IT FinOps Manager

🕒 July 3

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HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2019

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær is a prominent company formed in 2019 through the merger of HBM and Brüel & Kjær, two organizations with over 80 years of experience in precision test and measurement technology. HBK delivers innovative solutions across multiple domains including mechanical, sound and vibration, and electrical testing. The company provides a wide range of products and services such as data acquisition systems, electroacoustic setups, vibration testing equipment, and custom sensor assemblies. HBK caters to diverse industries such as aerospace, automotive, and energy, focusing on quality, reliability, and sustainability in all offerings. The company's mission is to empower innovators by providing exceptional sensing and insights, thus contributing to a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.

📋 Description

• Own and continuously improve the IT FinOps governance framework across cloud, IT infrastructure, applications, managed services, and IT operations. • Ensure end-to-end transparency of IT service costs, including cloud consumption, licensing usage, compute/token consumption for AI, provider charges, and operational run costs. • Work closely with the Senior IT Service Manager and Digital Leadership Team to align service performance (SLA/KPI), consumption, and financial outcomes. • Monitor, control, and optimize IT spent against budgets, forecasts, contracts, and commercial models. • Identify, prioritize, and drive cost optimization initiatives across IT services, cloud platforms, software licenses, AI consumption and managed service consumption. • Establish and maintain cost reporting and dashboards, including run-rate tracking, cost trends, budget deviations, and savings realization, supported by proactive alerting and the initiation and coordination of corrective management actions. • Own commercial governance activities, including review and validation of provider invoices, consumption reports, service credits, and change-related costs. • Actively challenge external service providers on cost drivers, inefficiencies, and non-compliant or unclear charges. • Drive cloud cost optimization practices (e.g., rightsizing, tagging, reserved capacity, lifecycle management, anomaly detection). • Provide financial insights and cost transparency in service governance forums and performance reviews. • Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and Domain Experts to assess the financial impact of architectural and technology decisions. • Evaluate and quantify the financial impact of service changes, projects, and transition activities. • Track and ensure realization of cost savings and optimization benefits. • Promote a FinOps culture across IT and business stakeholders, strengthening cost ownership and accountability. • Drive continuous improvement through automation, tooling, and advanced analytics (e.g., dashboards, AI-driven insights). • Create clear financial ownership for IT services (who pays for what). • Establish chargeback or show-back mechanisms to the respective business owner. • Monitor asset lifecycle and prepare budget for required replacements. • Support the IT Project Manager regarding budget planning and management.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of experience in IT financial management, FinOps, IT controlling, or a comparable role. • Proven experience managing IT costs in complex environments with external providers or outsourced services. • Strong understanding of IT cost structures, including cloud consumption models, licensing, managed services, and operational run costs. • Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including a strong understanding of cloud cost management principles and optimization practices. • Solid expertise in financial processes such as budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, and financial governance. • Strong analytical capabilities, with the ability to interpret financial and consumption data and translate it into actionable insights. • Experience working in cross-functional environments with Finance, Procurement, IT Service Management, and Architecture teams. • Familiarity with ITIL-based environments and understanding of the financial impact of ITSM processes. • Experience with reporting and cost management tools (e.g., Power BI, Azure Cost Management, Copilot Credit Estimator or similar). • Experience in international, multi-provider, or outsourced IT environments. • Fluent (both written and spoken) in English (level B2 or equivalent).

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements • Professional development opportunities