FinOps Engineer

SummaryAs we scale, we are investing in operational excellence across our hybrid infrastructure estate — spanning AWS, multi-cloud, and colocation environments — and need dedicated expertise to drive visibility, accountability, and optimisation of our infrastructure spend.You will be responsible for building the dashboards, allocation models, and reporting frameworks that enable Smart Communications to understand true cost-to-serve per customer, feature, and region — providing the insight our board needs to make strategic infrastructure decisions and ensuring healthy margins across our product portfolio.

About Smart CommunicationsSmart Communications provides the platform that leading organizations trust to deliver personalized, consistent, and compliant conversations across all touchpoints and channels. The Conversation Cloud™ consists of SmartCOMM™ ,for enterprise-scale customer communications, SmartIQ™ for digital forms transformation, and SmartDX™ , for trade documentation. Over 650 enterprise organizations across the globe rely on Smart Communications to simplify and automate complex processes and deliver highly secure, frictionless experiences across the customer lifecycle. To learn more, visit smartcommunications.com.

The responsibilities of the role include:

Cost Visibility & ReportingBuild executive dashboards and board-ready reports covering infrastructure spend, cost trends, margins, and unit economicsDevelop showback / chargeback models and lead regular cost reviews with Engineering, Product, and Finance stakeholdersCloud & Infrastructure Cost ManagementManage, optimise, and attribute AWS, multi-cloud, and colocation costs using relevant tooling, tagging, and account structuresConsolidate cloud and colocation cost data into a unified financial model covering usage, facilities, connectivity, and hardware lifecycleOptimisation & StrategyIdentify and drive optimisation opportunities across rightsizing, reserved capacity, workload placement, and vendor spendModel TCO, build-vs-buy, and cloud-vs-colo decisions while forecasting spend and highlighting budget variancesBusiness PartneringTranslate infrastructure cost data into clear commercial insights for Finance, Engineering, Product, and senior leadershipPartner on budgeting, forecasting, margin analysis, and cost-aware development practices, presenting recommendations to leadership and the board

What we’re looking for:We are looking for an experienced FinOps Engineer to own end-to-end cost visibility and financial accountability across our cloud and colocation infrastructure. This is a pivotal role that bridges engineering, finance, and business leadership.

Must have skills and experience:3+ years in FinOps, Cloud Financial Management, or Infrastructure Finance rolesAWS cost management expertise: Cost Explorer, Cost & Usage Reports (CUR), AWS Budgets, Savings Plans, Reserved InstancesMulti-cloud or hybrid experience: proven track record managing costs across cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or colocation environmentsColocation cost understanding: rack space pricing, power/cooling (kW), cross-connects, hardware depreciation, and facility contract modelsDashboard & visualisation: experience building executive dashboards in tools such as Tableau, Power BI, QuickSight, Grafana, or LookerFinancial modelling: unit economics, margin analysis, TCO modelling, cost allocation and showback/chargeback frameworksBusiness acumen: ability to translate technical cost data into commercial insights for board-level audiencesStakeholder management: experience presenting to C-suite, board members, and cross-functional teams (Finance, Engineering, Product)Tagging & governance: designing and enforcing cloud tagging taxonomies and cost allocation hierarchies

Advantageous skills/experience:FinOps and AWS certifications, including FOCP, Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect, or Cloud Financial Management specialtySaaS / ISV experience with multi-tenant cost allocation and hybrid infrastructure economicsKnowledge of ITFM / TBM frameworks, ITSM / CMDB tools, and asset lifecycle managementExperience with FinOps tooling such as CloudHealth, Cloudability, Spot.io, nOps, or similarUnderstanding of EKS / Kubernetes cost attribution and data centre migration or cloud repatriation modelling

We look for the following SMART values in everyone we hire at Smart Communications:

Speak Openly - We are positive, creative, helpful, kind and we have fun. We listen and provide constructive feedback. Through meaningful conversations we encourage each other to be the best that we can be. We’re not complainers we’re problem solvers.Make a Difference - We focus on the things that matter and prioritize the things that have the greatest impact. We celebrate success and hold ourselves accountable for our choices. We don’t sit on the sidelines.Agile & Flexible - We are focused on evolving, improving and growing. We think differently and challenge the status quo with open minds. We ask ‘why?’ so that we can help remove complexity. We don’t allow hurdles to get in our way.Results-Focused - We get stuff done by being efficient, working at pace and paying attention to detail. We focus on finding solutions and fixing things. We don’t believe in being busy for the sake of being busy, we focus on productivity.Teamwork - We are stronger and better together. We collaborate, trust and support each other to deliver results for our company and our customers. We don’t want anyone to feel disengaged, we’re in this together!

What’s the deal?

We will provide you with the tools, equipment and support to give you the best possible chance of success and over-achieving your goals. Salary will depend on your experience and will be highly competitive. All our packages include an annual bonus based on the company’s performance, so we are all incentivized to over-achieve!

In addition to a friendly, flexible and fun working environment, we provide a range of other benefits, including extensive health insurance, income protection, life assurance, subsidised gym membership, leisure travel insurance, pension contribution, Cycle2Work and childcare vouchers, as well as 25 days’ holiday allowance plus an additional day off for your birthday!

Located in Covent Garden, our offices are comfortable, flexible, and are always stocked with free beverages and fresh fruit.

This role is remote with occasional visits to the office as required.

So, if we interest you, please let us know by applying for this position and tell us all about yourself.

Please note: we only consider applicants with current legal right to work in the countries in which our positions are based. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status or gender identity.