Senior Manager Cloud FinOps

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Wood Mackenzie is a global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. With more than 50 years of experience and over 2,400 experts across 30 locations, we provide real‑time analytics, consultancy, events, and thought leadership that enable clients to make confident decisions.

Company Values

• Inclusive – we succeed together
• Trusting – we choose to trust each other
• Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
• Future focused – we accelerate change
• Curious – we turn knowledge into action

Job Description

Wood Mackenzie is looking for a Cloud FinOps Lead to manage this evolving function as the company continues to mature its FinOps practice. With significant growth in AWS and Azure since 2018 and a continued Cloud‑first strategy, you will coordinate day‑to‑day tasks within the team and work with many cross‑functional teams to plan and execute cost visibility and optimisation projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that day‑to‑day team responsibilities are executed in line with existing processes and timelines.
• Lead the development and implementation of Cloud FinOps strategies and best practices aligned with overall business goals.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to build cost allocation methodologies and drive cost transparency.
• Design and maintain financial reporting dashboards to monitor cloud spending and budget adherence.
• Contribute to cloud spend analysis and forecasting activities with relevant business areas and Finance.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices in Cloud cost management and FinOps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, Business Administration, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Cloud cost management and FinOps.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing platforms, ideally both AWS and Azure.
• Proficient in cloud cost optimisation tools and methodologies.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills with keen attention to detail.
• Process mindset with a proven track record of improving process efficiency.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience with project management and leading cross‑functional teams (plus).
• FinOps Certified Practitioner certification essential.
• AWS Cloud Practitioner certification a plus.
• Azure Fundamentals certification a plus.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. If you have a physical or mental disability, we will support you throughout the application or hiring process. For more information, see www.eeoc.gov.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Location

Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom