Cloud Financial Operations Lead

About the job

Vendavo is seeking a Cloud Financial Operations Lead to drive multi-cloud financial governance across AWS and Azure environments. This role will own cloud cost visibility, forecasting, optimization, vendor negotiations, and customer chargeback enablement while operating as part of the Cloud Platform & Operations organization. The role will serve as the FinOps governance authority, ensuring cost validation for onboarding, infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and production changes. This position is critical to enabling scalable 24x7 cloud operations while improving gross margin and financial discipline. THE OPPORTUNITY • Own and operate the FinOps governance model including spend validation and cost approval gates. • Drive AWS and Azure cost visibility, reporting, and forecasting (monthly, quarterly, annual). • Partner with Finance to align cloud budgets, forecasts, and actuals. • Implement and mature a customer chargeback model across multi-cloud environments. • Lead rightsizing initiatives for compute, storage, database, and networking resources. • Optimize Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and Azure Reservations strategies. • Identify automation opportunities to reduce long-term operational costs. • Collaborate with Professional Services, Support, Engineering, and Sales to validate cost impact during onboarding and releases. • Lead vendor discussions and enterprise agreement optimizations with AWS and Microsoft. • Publish executive dashboards tracking cost trends, savings, and unit economics. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) • Year-over-year reduction in cloud spend (normalized by growth). • Forecast accuracy within ±5%. • Savings Plan / Reservation coverage ratio. • Cost per tenant improvement trend. • Percentage of cost-impacting changes reviewed before execution. • Demonstrated cost savings from optimization initiatives. THE SKILL SET • 6+ years of experience in Cloud Financial Management / FinOps. • Strong expertise in AWS Cost Explorer, CUR, Savings Plans, and RI management. • Experience with Azure Cost Management & Billing optimization. • Proven experience in financial modeling and forecasting. • Experience building dashboards (PowerBI, Tableau, or QuickSight). • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills in SaaS or enterprise environments. Preferred Certifications • FinOps Certified Practitioner • AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or above) • Microsoft Azure Administrator or Architect Certification The Benefits • Professional growth and Development opportunities. • Working within a team of friendly, skilled people where help is always within reach • Flexible working hours • 4 recharge days, where the entire company goes on a brief pause in all geographies for 1 day each quarter. This day can be spent in whatever way helps you recharge, to regain energy, and dive back into the next workday • High-end laptop (Dell or Mac) • Competitive pay and bonus • 18 vacation days in a year in addition to 15 days Sick Leave/ Casual leave per calendar year. • 16 hours of paid volunteer time off per year • Wedding gift and newborn gift allowance for employees. • 26 weeks of paid maternity leave and one week of paid paternity leave. • 12 wellness leaves for women employees • Health Insurance of up to 7 lacs for self, spouse, 4 dependent children, and parents. 100% of the premium is paid by Vendavo and it covers the employee, spouse, children, and their parents. • Group Term Insurance coverage up to three times of their Annual CTC. Dependents are not covered. • Group Personal Accident coverage up to three times of Annual CTC. Dependents are not covered. • Provident fund contributions

Requirements

• Cloud Financial Management
• AWS
• Azure
• Financial Modeling
• Cost Management

Qualifications

• FinOps Certified Practitioner
• AWS Solutions Architect
• Microsoft Azure Administrator

Preferred Technologies

• Cloud Financial Management
• AWS
• Azure
• Financial Modeling
• Cost Management

Benefits

• Professional growth and Development opportunities
• Flexible working hours
• High-end laptop
• Competitive pay and bonus
• 18 vacation days
• Paid volunteer time off
• Health insurance
• Maternity leave
• Paternity leave

About the company

Vendavo partners with leading companies to grow profits and innovation through cloud-based solutions for pricing and selling. They emphasize collaboration and sustainable outcomes.