Accenture

Cloud Cost/Finance Ops Engineer

Accenture$111K — $221K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 5+ years of experience in financial reporting, auditing, budgeting, or Tableau
  • Demonstrated experience in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) design and management
  • Familiarity with FinOps policies and cloud cost optimization
  • Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance required

Responsibilities

  • Establish and govern FinOps policies and best practices across multi-cloud environments.
  • Optimize cloud commitments and advise on pricing models for workloads.
  • Provide technical expertise on cost optimization and review cloud designs for efficiency.
  • Identify inefficiencies and draft remediation plans for waste in cloud architecture.
  • Design automated tools and processes to enforce FinOps governance and detect cost anomalies.
  • Develop data visualizations and dashboards to monitor financial and operational metrics.
  • Collaborate with development teams to enhance application efficiency in the cloud.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including health, wellness, and retirement plans
  • Access to training and professional development opportunities
  • Collaboration in a diverse and inclusive work environment
  • Opportunities for career growth within a leading global organization
  • Flexible work arrangements that support work-life balance
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Cloud Cost/Finance Engineer to serve as the key liaison between enterprise cloud platform teams and application stakeholders operating across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. In a diverse, multi-cloud ecosystem, the role is responsible for ensuring cloud services are secure, consumable, scalable, and aligned with mission requirements.

You will translate technical cloud capabilities and security requirements into actionable roadmaps and adoption strategies. As the "Voice of the Customer" for the Cloud Engineering teams and a "Champion of Cloud Best Practices" for application teams, you will help drive modernization, cloud-native adoption, and consistent operational excellence across the enterprise.

Work you'll do:
    • Establish, evangelize, and govern FinOps policies and best practices across multi-cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
    • Lead efforts to optimize cloud commitments (e.g., Reserved Instances, Savings Plans) and advise on optimal pricing models for new and existing workloads.
    • Serve as the technical expert and architectural advisor for cloud cost optimization, reviewing new and existing designs to ensure cost-effectiveness and efficiency.
    • Identify architectural waste and inefficiencies, providing clear, documented remediation plans (e.g., rightsizing, storage tiering, resource lifecycle management).
    • Design and build automated tools, scripts, and processes to enforce FinOps governance, detect cost anomalies, and automate remediation actions (e.g., using Python, Terraform, Cloud APIs).
    • Develop custom dashboards and data visualizations using cloud-native tools or third-party platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Grafana) to monitor key financial and operational metrics.
    • Partner with development teams to refactor and re-architect critical applications for improved cloud efficiency.

Here's what you'll need:
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas:
    • Financial reporting and compliance
    • Tableau
    • Auditing
    • Budgeting

Security clearance:
  • Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance is required.


As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$111,800-$221,800 USD

About Accenture

Accenture plc is a multinational professional services company that provides services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations. The company has more than 537,000 employees serving clients in more than 120 countries. Accenture operates across five business segments: Communications, Media & Technology; Financial Services; Health & Public Service; Products; and Resources. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and has offices worldwide.
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$173.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$5.2 billion
Founded
1989
5 Year Trend
+11.2%
Revenue
$44.7 billion
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