IT FinOps Lead

Overview

This role serves as the financial steward of the enterprise technology landscape with a primary focus on AWS and SAP. Responsibilities include tracking, managing, forecasting, and reporting IT spend across cloud infrastructure, software and SaaS, licensing, hardware, telecom, and third-party services. The position partners with IT leadership, Cloud and Infrastructure teams, SAP Basis, SAP Center of Excellence (CoE), Business Process Owners (BPOs), Project Managers, Procurement, and Finance to ensure technology spending is visible, accountable, and optimized.

Responsibilities

• IT Financial Management & FinOps Leadership: Establish end-to-end IT spend visibility; build the FinOps framework; manage operating/capital budgets; drive rolling forecasts for run and project costs.
• AWS Cost Management: Own AWS cost reporting; manage resource tagging; run commitment management (Savings Plans/Reserved Instances); optimize resources; detect cost anomalies.
• SAP Cost Management: Administer SAP for Me; optimize user licenses; improve SAP landscape efficiency; engage Business Process Owners to connect spend to business value.
• Software, SaaS & IT Portfolio Management: Track and optimize SaaS/software spend; maintain asset management records for compliance; monitor hardware and telecom costs.
• Vendor & Contract Management: Support vendor negotiations and renewals; maintain a proactive renewal calendar; validate invoices against contracted scope and rates.
• Reporting & Analytics: Design showback/chargeback models; produce executive dashboards; analyze unit economics and trends; promote an enterprise FinOps culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in IT financial management, FinOps, or technology cost management across a broad enterprise IT portfolio.
• Direct experience managing AWS spend, including hands-on expertise in Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports, AWS Budgets, tagging strategy, and Savings Plans and Reserved Instance management.
• Experience supporting financial management of an SAP environment, including working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA licensing and subscription models.
• Hands-on experience with SAP for Me (or its predecessor, the SAP ONE Support Launchpad) for license, contract, consumption, and billing management.
• Experience managing software and SaaS spend, including license optimization and software asset management.
• Proven experience building and managing IT operating and capital budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Experience reviewing vendor contracts, statements of work, and invoices for cloud providers, software vendors, systems integrators, and managed service partners.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with BI or reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Amazon QuickSight, SAP Analytics Cloud).
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to present financial insights to executive and non-technical audiences.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence technical teams, business leaders, and vendors without direct authority.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, and/or Technology Business Management (TBM) certification preferred.
• Experience with cloud cost management or ITFM platforms (e.g., Apptio, CloudHealth, Cloudability, or similar) is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

• Weekly paychecks
• Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, and Holidays
• Insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
• 401(k) with company match
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Education Reimbursement
• Legal Insurance
• Discounts on gym memberships, pet insurance, and much more

Location

Not specified.