial plans and AWS Cost Reporting.

Operations & Optimization

• Partner with our Cloud Engineering team to ensure appropriate tagging and alerts strategies are deployed to manage costs and determine deviations from plan.
• Partner with our Cloud Engineering team to drive unit cost optimization efforts by recommending reserved instances & savings plans, uncovering rightsizing optimizations and reducing waste.

Cost Reporting

• Build, supervise and improve real-time cloud cost dashboards and forecasts.
• Develop and maintain Cloud Cost KPIs, scorecards, and standard metrics.
• Create and deliver targeted stakeholder presentations, dashboards, and data visualizations that surface key observations, learnings, and recommendations.

FinOps Roadmap

• Partner with Engineering and R&D Operations to develop and evolve a high-level FinOps Strategy rollout across the organization.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key customer stakeholders to onboard them with FinOps tools and processes.
• Recommend tools that we would need to best support our FinOps function across the company.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in finance, Computer Science, or Information Systems.

• 8+ years of experience Cloud Advisory & IT Financial Services or Operational Experience with Cloud Cost Governance within an IT Organization, preferably with a SaaS company
• Experience and working knowledge of native cloud cost management tooling and/or third-party cloud management or optimization platforms (e.g. AWS Cost explorer, Cloudhealth, Apptio/Cloudability, etc.)
• Significant experience with cloud cost optimization
• Experience creating analytical and financial models for data-driven decisions
• Experience in building out a FinOps subject area
• Practical knowledge of native cloud provider cost management capabilities and pricing models
• Experience with anomaly detection,capacity planning and rightsizing, tagging and storage lifecycle policies, and automation
• Analytical skills to collect, coordinate and present sophisticated data to a variety of audiences
• Experience in developing KPI’s and scorecards based on internal and industry benchmarks
• Ability to drive change management ideas and experience to increase program success
• Results-driven and goal-oriented
• Analytical Thinker with solid communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated, applied experience establishing and delivering complex projects
• Passion for presenting, training, and teaching, with a strong work ethic and positive attitude
• FinOps Certified Cloud Practitioner certification is a plus
• AWS cloud practitioner certification is a plus