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FinOps & Cloud Cost Manager

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Social Value Portal Ltd

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United Kingdom , City of London

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Salary:

61000.00 - 71000.00 GBP / Year

Job Description:

A unique opportunity to join Hays, a FTSE 250 recruitment leader with a global footprint, undertaking a bold technology strategy focused on modernisation, digitalisation and innovation to power progress through people and market-leading technology. This role is responsible for driving end-to-end FinOps and cost optimisation across cloud, internal IT platforms, and global telco services. You will lead the development of cost transparency, financial governance, and optimisation strategies, partnering with engineering, finance, procurement, and vendors to ensure cost efficiency and accountability across technology. This is a hands-on leadership role, combining deep cost analytics with the ability to influence behaviour and deliver measurable financial outcomes.

Job Responsibility:

  • FinOps & Cost Governance: Own FinOps practices across cloud and technology platforms, ensuring transparency, accountability, and control
  • Cloud Cost Optimisation: Analyse consumption patterns and drive optimisation initiatives including rightsizing, reservation strategies, and waste reduction
  • Financial Planning & Forecasting: Lead budgeting, forecasting, accruals, and variance analysis across technology spend
  • Cost Transparency & Reporting: Develop and maintain dashboards, reporting packs, and executive insights on cost performance and trends
  • Vendor & Commercial Management: Validate invoices, challenge vendors, and support commercial negotiations to drive cost efficiency
  • Chargeback/Showback Models: Design and manage cost allocation models to improve financial accountability across the business
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with engineering, finance, procurement, and leadership to embed cost ownership and FinOps best practices
  • Strategic Cost Insights: Provide actionable insights to support investment decisions, migrations, and transformation programmes

Requirements:

  • Proven experience in FinOps/cloud cost management (AWS, Azure or GCP)
  • Ownership of cost optimisation initiatives with measurable savings delivered
  • Experience building and managing showback/chargeback models
  • Strong capability in financial forecasting, budgeting, and cost modelling within technology environments
  • Experience working directly with engineering teams to influence consumption and optimise spend
  • Experience managing or challenging vendors, MSPs, and cloud providers on cost and commercial outcomes
  • Strong experience in FinOps and cloud cost management
  • Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and consumption models
  • Experience delivering tangible cost savings and optimisation outcomes
  • Strong financial capability across budgeting, forecasting, and modelling
  • Experience working across engineering, finance, and vendor ecosystems
  • Strong analytical capability using BI tools and cost management platforms
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive behavioural change

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 11, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
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