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CRC GroupPosted 1 week ago
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FinOps Manager

On-siteCharlotte, North Carolina, United States or Richmond, Virginia, United States

Full TimeLarge

Job Summary

Own cloud financial management for CRC Group's Microsoft Azure estate, making cloud spend visible, predictable, and defensible. Build and maintain the cost allocation and showback model, drive optimization campaigns with platform engineering teams, and manage the commitment portfolio to deliver a forecast Finance can book against. Establish FinOps as a discipline, converting identified cloud savings into realized financial impact across Enterprise Technology & Operations. Lead a team of analysts and partners while advancing the FinOps Foundation framework and championing continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

  • English (Required)
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in cloud financial management, cloud infrastructure, or technology finance
  • At least 3 years hands-on with Azure cost management specifically
  • Demonstrated ownership of an Azure estate of at least $20M in annual spend across multiple enrollments or billing scopes
  • Quantifiable, evidenced savings delivered
  • Deep working knowledge of Azure commercial constructs: EA/MCA billing hierarchy, enrollment accounts, MACC consumption commitments, SCE, reservations, savings plans, Azure Hybrid Benefit, marketplace charges, and the Azure pricing and billing data model
  • Demonstrated month-end close discipline: accruals, invoice validation, journal entry allocation, and reconciliation to an ERP or general ledger
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and implement processes and procedures
  • Expertise in developing and implementing processes, guardrails, and procedures to enhance efficiency and consistency
  • High level of attention to detail to ensure accuracy and quality in allocation, accrual, forecast, and invoice reconciliation
  • Advanced command of Azure Cost Management + Billing, Azure Advisor, Azure Policy, Azure Resource Graph, and management group/subscription design
  • Working proficiency in at least one of SQL, KQL, Python, or PowerShell for billing data analysis and automation, including the Microsoft FinOps Toolkit and Cost Management APIs
  • Experience with FOCUS-format billing data and lakehouse-based cost modeling (Azure Databricks or Fabric)
  • Familiarity with third-party FinOps platforms (Apptio Cloudability, CloudHealth, Finout, Vantage, Harness), Kubernetes cost allocation, and infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Bicep, Infracost)
  • Working knowledge of ServiceNow and Workday for asset, contract, purchase order, and invoice reconciliation
  • Strong Power BI skills, including comfort working against a governed semantic model rather than report-level logic
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the range to brief a platform engineer and a CFO in the same week
  • Proven ability to persuade engineering and application teams to act on cost findings they did not request, and to drive those actions to verified closure
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex billing and operational data and provide actionable insights to leadership
  • Ability to connect enterprise objectives to cloud investment decisions and translate consumption data into an actionable multi-year efficiency roadmap
  • 1st Shift (United States of America)
  • Must be able to lift 50 lbs

Desired Qualifications

  • FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional (FinOps Foundation)
  • Microsoft AZ-900, AZ-104, or AZ-305 certification
  • M&A and divestiture experience including cost separation, tenant migration modeling, and TSA-period spend tracking
  • Insurance or financial services industry experience
  • Background in FP&A, cost accounting, or technology procurement, and exposure to software asset and AI spend management (M365, Copilot, GitHub, Adobe)
  • Technical Skills Expert user of Microsoft Office Suite; especially Excel financial modeling and PowerPoint

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