FinOps Lead

Ochsner Clinic Foundation • New Orleans, LA

19h • Remote

About The Position

The FinOps Lead establishes and leads the enterprise cloud financial management practice under the Technology Business Manager. This role is accountable for cloud financial governance, optimization strategy, cost accountability, cloud forecasting, savings realization, and cloud-focused executive reporting. The role manages the FinOps Analyst and works with Finance, Technology, Procurement, engineering, application, and service owners across Azure, Amazon Web Services, Snowflake, and related consumption platforms. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company’s discretion.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 9 years of related experience, OR 6 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Progressive experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, IT financial management, cloud governance, technology operations, or a related discipline, including program leadership.
• Advanced understanding of cloud budgeting, forecasting, allocation, unit economics, commitments, savings measurement, showback, and chargeback concepts.
• Experience leading cross-functional cloud cost governance and optimization activities.
• Ability to translate technical consumption and financial data into actions, accountability, and measurable outcomes.
• Leadership experience establishing enterprise governance, executive reporting, and cloud cost optimization practices.
• FinOps Certified Professional or FinOps Certified Practitioner.
• Certified Technology Business Management Executive or equivalent TBM credential.
• Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or cloud financial management certification.
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library Foundation certification.
• Working knowledge of IBM Cloudability, Apptio, Azure, Amazon Web Services, Snowflake, tagging standards, and commitment-management practices.
• Proficiency working with databases, online solutions and the programming languages commonly used at the organization's information services division.
• Analytical skills and ability to use logical thought processes.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to present information clearly and professionally.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under stressful situations with frequent interruptions and frequent changes in priorities.
• Ability to work flexible schedules such as nights, weekends, extended shifts, etc., travel throughout and between facilities, and travel out of town occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Establish the FinOps roadmap, operating model, governance cadence, decision forums, and performance measures.
• Define cloud financial governance policies, guardrails, ownership standards, escalation paths, and decision rights.
• Lead cloud budgeting, forecasting, variance management, anomaly response, and executive review processes.
• Establish tagging, cost allocation, account hierarchy, and ownership standards that connect consumption to applications, services, environments, cost centers, and business units.
• Lead optimization efforts involving rightsizing, waste elimination, scheduling, commitments, architecture decisions, and resource retirement.
• Ensure savings opportunities are validated, assigned, executed, verified, incorporated into forecasts, and reported as realized value.
• Produce executive reporting covering cloud spend, forecasts, budget performance, allocation, optimization pipeline, realized savings, and governance compliance.
• Align IBM Cloudability information and controls with the Apptio and TBM model.
• Establish performance measures for tagging, allocation quality, forecast accuracy, budget variance, commitment utilization, optimization, and savings realization.
• Integrate financial impact and cost accountability into architecture, service catalog, change, asset, and portfolio governance.
• Lead FinOps stakeholder education, communications, champion networks, and behavioral adoption.
• Set priorities and provide day-to-day leadership for the FinOps Analyst.
• Performs analysis of assigned applications and business processes/functions.
• Modifies and supports assigned applications/systems as appropriate.
• Partners and communicates with assigned customers/end users.
• Maintains and enhances professional competencies and industry knowledge.
• Performs lead duties.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards.
• This employer maintains and complies with its Compliance & Privacy Program and Standards of Conduct, including the immediate reporting of any known or suspected unethical or questionable behaviors or conduct; patient/employee safety, patient privacy, and/or other compliance-related concerns.

Benefits

• Ochsner Health endeavors to make our site accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website, or if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact our HR Employee Solution Center at 504-842-4748 (select option 1) or [email protected].

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED