What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud FinOps Manager position at Cardlytics?
About Cardlytics
Remember that time you got cash back on a cup of coffee through your banking app? That was us!
Cardlytics (NASDAQ: CDLX) is the industry-leading purchase intelligence and incentives platform. We are a product-driven company that cares about three things: our people, our customers, and our partners. Together, we make commerce more rewarding for everyone by helping businesses attract, understand, and incentivize consumers through their banks’ digital channels.
Role Summary
The Cloud FinOps Manager is responsible for optimizing cloud costs, ensuring financial accountability, and driving cloud financial best practices within an organization. This role requires a deep understanding of cloud pricing models, cost optimization levers, and financial analysis. The Cloud FinOps Manager will collaborate with various stakeholders, including finance, engineering, and operations teams, to align cloud spending with business objectives and maximize the return on cloud investments.
Your Day to Day
- Establish and enforce cloud governance, policies, and standards to ensure compliance with internal controls and regulations, including tagging requirements, cost standards, and security best practices.
- Implement FinOps frameworks, roadmaps, cost-saving best practices, and governance standards for cloud financial management.
- Develop and monitor cost optimization strategies across cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and monitor spending against budgets.
- Implement real-time cloud cost monitoring tools, automation to eliminate idle resources, and cost-saving practices like reserved instances and savings plans.
- Analyze usage patterns to identify cost-reduction opportunities and implement chargeback mechanisms for accountability.
- Establish and manage cost allocation models, dashboards, and procedures to align cloud financial management with business goals.
- Evaluate spending patterns, establish guardrails, and monitor trends to prevent unexpected costs and align strategies with corporate goals.
- Collaborate with finance, engineering, product and operations teams to align cloud spending, shared costs with business objectives and maintain financial models.
- Collaborate with Finance, IT, and cross-functional teams to drive cloud cost optimization strategies and a culture of accountability.
- Communicate financial performance and deliver training on cloud financial management best practices to stakeholders while integrating FinOps principles and monitoring cost efficiency KPIs.
- Lead forecasting, budgeting, and cost management exercises to educate teams on cloud cost optimization principles.
What We Need From You
- 3 years of experience in cloud financial management or a related field, with a Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or IT.
- Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or similar programs.
- Experience with cloud cost management tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Google Cloud Billing, or third-party solutions like Flexera, Cloudability, etc.).
- Experience with finance and IT systems, ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.), and financial reporting systems.
- Proficiency with financial planning and analysis (FP&A), cloud budgeting, and forecasting.
- Knowledge of cloud architecture principles, operational models, and technical workflows.
Desired Characteristics
- FinOps Certified Practitioner industry standard experience.
- Cloud Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.
Technical Environment
We primarily use macOS and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides). While our preferred platform is macOS, we support both macOS and Windows. Familiarity with or willingness to work within this environment is required.
Core Values
Our shared values are the driving force behind everything we do. Across all roles, we are looking for teammates who embody these values:
- Customer and partner-first
- Act with urgency and focus
- Integrity with our partners and data
- Accountability even when challenged
- Empowerment over hierarchy
- Growth over comfort
