Core Mission
Lead the financial governance, optimization, and cost transparency for a large-scale, multi-cloud, and on-premise digital services ecosystem serving 200+ government entities.
Manage the total cost of ownership (TCO) and pricing for a complex hybrid environment:
- On-Premise/Sovereign Cloud: VMware, storage, networking.
- Public Clouds: Azure and Oracle.
- Platforms: Red Hat OpenShift, containerized workloads.
- Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS): DRaaS, BaaS, Monitoring-as-a-Service, etc.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Governance: Build and maintain comprehensive cost and pricing models for all services.
- Cost Management & Optimization: Proactively monitor, analyze, and implement savings (right-sizing, reservations, removing waste) across the entire hybrid landscape.
- Chargeback/Showback: Own the end-to-end billing model to accurately charge back costs to internal government entities.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead budget planning, track spend vs. forecast, and flag risks.
- Reporting & Analytics: Create dashboards and reports for leadership using PowerBI and native cloud tools.
- Policy & Compliance: Establish and enforce FinOps policies (tagging, governance) in line with government financial rules.
- Vendor Management: Work with procurement to manage cloud contracts, validate invoices, and track commitments.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experience: 7-12 years in FinOps, cloud financial management, or IT finance within a large enterprise or government context.
- Technical Skills: Expert in financial analysis, Excel, PowerBI, and cloud pricing models. Must understand cost data from multiple platforms (Azure, Oracle, VMware).
- Soft Skills: Exceptional communication and presentation skills to influence senior leadership and external entities. Strong negotiator and detail-oriented.
- Certifications: FinOps Certified Practitioner is highly preferred. Azure, Oracle Cloud, and ITIL certifications are a plus.
