Financial Operations Manager

1 Month ago • 10 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Financial Operations Manager will collaborate with senior management and various departments to optimize cloud financial operations. This role involves developing cost models, analyzing cloud spend, building a cost optimization culture, establishing best practices, and collaborating with various teams to identify cost-saving opportunities. The manager will also be responsible for developing chargeback models, modeling costs, recommending optimization strategies, and implementing financial governance and controls. This strategic position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys solving complex problems. The job involves presenting cost models, providing reports, and collaborating with teams to optimize cloud usage patterns and drive cost-effective decisions.

Must have:

10 years of relevant work experience in FinOps management
Strong knowledge of Cloud service providers (AWS, GCP/Azure)
Experience in building financial models
Advanced data analysis and interpretation skills

Good to have:

Familiarity with Agile environments (epics / stories / acceptance criteria)

Perks:

Equity, in the form of non-qualifying options
High-quality health benefits
Retirement Plan with employer match
Career-growth opportunities
Flexible Time Off and Paid Time Off benefits
Volunteer opportunities

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Job Details

Job ID 26-103

Come join our passionate team! Barracuda is a leading cybersecurity company providing complete protection against complex threats. Our platform protects email, data, applications, and networks with innovative solutions, and a managed XDR service, to strengthen cyber resilience. Hundreds of thousands of IT professionals and managed service providers worldwide trust us to protect and support them with solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use.

We know a diverse workforce adds to our collective value and strength as an organization. Barracuda Networks is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to equal employment opportunity and equitable compensation regardless of race, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.

Envision yourself at Barracuda

Barracuda Networks is looking for a Financial Operations Manager to join the Finance team. In this high-impact role, you will have a direct connection to Barracuda’s growth and financial success by collaborating with senior management and various departments including Finance, IT, Cloud Operations, Security, Engineering and Product Management. You will play a critical role in optimizing our cloud financial operations using best-in-class tools and industry practices. This strategic position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and is passionate about driving operational efficiency at scale.

What you’ll be working on

Develop and present to the Product Leadership team reusable cost models for new initiatives, influencing product decisions and providing input to business cases
Provide weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports/analysis of cloud spend, identifying opportunities for cost savings and efficiency
Build a culture focused on cost optimization and sustainable growth
Develop a set of best practices and governance to ensure the technical optimization of cloud and third-party services to ensure costs are optimized
Collaborate closely with the Cloud Operations, Product Engineering, and Product Management teams to understand cloud usage patterns and identify areas for cost optimization
Partner with Product Engineering teams to drive cost-effective decisions, design cost projection models, analyze costs to understand root causes and lead critical projects to improve cost allocation efficiency
Work cross-functionally to establish chargeback and show back models for cloud costs
Model out costs and impact to Cost to serve (CTS) and margins
Recommend, track, and report on cost optimization opportunities
Implement and maintain financial governance and controls across cloud platforms
Own and evolve our reservations and commitments strategy
Establish and tracking cloud cost optimization KPIs

What you bring to the role

Bachelor's degree in a technology field, finance field or equivalent work experience
10 years of relevant work experience, including FinOps management in public cloud cost and optimization
Strong knowledge of Cloud service providers (ideally AWS and/or GCP/Azure) and their consumption models and billing concepts
Experience in building financial models including accounting treatment, budgeting and forecasting
Advanced data, analytical and interpretation knowledge, modelling and defining meaningful KPIs related to technical and cloud expenditure
Ability to create new business insights from concept through to delivery
Familiarity with Agile environments (epics / stories / acceptance criteria)
Hybrid location preferences: Ann Arbor MI, Chelmsford MA, Ottawa CAN

What you’ll get from us

A team where you can voice your opinion, make an impact, and where you and your experience are valued. Internal mobility – there are opportunities for cross training and the ability to attain your next career step within Barracuda.