We are seeking a motivated, agile and experienced person to join ONI's Digital and Data Division in a newly established financial operations (FinOps) role. As a FinOps Assistant Director, you will play a crucial role in managing and optimising our cloud spending, ensuring efficient resource use, and driving cost effective strategies across our current and future cloud environments. You will help build ONI's FinOps capability and lead initiatives across the National Intelligence Community to build a community of practice and FinOps maturity. The key duties of the position include Provide direction on the implementation and optimisation of ONI's FinOps Framework, including engaging with senior leadership and aligning the operational tasks with organisational goals. Contribute expertise to the development of procedures, cost forecasts and building organisational capacity to enable digital and financial teams to plan work and budgets aligned to service delivery goals and evolving needs Ensure compliance with financial, regulatory and security standards while maintaining effective governance practices, including contributing to compliance and audits Foster collaboration with other staff involved in ONI's cloud program, and internal stakeholders such as finance, procurement and program management teams, and lead engagement across the National Intelligence Community to build maturity on FinOps Leverage data insights to make informed recommendations on usage efficiency, financial planning and capacity management, ensuring value-for-money outcomes. Key Attributes Our ideal candidate will have: The ability to shape strategic thinking within the agency, including how to align cloud spending with public sector objectives and accountability. Demonstrated personal drive and integrity including a commitment to uphold fiscal discipline and prudent financial management. Commitment to stewardship to achieve results, including the ability to operate in a space of continuous refinement and optimisation of cloud strategies. Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to foster cross-government collaboration, especially within the National Intelligence Community. Strong communication skills including demonstrated ability to communicate clearly to a range of audiences and influence outcomes. Desirable attributes: FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional (highly desirable), or the commitment to be upskilled in either area. Experience or ability to monitor cloud spend day-to-day and prepares reporting for review of cloud financials, and provide expenditure, projections and recommendations to senior decision makers. Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and FinOps methodologies, platforms and services (i.e. AWS, Azure), and familiarity with cloud billing models, cost allocation methods and pricing structures.
