OneStream Software is hiring a Director, Cloud Engineering & Operations, FinOps to own the financial strategy for our public-cloud operations. You will partner across Engineering, Finance, Product, and Operations to ensure cloud spend delivers measurable value, scale, and performance for our SaaS platform.
What You'll Do
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive cloud financial management framework across the SaaS offering: forecasting, budgeting, actuals vs. plan, cost allocation, and unit economics.
- Lead cloud cost optimization programs: reserved commitments/savings plans, right-sizing, idle resource elimination, tagging, and chargeback/cleanup initiatives.
- Partner with Engineering, CloudOps, and Product teams to integrate cloud cost visibility into operations and instill a FinOps culture.
- Drive executive and board-level reporting on cost-trends, anomalies, savings progress, risk of overruns, and tradeoffs.
- Define and enforce governance and controls around cloud cost and usage: tagging standards, cost-allocation models, approval workflows, and cloud contract negotiation.
- Lead a team of FinOps analysts/engineers: hire, coach, set strategy, measure effectiveness, and build influence.
- Collaborate with Finance and FP&A to ensure cloud costs are correctly reflected in financial planning, customer-unit economics, pricing, and business case modelling.
- Stay abreast of public-cloud provider pricing models, emerging cloud-cost tools, and FinOps best practices to bring innovation in cost management automation.
- Support M&A, product launches, or major cloud migrations by providing financial modelling of cloud cost impact, run-rate changes, and forecasting scenarios.
- Own the narrative around cloud cost in the SaaS business: translate technical cloud-usage metrics into business implications for growth, margin, and scalability.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering.
- 10–15 years of progressive experience in cloud financial management, cost optimization, or technology finance, ideally within a SaaS or large-scale enterprise cloud environment.
- 5+ years in a leadership role, managing teams and driving cross-functional initiatives that span Finance, Engineering, and Operations.
- Proven track record in establishing and maturing a FinOps practice, implementing governance, cost-allocation models, show back/chargeback, and optimization programs.
- Deep knowledge of public-cloud pricing and billing models (AWS, Azure, GCP) and demonstrated success in optimizing committed spend, reserved instances, and savings plans.
- Proficiency with FinOps and cloud-cost management tools.
- Strong financial modeling and forecasting capability, connecting cloud spend to unit economics and business metrics.
- Experience developing and presenting executive-level reporting and insights to senior leadership and boards.
- Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Finance, Procurement, and Product Management.
- Proven ability to lead automation and tooling initiatives that increase cost visibility, tagging accuracy, and real-time spend governance.
- Experience in high-growth SaaS or multi-tenant environments with measurable improvements in cost efficiency and financial predictability.
Nice to Have
- Advanced degree (MBA or Master’s in Finance, Technology Management, or related field).
- CPA, CMA, or CFA for candidates with a strong financial or FP&A orientation.
- Professional certifications strongly desired: FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional or Cloud certifications such as AWS Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals, or GCP Cloud Digital Leader.
- Experience integrating FinOps practices post-merger or acquisition.
- Familiarity with scripting or analytics (SQL, Python, Power BI, Looker) to automate cost insights.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code, cloud architecture, and performance-to-cost tradeoffs.
Technical Stack
- AWS, Azure, GCP
- SQL, Python
- Power BI, Looker, Tableau
- Excel
Team & Environment
You will directly supervise a team of FinOps analysts/engineers and be responsible for establishing and growing the FinOps organization within OneStream.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation Range: $158,500 - $198,250 (applies to US candidates only) + equity.
- Vision, Medical, Dental, and Life Insurance
- Short & Long Term Disability
- 401K and Retirement Plan
- Paid Vacation Time and Holidays
- Professional Development opportunities
Work Mode
This position is remote within the USA.
OneStream is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
