FinOps Principal Consultant - #2183021

Are you passionate about helping organisations maximise the value of their cloud investments?

Do you have the expertise to turn complex cloud cost data into actionable business insights and optimisation strategies?”

Are you ready to shape FinOps strategies, lead strategic client engagements, and help build a growing FinOps practice?

Practical Information

Location: London, UK | Work arrangement: Hybrid | Contract type: Full-time | Visa status: Valid working visa for UK | Language requirements: Fluent/professional English, written and verbal

As a Principal FinOps Consultant, you’ll help organisations get more value from their cloud investments by bringing together technology, finance, and business strategy. You’ll lead strategic client engagements, deliver impactful workshops, and turn cloud cost data into actionable insights that drive optimisation, efficiency, and business value.

You’ll play a key role in shaping and growing our FinOps practice. From supporting pre-sales and developing new service offerings to mentoring colleagues and contributing to our FinOps Centre of Excellence (CoE), you’ll help build the expertise, solutions, and capabilities that drive our business forward.

This is an opportunity to combine deep FinOps expertise with strategic consulting and client engagement— helping our customers mature their cloud financial management practices while driving innovation across the organisation.

• Lead client engagements: Drive strategic FinOps projects, facilitate workshops, and present insights and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership.
• Drive cloud cost optimisation: Assess clients’ cloud financial management practices, identify cost drivers, and translate spend analysis into actionable optimisation opportunities.
• Turn data into insights: Analyse cloud consumption and cost data using native cloud tools, vendor dashboards, raw datasets, and custom solutions to uncover savings opportunities and improve financial visibility.
• Shape FinOps strategy: Help clients develop and mature their FinOps capabilities, operating models, governance, and cost management practices.
• Support business growth: Lead FinOps-related pre-sales activities, contribute to proposals and solution design, and act as a subject matter expert across service lines.
• Build trusted client relationships: Partner with strategic customers, manage complex engagements and escalations, and identify opportunities for continued collaboration and new services.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with engineering, application, and finance teams to understand cost drivers, improve accountability, and implement effective tagging and allocation strategies.
• Own project delivery: Lead complex FinOps initiatives, ensuring high-quality outcomes, effective stakeholder management, and delivery against agreed timelines.
• Enable knowledge sharing: Deliver knowledge transfer sessions and help clients build the skills and processes needed to manage their cloud costs independently.
• Shape our FinOps offering: Contribute to the evolution of our FinOps portfolio, identify opportunities for new services, and support the development of our FinOps Centre of Excellence (CoE).
• Develop FinOps talent: Mentor colleagues, share best practices, and support internal training and champion programmes to strengthen FinOps capabilities across the organisation.
• Champion innovation and thought leadership: Stay on top of FinOps and cloud economics trends, bring new ideas into our practice, and help position the organisation as a trusted partner in cloud financial management.

• Extensive experience in FinOps for enterprise accounts.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud vendor contracts, licensing, and optimisation strategies (Microsoft, AWS, etc.).
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency with reporting tools (e.g., Power BI).
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex concepts clearly in presentations and written documentation.
• Ability to manage challenging conversations and influence stakeholders.
• Strong team ethos, with the ability to work remotely and independently.
• Structured, organised, and methodical approach to problem-solving.
• High emotional intelligence and relationship management skills.
• Proven ability to lead, innovate, and drive change across service lines.
• Experience in mentoring and coaching colleagues.
• Ability to represent the organisation in executive-level discussions.

• Master’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• +5 years relevant experience in cloud economics, FinOps, or related domains.
• Excellent knowledge of English, verbally and in writing.

Mandatory certifications:

• Finops Practitioner 

       And at least two of the below exams: 

• AWS: Certified Cloud Practitioner or Cloud Economics
• Microsoft: Certified Azure Fundamentals
• GCP: Digital Leader

SoftwareOne is a global provider of software and cloud solutions. With a presence in over 70 countries and more than 12,000 professionals, we help organizations optimize software investments, modernize applications, and unlock the value of cloud, data, and AI.

Our people are at the core of everything we do. We enable collaboration across borders, continuous learning, and opportunities to grow in a fast-evolving technology landscape. Whether your focus is on technology, customer success, or business operations, your ideas matter, and your contributions make a difference.

Join a global team where you can build your skills, work with leading technologies, and make a real impact for our customers