Senior FinOps and Cloud Financial Management Lead

Senior FinOps and Cloud Financial Management Lead Savvee Inc. is seeking a visionary and results-driven Senior FinOps and Cloud Financial Management Lead to support our federal client in Silver Spring, MD, in a hybrid work environment. The ideal candidate will establish, champion, and lead the implementation of an enterprise-wide FinOps practice for the client. This high-impact role is designed for a strategic leader who will serve as the core catalyst uniting Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and Leadership to drive a lasting cultural shift toward cloud cost optimization and financial accountability.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Leading the continuous operationalization, onboarding, and organizational rollout of the enterprise FinOps platform and tools.
• Receiving raw cloud bills, billing data, and financial inputs to analyze and track cloud consumption patterns across multiple major cloud service providers.
• Conducting deep-dive financial analysis, billing validation, and anomaly detection on incoming data sets to catch unexpected spend spikes and support forecasting accuracy across all cloud environments.
• Collaborating directly with procurement and finance stakeholders to evaluate cloud spend trends, helping inform future enterprise vendor agreements, volume discounts, and capacity planning.
• Establishing and maturing cloud financial transparency frameworks that translate technical resource consumption metrics into meaningful business unit financial KPIs and value-based reporting for executive leadership.
• Identifying immediate cost savings, waste reduction, and resource optimization opportunities, and translating complex multi-vendor usage data into actionable strategies.
• Influencing and partnering with engineering and operational teams to implement optimization recommendations such as rightsizing, resource consolidation, and commitment management.
• Developing, implementing, and maturing operational showback/chargeback models to accurately assign received cloud costs to business units, applications, and projects.
• Leading the development, refinement, and enforcement of a comprehensive enterprise-wide tagging framework designed to accurately classify received cloud spend.
• Driving cross-functional culture change and process adoption across multiple business units with varying levels of cloud maturity.
• Understanding the organizational policies and procedures for accuracy of solutions and deliverables to the client.
• Demonstrating a commitment to quality and customer support.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Bachelor's degree WITH twenty-two or more years of experience OR
• Master's degree WITH twenty or more years of experience

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

• Twenty-two or more years of relevant experience
• Proven experience leading the enterprise implementation and rollout of a FinOps practice
• Direct experience analyzing and managing cloud billing frameworks across multi-cloud environments
• Demonstrated leadership designing enterprise tagging strategies and cost allocation frameworks
• Track record of building operational showback or chargeback models across complex organizations
• Experience driving cross-functional culture change and measurable cost savings across technical and financial teams
• Experience working within established cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
• Highly motivated self-starter with strong customer service orientation
• Must have the ability to obtain the client's Public Trust clearance
• A proficiency in utilizing MS Office products
• Proven familiarity with Artificial Intelligence (AI) concepts and responsible use of AI-assisted tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A highly motivated self-starter
• Must be motivated and have excellent customer service skills

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Direct experience managing cloud spend specifically within a federal agency or highly regulated enterprise environment
• Hands-on experience optimizing spend across all four major cloud providers: AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI
• Proven capability to navigate complex organizational structures with matrixed, multi-tenant cloud environments
• Demonstrated experience executing large-scale public cloud commitment strategies, including Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and volume discount negotiations
• Advanced technical mastery of Cloudability or comparable platforms, including backend configuration, API data integrations, and dashboard customization
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field
• FinOps certification (highly desired)

EOE Statement:

Savvee Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. EEOC- Eligibility to

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