FinOps Consultant (m/w/d)

Technology spend is growing in complexity - across cloud, AI, SaaS, and on-prem. Organizations need clarity on where their money goes, and how to optimise it. As a FinOps Consultant at Cortex Reply, you'll work with C-suite stakeholders, engineering teams, and finance leaders to bring financial accountability and transparency to technology investments.

We operate at the forefront of FinOps: shaping industry standards with the FinOps Foundation and expanding the discipline into areas like AI cost management and sustainability.

Your Tasks

Client Engagements & Operating Models

• Lead FinOps engagements optimising cloud, AI, SaaS, and on-prem spending
• Analyse complex environments (IaaS, PaaS, AI workloads) to identify optimisation potential
• Design FinOps operating models tailored to each client's structure and maturity

Transparency & Accountability

• Architect cost allocation strategies, tagging standards, and showback/chargeback models
• Develop management reporting — from requirements and mockups to executive dashboards

Optimisation & Value Delivery

• Drive usage and rate optimisation campaigns: prioritise recommendations, enable account owners, track realised savings
• Evaluate and select FinOps tools through PoCs and vendor assessments

Stakeholder Enablement

• Coach product owners, engineering leads, and finance teams on cost-aware decision-making
• Deliver workshops that embed FinOps practices into daily operations
• Establish communities of practice and share benchmarks across the organisation

Thought Leadership

• Develop FinOps blueprints and playbooks for internal and external use
• Contribute trainings, talks, and publications that position the team as industry experts
• Expand offerings into FinOps for AI, FinOps for SaaS, and sustainability tracking

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• Professional development through challenging projects and training opportunities
• A diverse, international team with a strong knowledge-sharing culture
• Opportunities for thought leadership: conferences, publications, certifications
• A collaborative, supportive team environment