Lead Consultant – FinOps & Cloudability

Accountabilities:

• • Lead end-to-end Cloudability implementation, optimization, and FinOps consulting engagements, including discovery, solution design, configuration, deployment, troubleshooting, and ongoing advisory.
  • Conduct customer workshops to assess cloud environments, business requirements, FinOps maturity, governance needs, and financial management objectives.
  • Design and configure Cloudability solutions, including billing integrations, business mappings, tagging, cost allocation, reporting, dashboards, and executive insights.
  • Advise customers on cloud governance, budgeting, forecasting, chargeback/showback, commitment management, and FinOps operating models.
  • Drive cloud cost optimization initiatives such as rightsizing, reservations, savings plans, waste reduction, and commitment optimization across multi-cloud environments.
  • Lead integrations between Cloudability, Apptio One, and enterprise platforms such as CMDB, ERP, ITSM, BI tools, and other business systems.
  • Support Apptio One initiatives covering Cost Transparency, budgeting, planning, service costing, financial reporting, and Technology Business Management.
  • Design and maintain Cloudability–Apptio One data flows, business mappings, financial models, and reporting structures to ensure consistent and accurate information.
  • Develop cloud cost models, executive dashboards, financial reports, and actionable recommendations for business and technology leadership.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentor consultants on Cloudability configurations, FinOps practices, implementation approaches, and reusable delivery assets.
  • Serve as a trusted customer advisor, presenting project updates, optimization opportunities, financial insights, and strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Support pre-sales activities, including solution demonstrations, RFP responses, solution architecture, scoping, and effort estimation.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of FinOps methodologies, delivery accelerators, implementation frameworks, and practice assets.
  • Stay current with FinOps Foundation standards, cloud pricing models, Cloudability capabilities, and evolving cloud financial management practices.

  Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • 6–10+ years of experience in IT consulting, cloud, technology financial management, or a related field, including at least 3 years of hands-on Cloudability implementation and administration experience.
  • Strong understanding of FinOps principles, Cloud Financial Management, cloud billing, cost allocation, governance, and optimization.
  • Experience working with AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud billing and cost-management capabilities.
  • Experience with IBM Apptio One implementation or administration is highly preferred, along with practical knowledge of Technology Business Management (TBM).
  • Demonstrated experience leading customer workshops, consulting engagements, implementation projects, and executive-level presentations.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to interpret complex billing and financial datasets and translate them into actionable recommendations.
  • Hands-on knowledge of Cloudability features such as business mapping, cost sharing, cost allocation, reporting, dashboards, and financial modeling.
  • Familiarity with TBM Taxonomy, cost model design, Cloudability–Apptio One integration, cloud budgeting and forecasting, and multi-cloud financial reporting.
  • Experience with AWS Cost & Usage Reports (CUR), Azure Cost Management, SQL, advanced Excel, Power BI or Tableau, REST APIs, and cloud billing data analysis is valuable.
  • Exposure to Kubernetes and container cost management, cloud governance frameworks, FinOps maturity assessments, executive reporting, and cloud optimization programs is an advantage.
  • Relevant certifications such as FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Apptio Cloudability, or IBM Apptio One certifications are preferred.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder-management, and customer-facing consulting skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and financial teams.

  Benefits:

  • Senior-level opportunity focused on FinOps, Cloudability, Apptio One, and enterprise cloud financial management.
  • Opportunity to work across AWS, Azure, and GCP and on complex multi-cloud transformation initiatives.
  • Exposure to senior business, finance, procurement, engineering, and technology stakeholders.
  • Opportunity to lead customer engagements and influence cloud cost optimization and governance strategies.
  • Technical leadership and mentoring opportunities within a specialized consulting environment.
  • Opportunity to contribute to FinOps methodologies, implementation frameworks, and reusable consulting assets.
  • Work involving modern cloud financial management, TBM, analytics, and enterprise technology platforms.
  • Inclusive environment focused on diversity, social impact, professional development, and expanding opportunities for historically marginalized communities.
  • Equal employment opportunity for qualified candidates, with consideration provided without regard to legally protected characteristics.