FinOps Lead (Cloud Cost Optimization & Strategy)

About Us

LexisNexis, a part of RELX, is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information. We help customers increase productivity and improve decision-making and outcomes. Our 10,500 experts and innovative tools help us shape a better world for our customers and communities.

About the Role

We are seeking a strategic and experienced FinOps Lead to drive our cloud financial management initiatives. This role is critical to ensuring we maximize the value of our cloud investments—particularly within AWS—by identifying cost-saving opportunities, influencing architecture for cost efficiency, and acting as a key liaison between Finance and Engineering.  You will play a central role in analyzing cloud usage and cost data, generating insights, and delivering actionable recommendations. Your leadership will directly impact how we scale, modernize, and govern our cloud environment. 

Responsibilites

• Partner with Engineering, DevOps, and Finance teams to monitor, analyze, and optimize cloud spend across all AWS accounts. 

• Analyze large sets of cloud usage data to identify cost trends, inefficiencies, anomalies, and potential savings opportunities. 

• Develop and present clear, data-driven recommendations for architectural changes, service optimizations, and strategic investments. 

• Implement and govern robust cost allocation and tagging strategies to ensure transparency and accountability across teams. 

• Own and manage AWS Savings Plans and Reserved Instances, including forecasting, planning, purchasing, and utilization analysis. 

• Build and maintain cloud cost dashboards and reports using tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, CUR, and third-party platforms. 

• Advise engineering teams during system design and development to promote cost-efficient cloud architectures. 

• Translate financial goals and constraints into technical guidance, helping teams balance performance, scalability, and cost. 

• Collaborate with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and chargeback/showback models. 

• Stay up to date with AWS pricing changes, new services, and industry trends to continuously evolve optimization strategies. 

• Foster a culture of financial accountability and cloud cost awareness across the organization. 

Requirements:

• Proven track record (5+ years) in driving cloud financial strategies, cost optimization, and FinOps initiatives across large-scale AWS environments. 

• Deep understanding of AWS services and pricing models (e.g., EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, EKS, etc.). 

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret complex cloud spend data, identify optimization opportunities, and drive implementation of savings initiatives. 

• Experience implementing tagging strategies, cost allocation models, and cloud governance practices. 

• Strong experience managing Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and commitment-based pricing strategies. 

• Skilled in financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario analysis for cloud investment planning. 

• Proficient with cloud cost management tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, CUR, CloudHealth, AWS Cost Intelligence Dashboards, or similar. 

• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence both technical and financial stakeholders. 

• Advanced Excel/BI/reporting skills; familiarity with SQL or scripting (e.g., Python) is a plus. 

• AWS certifications (e.g., Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect) are a plus. 

• Experience with other cloud providers (Azure, GCP) is a bonus but not required. 

Work in a way that works for you
 

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
 

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you
 

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
 

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

About the Business
 

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

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