FinOps Practitioner

PayInc is a purpose-driven payments provider building on over 50 years of trusted history in South Africas payments ecosystem. Our mission is to connect people businesses and economies through secure efficient and inclusive digital payment infrastructure and to be a catalyst for financial inclusion and economic growth. From EFTs and cards to PayShap PayInc provides the backbone that enables money to move safely across the economy. At our core we exist to make great connections empower participation enable growth and ensure no one is left behind.

PURPOSE

The primary role of the FinOps Practitioner is to facilitate ongoing monitoring analysis and optimisation of cloud expenditures across all cloud platforms. This involves implementing and overseeing FinOps practices within the organisation such as developing cost-visibility dashboards forecasting usage and identifying savings opportunities such as rightsizing and reserved instances. As a FinOps Practitioner your responsibility is to optimise cloud financial operations by bridging the gap between cloud engineers finance procurement technology business and product teams. The role ensures that cloud expenditures support business objectives promote cost transparency and foster accountability across departments for efficient cloud utilisation. This cross-functional coordination is vital for maintaining cost transparency and cultivating a culture of financial accountability in cloud usage through collaboration and shared accountability for cloud usage decisions.

You will engage with the following stakeholders:

• FinOps framework stakeholders which include:
  • Finance
  • Procurement
  • Cloud engineers
  • Cloud Architects
  • Product owners
  • Technology teams and Leadership

Your key responsibilities include:

Cloud Financial Management

• Track and assess cloud spending on platforms like AWS Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports for cost visibility and forecasting
• Ensure alignment of accountability to cloud users by reporting spend vs. budget at granular levels
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through rightsizing reserved instances and usage optimisation
• Assist in making data-driven decisions that optimise cloud spending ensuring the efficient use of resources and contributing to overall cost management strategies.
• Communicate consumption trends and financial impacts to stakeholders in clear business terms.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate collaboration with Cloud engineers finance technology business and product teams to align cloud usage within budgetary constraints
• Educate teams on cloud cost implications and FinOps best practices
• Act as a liaison between finance and technical teams to ensure accurate chargebacks and allocations

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure that policies for cloud budget controls tagging standards and resource accountability are in place.
• Ensure compliance with internal financial controls and external regulatory requirements
• Support audits and provide documentation on cloud financial practices

Strategic Planning & Optimisation

• Contribute to cloud strategy by providing insights into cost trends and ROI
• Participate in vendor negotiations and contract reviews for cloud services
• Support the development of FinOps maturity models and continuous improvement initiatives

QUALIFICATION / KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelors degree in finance Accounting Computer Science or related field
• FinOps Certified Practitioner (preferred)
• AWS Cloud practitioner or Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

EXPERIENCE

• 5 years in cloud financial management IT finance or cloud operations
• Hands-on experience with cloud billing tools (e.g. AWS Cost Explorer Azure Cost Management)
• Familiarity with cloud architecture and services

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

• Integrity
• Analytical- and Critical Thinking Ability: Ability to gather sufficient data to understand a problem to look at a situation from different perspectives
• Logical Thinking and Judgment Ability: Use of discretion and logical reasoning in a clear and consistent manner whilst considering/evaluating of information/circumstantial evidence in order to draw sound conclusions form an opinion and make a good decision
• Creative and Innovative Ability: To be resourceful in generating new and original ideas to solve problems or designing new methods of executing/performing tasks to create value to the customer.
• Verbal Non-verbal and Written Communication Skills: Ability to effectively interact with individuals/groups using appropriate verbal- non-verbal- or written communication on the required level and sending out/ receiving a clear message in the intended way.
• Information Management Ability to effectively use information for management purposes to gather/ organise/ capture relevant information to support sound decision-making to correctly extract data from an existing database/ MIS extrapolate data to determine trends and do trends analysis and to properly and appropriately compile a management report.