Senior FinOps Practitioner

Overview of the Role We are looking for an experienced Senior FinOps Practitioner to help optimize our cloud spending and drive our financial operations strategy. In this role, you will partner closely with engineering, finance, and product teams to establish best practices for cloud cost management and ensure our infrastructure scales efficiently. You will bring deep expertise in cloud billing, cost allocation, and financial forecasting, serving as an evangelist for cloud financial management and building visibility into our spend. Your Impact Increase Cost Efficiency: ~$10M+ in savings delivered in the first year on an $XB budget. Decrease Waste: Systematically identify and eliminate unused, orphaned, or over‑provisioned resources. Advance the FinOps Culture: Champion a culture of cost accountability and educate engineering and product teams on the financial impact of their technical decisions. Improve Forecasting and Budgeting: Provide accurate, data‑driven cloud spend forecasts to finance and engineering leadership to improve predictable budgeting. Optimize Purchasing Strategies: Evaluate and recommend commitment‑based discount strategies (e.g., Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Committed Use Discounts) to maximize savings. Responsibilities Own specific savings projects: Identify, quantify, and lead targeted initiatives to reduce cloud expenditure across the organization. Drive leadership alignment: Work directly with VP+ level leaders to establish financial governance and drive actionable cost‑saving measures within their specific programs. Partner with Engineering: Work hands‑on with engineering teams to implement cost‑efficiency solutions, such as right‑sizing compute resources, deleting unattached storage, and upgrading workloads to more efficient instance types. Enhance Visibility: Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and alerting mechanisms to track cloud usage and spend against budgets. Required Qualifications 7+ years of professional experience in cloud financial management, FinOps, or a related field (e.g., cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or IT finance), with a demonstrated track record of driving measurable cost optimization outcomes at enterprise scale. Cloud Economics Expertise: Deep understanding of the pricing models, billing mechanisms, and cost optimization tools of major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, and/or Azure). Data Fluency: Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, or other analytical tools to manipulate and analyze large, complex cloud billing datasets (e.g., CUR data). Cross‑functional Leadership: Proven ability to communicate effectively across technical (Engineering/Architecture) and non‑technical (Finance/Business) teams, translating cloud infrastructure concepts into financial impact. Project Management: Experience managing and driving complex savings projects from discovery through implementation. Reporting & Visualisation: Experience building intuitive cost dashboards using tools like Tableau, Looker, or native cloud billing consoles. FinOps Framework Knowledge: Thorough understanding of the FinOps Foundation lifecycle (Inform, Optimise, Operate) and its core principles. AI Native: Adept at utilizing Generative AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) to accelerate the development of cost‑optimisation scripts, automate routine FinOps reporting, and streamline workflows. A related technical degree required. Preferred Qualifications Big Data Experience, including experience with ETL data pipelines. Familiarity with financial reporting and analysis tools. FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) or similar certification. Experience with developing & maintaining code in Git. Benefits and Compensation In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well, including time‑off programmes, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k) and an employee stock‑purchasing programme. The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500–$223,900 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900–$246,000 annually. The range represents base salary only and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable. 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