Principal, Financial Operations & Software Asset Management

Overview

This role is responsible for establishing and improving enterprise FinOps and Software Asset Management (SAM) processes that enable transparency, accountability, and optimization across technology investments.

You’ll serve as a principal-level individual contributor, partnering across Engineering, Product, Architecture, Finance, Procurement, Security, and Technology teams. The work focuses on transforming complex financial and utilization data into actionable insights, practical recommendations, and reusable reporting assets.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve enterprise FinOps processes, operating model, standards, controls, and decision rights, including governance rhythms that connect technology consumption with forecasts, budgets, and accountability.
• Partner across Finance, Procurement, Engineering, Product, Architecture, Security, and platform teams to embed FinOps practices into technology planning and delivery.
• Design and maintain reusable dashboards, scorecards, allocation views, and reporting assets to increase visibility into technology cost and consumption.
• Establish common metrics, data definitions, tagging and allocation expectations, and reporting standards to improve consistency and trust.
• Translate complex cost, utilization, forecast, and trend data into actionable insights for stakeholders.
• Own and mature SAM processes across licensed software, SaaS subscriptions, renewals, entitlements, and utilization, improving inventory visibility, license compliance, and renewal readiness.
• Identify opportunities to reclaim unused licenses, right-size subscriptions, consolidate overlapping solutions, and reduce unnecessary spend while supporting business needs.
• Analyze cloud, software, platform, data, and AI consumption to surface emerging cost drivers, anomalies, risks, and optimization opportunities.
• Develop recommendations that balance cost, performance, resilience, security, and business value; partner with accountable teams to support informed decision-making.
• Maintain an optimization opportunity pipeline and track recommendations, decisions, cost avoidance, realized savings, and other measures of value.
• Empower teams to understand their cost drivers through reusable playbooks, standards, training, office hours, and self-service resources; continuously improve FinOps and SAM practices based on stakeholder feedback and operational results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, Software Asset Management, technology operations, technology finance, procurement, or related disciplines.
• Experience establishing governance and reporting capabilities within complex, matrixed organizations, with the ability to influence meaningful outcomes without direct authority.
• Skills in FinOps and cloud financial management, SAM and SaaS governance, and technology budgeting, forecasting, allocation, showback, and chargeback concepts.
• Experience working with cloud services, SaaS platforms, software licensing, and AI consumption, or readiness to apply financial operations expertise across these areas.
• Strong data analysis, financial modeling, dashboard design, KPI development, and executive reporting skills; proficiency in Power BI and Excel.
• Understanding of software licensing, vendor and contract analysis, renewal planning, cost optimization, benefits tracking, process design, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to turn complex financial and operational data into clear, practical recommendations for both technical and business stakeholders.
• Effective communication, facilitation, coaching, and cross-functional partnership skills across Engineering, Product, Finance, Procurement, Architecture, Security, vendors, and technology leaders.
• Systems-thinking mindset with a focus on scalable processes, transparency, and enabling better decisions for others.

Preferred Qualifications

• FinOps Certified Practitioner
• Certified Software Asset Manager
• IT Asset Management
• cloud platform
• or a related certification

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $137,500.00 - $185,600.00
• Competitive pay and bonuses (details described as multiple compensation programs supporting career development and rewarding success)
• Financial planning and wellbeing benefits (income protection, expense support, and future investment)
• Time away from work (plans supporting employees’ needs for family time, health, and recovery)
• Extras, discounts, and perks (including generous discounts and community-based programs)
• Growth and development opportunities
• Health and wellness programs

Location

• US (Remote)
• Applicants must reside in one of the following approved states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington
• Salary range posting includes Goleta, California (Remote)

Equal Employment Opportunity

The employer is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes qualified applicants regardless of protected characteristics.