IT Director – Cloud Financial Operations
| Company | Boston Consulting Group |
|---|---|
| Location | Boston, MA, USA, Stratford, London, UK, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in financial operations, cloud financial management, or similar leadership roles.
- Proven track record of managing cloud costs and optimizing cloud spend, with experience in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Strong understanding of cloud services pricing, billing, and cost management tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Cost Tools, and Apptio or other third-party solutions).
- Expertise in designing cost-efficient, scalable architectures using multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategies.
- FinOps Certifications
- Advanced analytical skills, with proficiency in data analysis and financial modeling tools (e.g., Excel, SQL, or Python).
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical execution of the organization’s cloud financial management strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate growth and innovation goals.
- Align cloud financial strategies with global market trends and emerging technologies to maintain competitive advantages.
- Implement (with a continuous improvement framework) a robust cloud financial management strategy across the organization.
- Identify and recommend cloud cost-saving opportunities, including rightsizing resources, managing reservations and savings plans, and optimizing storage and compute costs.
- Coordinate with Portfolio teams on cloud deployment FinOps best practices to eliminate potential waste and increase cloud spend value.
- Oversee cloud budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.
- Work closely with Finance, Engineering, and IT teams to establish and maintain cloud budget baselines, cost forecasts, and variance analysis.
- Provide data-driven insights into cloud spend, and track performance metrics against annual budget.
- Serve as the primary FinOps contact, liaising with stakeholders across Finance, Engineering, IT, and Procurement.
- Educate and influence stakeholders to adopt FinOps best practices and foster a culture of cost accountability.
- Develop and maintain executive-level dashboards and reports, clearly communicating cloud cost insights and financial impacts.
- Collaborate with the development teams to automate and optimize cloud cost allocation and chargeback processes.
- Identify and implement process improvements in cloud financial management, ensuring scalability and automation where possible.
- Drive the development of custom reports, leverage toolset, and frameworks to improve cost tracking, reporting and forecasting.
- Lead initiatives to improve the organization’s FinOps maturity level, aligning with industry best practices and benchmarks.
Preferred Qualifications
- Desired experience with IaC and Terraform/Cloud-Native tools and services to drive cost-efficient infrastructure deployments.
- Desired knowledge of cloud security principles (e.g., IAM policies, encryption, and compliance monitoring) and their cost trade-offs.
- Desired experience with AI/ML-powered tools for predictive analytics and resource optimization.