Design and implement a cost allocation rule engine supporting: Tag-based attribution, Account/subscription-based mappings, Custom business-defined allocation rules
Build amortization models for upfront cloud commitments: 1-year and 3-year reservations, Prepaid and committed-use discounts
Implement shared cost distribution models, including: Proportional allocation, Even split, Fixed-coefficient weighting
Create attribution logic for untagged costs, leveraging: Account ownership, Usage heuristics, Business metadata
Develop budget vs. actual variance models to support cost governance
Design forecasting input models using historical trends and seasonality
Ensure all models align with accounting principles, including: Period alignment, Matching principle, Accrual and amortization logic

Requirements

5–7 years of hands-on data engineering experience
Proven experience building chargeback and/or showback systems
Strong exposure to cloud cost allocation in enterprise environments
Prior work supporting FinOps, Finance, or Cost Management teams is highly preferred
Expert-level SQL (complex joins, window functions, performance tuning)
Strong dimensional data modeling skills (facts, dimensions, slowly changing dimensions)
Experience with modern data modeling tools such as: dbt, LookML or equivalent frameworks
Deep understanding of FinOps cost allocation methodologies
Solid grasp of financial accounting concepts, including: Amortization, Accruals, Budgeting and variance analysis

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data engineeringSQLdimensional data modelingchargeback systemsshowback systemscost allocationbudgetingvariance analysisamortizationaccruals