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Core Mission

Lead the financial governance, optimization, and cost transparency for a large-scale, multi-cloud, and on-premise digital services ecosystem serving 200+ government entities.

Manage the total cost of ownership (TCO) and pricing for a complex hybrid environment:

1. On-Premise/Sovereign Cloud: VMware, storage, networking.
2. Public Clouds: Azure and Oracle.
3. Platforms: Red Hat OpenShift, containerized workloads.
4. "Anything-as-a-Service" (XaaS): DRaaS, BaaS, Monitoring-as-a-Service, etc.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Governance: Build and maintain comprehensive cost and pricing models for all services.
2. Cost Management & Optimization: Proactively monitor, analyze, and implement savings (right-sizing, reservations, removing waste) across the entire hybrid landscape.
3. Chargeback/Showback: Own the end-to-end billing model to accurately charge back costs to internal government entities.
4. Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead budget planning, track spend vs. forecast, and flag risks.
5. Reporting & Analytics: Create dashboards and reports for leadership using PowerBI and native cloud tools.
6. Policy & Compliance: Establish and enforce FinOps policies (tagging, governance) in line with government financial rules.
7. Vendor Management: Work with procurement to manage cloud contracts, validate invoices, and track commitments.

Ideal Candidate Profile

1. Experience: 7-12 years in FinOps, cloud financial management, or IT finance within a large enterprise or government context.
2. Technical Skills: Expert in financial analysis, Excel, PowerBI, and cloud pricing models. Must understand cost data from multiple platforms (Azure, Oracle, VMware).
3. Soft Skills: Exceptional communication and presentation skills to influence senior leadership and external entities. Strong negotiator and detail-oriented.
4. Certifications: FinOps Certified Practitioner is highly preferred. Azure, Oracle Cloud, and ITIL certifications are a plus.