IT FinOps Lead

Our client in the telecommunications industry is looking for an IT FinOps Lead to join their team!

Location: Remote, plus 25% domestic travel.

Here is what you will be doing:

• Serve as the financial steward of an expanding enterprise technology landscape, driving financial transparency, budget optimization, and cost accountability across major cloud (AWS) and ERP (SAP S/4HANA) environments.
• Establish end-to-end IT spend visibility, build a robust enterprise FinOps framework, manage operating/capital budgets, and lead rolling forecasts for all operational and project costs.
• Own AWS cloud cost reporting, resource tagging strategies, commitment management (Savings Plans and Reserved Instances), resource optimization, and cost anomaly detection.
• Administer SAP for Me, optimize user licensing models, enhance SAP landscape cost efficiency, and partner with Business Process Owners (BPOs) to connect tech spend with business value.
• Track and optimize SaaS and software expenditures, maintain accurate IT asset management records for compliance, and monitor enterprise hardware and telecom spend.
• Support negotiations and renewals for third-party vendors and systems integrators, maintain a proactive renewal calendar, and audit invoices against contracted scope and rates.
• Design showback/chargeback models, produce executive dashboards, analyze unit economics and cost trends, and foster a strong FinOps culture across teams.

Here is what our ideal candidate has:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Business Administration, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years in IT financial management, FinOps, or technology cost management across a broad enterprise IT portfolio.
• Direct, hands-on experience managing AWS spend utilizing tools like Cost Explorer, Cost & Usage Reports, AWS Budgets, tagging strategies, and Savings Plans/Reserved Instances.
• Experience managing finances within an SAP environment; including working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA licensing/subscription models and hands-on experience with SAP for Me.
• Proven success building/managing IT Opex and Capex budgets, alongside experience reviewing vendor contracts, SOWs, and invoices for cloud providers, software vendors, and managed service partners.
• Exceptional ability to present financial insights to non-technical executives and influence cross-functional technical teams and business leaders without direct authority.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, or TBM (Technology Business Management) certification is a plus.
• Experience with ITFM or cloud cost management platforms (e.g., Apptio, CloudHealth, Cloudability) is a plus.