
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
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
cloud financial managementcost optimizationprogram financeunit economicsforecastingshowbackchargebackcost data pipelinesSQLExcel
Soft skills
executive communicationoutcome orientationinfluence without authoritygovernancedisciplinechange leadershipethicsstewardship