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 

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. 

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.