About the job
  • Role: Senior FinOps Analyst
  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
  • Work Model: Hybrid
  • Compensation: £70,000 – £95,000 per year + Bonus & Benefits About the Role: Our client—a leading global online delivery and marketplace platform—is recruiting a Senior FinOps Analyst in London. In this critical intersection of finance, cloud engineering, and operations, you will manage, analyze, and optimize multi-million pound cloud infrastructure expenditure across AWS, GCP, and Azure, driving financial accountability and engineering cost-efficiency. Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead enterprise cloud financial management (FinOps), tracking, forecasting, and allocating multi-cloud infrastructure spend.
  • Partner directly with engineering leads and product architects to identify cloud resource wastage, rightsizing, and architectural optimizations.
  • Manage cloud commitment strategies, including Reserved Instances (RIs), Savings Plans, and committed use discounts to maximize savings.
  • Build automated cost-allocation models, chargeback/showback mechanisms, and unit-economic metrics (cost per order, cost per query).
  • Develop real-time FinOps dashboards and reporting suites in CloudHealth, AWS Cost Explorer, Kubecost, or Datadog.
  • Lead regular FinOps review meetings with engineering directors and the CFO organization to review burn rates and budget variances. Required Skills & Qualifications:
  • 4+ years of dedicated FinOps, cloud financial operations, or cloud cost optimization experience in an enterprise cloud environment.
  • Certified FinOps Practitioner or professional cloud certification (AWS, GCP, or Azure) is highly desirable.
  • Deep understanding of cloud billing architectures, pricing models, container cost allocation (Kubernetes/EKS/GKE), and SaaS tooling.
  • Advanced data modeling capabilities with strong proficiency in SQL, Excel, and BI visualization platforms (Tableau, Looker).
  • Proven track record delivering substantial six-to-seven figure annual cloud spend optimizations.
  • Outstanding stakeholder communication skills, comfortable interacting with both software engineers and finance directors.
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, Economics, or related field. What the Role Offers: Competitive base salary with annual performance bonus. Workplace pension matching, comprehensive health and dental coverage, and wellness benefits in London. Hybrid work model offering strong work-life balance and schedule flexibility. High visibility advising technology leadership on strategic multi-million pound cloud investments. : Apply Now!

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