Technology Cost Accounting & FinOps Manager
About The Position
The Technology Cost Accounting & FinOps Manager owns two integrated mandates for the Global Technology Organization (GTO): building the total cost of ownership (TCO) framework, financial transparency model, and business case realization, and serving as Central FinOps Owner, accountable for cloud / AI, telecom, software, and hardware spend discipline across GTO. Reporting to the Director of Business Operations, this role ensures that technology costs are understood, allocated appropriately, and tied to value delivery. The Technology Cost Accounting & FinOps Lead partners with Finance, VMO, PMO, Supply Chain, and Technology leaders to drive cost discipline, optimize vendor and operational spending, and provide the financial insights needed to inform strategic decisions. The role is a key enabler of financial stewardship across GTO—linking investments, operational costs, vendor spend, cloud / AI consumption, technology usage, and business outcomes through consistent financial models and clear performance metrics.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or related field
- 7+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A), technology cost management, cost accounting, or FinOps management
- Strong experience with TCO models, business case development, and financial performance reporting
- Solid understanding of technology operating models, vendor contracts, and cost structures
- Hands‑on experience with financial modeling and analytical tools (Excel, BI tools, cost modeling platforms)
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a large or global enterprise technology environment
- Understanding of IT service management, Technology Business Management, cloud cost frameworks, and application/platform cost models
- Experience building FinOps practices from early maturity through sustained adoption
- Ability to translate financial and technical cost data into actional insights for non-technical audiences
- Experience with vendor performance and contract cost analysis
- Strong partnership skills across Finance, VMO, PMO, vendor and internal technology teams
Responsibilities
- Define and own FinOps operating model, standards, and cross-functional meeting cadences (e.g., GTO QBR, FinOps Exec Forum, FinOps Ops Review)
- Set and drive cadences for budgeting, forecasting and cost accountability
- Lead cost optimization standards with tracked savings
- Establish and oversee implementation of data requirements for integrated IT asset management
- Define and operate the TCO model for applications, platforms, infrastructure, and services
- Establish cost transparency across labor, vendor, licensing, hardware, cloud, and support costs
- Partner with Technology leaders to identify cost optimization opportunities and rationalization targets
- Develop financial models (e.g., ROI, NPV, payback) for technology initiatives
- Track benefit realization against approved business cases
- Provide insight into variances, risks to value, and required corrective actions
- Partner with Finance to align actuals, forecasts, and budget models
- Build and maintain budget forecasts and usage reports for GTO leadership and application teams
- Partner with FinOps Engineer(s) to build accessible reporting dashboards against FinOps and TCO KPIs
- Partner with VMO and Managed Service Provider (MSP) to ensure financial implications of contracts, rate cards, SLAs, and service levels are transparent and modeled for negotiations
- Analyze vendor cost structures and performance against commercial terms to support contract negotiations
- Track vendor contract expirations, terminations and renewals to ensure proactive contract management
- Conduct scenario modeling to support decision‑making around investments, sourcing changes, and architecture choices
- Lead analysis to identify duplications, inefficiencies, and opportunities for consolidation
- Provide data‑driven recommendations to improve technology cost structure
- Partner with Finance to establish guidelines and standards for cost accounting and financial reporting across GTO
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, accruals, capitalization rules, and audit requirements
- Integrate cost and value metrics into governance forums (PMO, VMO, Strategy)
- Define decision rights for spend exceptions and escalation paths requiring approval for tech spend
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
