FinOps Manager

Position Summary 

Effectual is seeking an experienced FinOps Manager to support a civilian government customer. In this role, you will lead a FinOps team responsible for financial governance across a large multi-cloud environment, providing cloud spend visibility, cost recovery, and data-driven recommendations to improve cloud financial management. The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of experience, 7+ years in cloud computing, and holds a FinOps Certified Professional or Practitioner credential. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Develop a FinOps Framework: Create a set of processes and best practices for cloud cost management, budgeting, and forecasting 

• Define financial governance policies to ensure compliance and accountability 

• Establish and lead a FinOps Office that meets regularly, communicates with stakeholders and tracks progress of FinOps initiatives 

• Develop training materials and processes for driving adoption of FinOps practices within the organization 

• Conduct training sessions for finance, operations, and engineering teams to ensure 

Alignment 

• Responsible for overall cloud cost transparency and cost optimization 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Financial Management or associated field 

• Minimum of 10 years of experience, with 3 years in client-facing roles delivering technical solutions 

• 7+ years of cloud computing knowledge, including managing the procurement of cloud services and understanding cloud technologies and their financial implications 

• Experience providing cloud spend visibility and Cost Recovery 

• Experience interpreting data, identifying trends and making recommendations to improve cloud 

• financial management 

• Demonstrated ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make recommendations to improve cloud financial management 

• Experience managing a FinOps Team responsible for financial governance of a large multi-cloud environment 

• FinOps Certified Professional or FinOps Certified Practitioner (Required) 

Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience 

• AWS, Microsoft or Google certifications preferred