• Establish and manage the cloud financial operations (FinOps) function within large or federated organizations. • Define and implement chargeback/showback models tailored to business unit or program consumption patterns. • Advise on FinOps operating models, KPIs, dashboards, and best practices for cost transparency and accountability. • Design and maintain dashboards and reports using AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Google Cloud Billing, and tools like CloudHealth, Apptio, CloudCheckr. • Build forecasting models and budget tracking processes aligned with enterprise or agency cloud strategies. • Monitor and analyze usage, commitments, discounts, and anomalies to enable proactive cost management. • Collaborate with engineering, finance, procurement, and application owners for efficient resource planning and usage. • Provide CSP contract management support, including pricing analysis, commitment planning (e.g., RIs/Savings Plans), and usage optimization. • Educate stakeholders and develop training materials to build internal FinOps awareness and capabilities. • Identify savings opportunities through rightsizing, scheduling, reserved capacity, container/serverless strategies, and architecture redesign. • Implement and enforce tagging strategies, cost allocation rules, and data governance for accurate spend visibility. • Ensure policy compliance and alignment with internal standards for budget controls and financial guardrails.