
Financial Operations Manager – FinOps
General Dynamics Information Technology
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Austin • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $124,950 - $169,050 per year
About the role
- Own the financial truth of our customer’s enterprise IT services
- Turn cloud and data center spend into clear, actionable insights that leaders can trust
- Run the FinOps operating rhythm across multi-cloud and on-prem platforms
- Build unit economics (per user, endpoint, vCPU-hour, GB-month, ticket), forecast with discipline, align budgets to outcomes, drive optimization backlog
- Connect money to mission by showing how reliability, security, and feature delivery translate into cost and value for the Government
- Replace guesswork with facts and move the program from “cost reporting” to “value management”
- Establish a single cost model and shared dashboards for executives, engineers, and contracting teams
- Identify waste, right-size capacity, negotiate pricing levers, coordinate remediation with delivery teams without jeopardizing service levels
- Improve forecast accuracy, fund modernization through verified savings, strengthen outcomes-based contracting by tying payments to measurable results
Requirements
- 10+ years of related experience
- Bachelor's Degree; In lieu of a degree, an additional four years of related experience required
- 10+ years in cloud/IT financial management, cost optimization, or program finance; at least 3 years leading FinOps in large enterprises or federal programs (VA/DoD/DHS/HHS or Fortune 500)
- Proven track record building unit economics and delivering savings while maintaining or improving SLAs/SLOs
- Hands-on experience running monthly/quarterly planning cycles, showback/chargeback, and option-year benchmarking; familiarity with federal acquisition and CLIN structures
- Demonstrated partnership with engineering, security, and operations to implement optimization without service risk
- Expert with Apptio/TBM or equivalent, Cloud Service Provider cost portals (AWS CUDOS/Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing), and enterprise data platforms (Power BI/Tableau)
- Working knowledge of AWS/Azure/GCP pricing constructs (On-Demand/Reserved/Committed/Spot), storage tiers, data egress, managed services, and container/Kubernetes cost drivers
- Able to relate performance metrics (availability, MTTR, latency, error budgets) to cost drivers; comfortable reading telemetry-based dashboards
- SQL/Excel fluency; experience with cost data pipelines, tag/label governance, and policy-as-code guardrails that enforce tagging and budget limits
- Familiar with benchmarks, price refresh, rate cards, and value-based metrics that support Firm-Fixed-Price and managed services
- Executive Communication; Outcome Orientation; Influence Without Authority; Governance & Discipline; Change Leadership; Ethics & Stewardship.
Benefits
- Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
- 401K with company match
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages
- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and own your career
- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and 10 company-paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud financial managementcost optimizationprogram financeunit economicsforecastingshowbackchargebackcost data pipelinesSQLExcel
Soft Skills
executive communicationoutcome orientationinfluence without authoritygovernancedisciplinechange leadershipethicsstewardship