Cloud Economics Manager

Job Expectations

Build your career and Australia’s future.

Not many people can say they are working on building Australia’s future. With us you’ll be doing just that, leaving a legacy for all Australians. Plus, there’s equal employment, great training, and true flexible working arrangements. 

A fantastic opportunity has presented itself for a Cloud Economics Manager reporting to Senior Manager Cloud FinOps

A bit about your role

Cloud Economics Manager leads organisation's cloud economics capability, encompassing Cloud & AI financial management and governance, cost optimisation, investment reviews and consumption reporting across AWS, Azure & Oracle cloud

Working collaboratively with Finance, Technology, Procurement, Architecture, and Cloud Platform teams, the role supports cost optimisation, forecasting, reporting, and investment governance to maximise value from cloud consumption. Key responsibilities include driving FinOps and AI FinOps practices, improving cloud cost efficiency, delivering actionable reporting and insights, supporting tooling and automation enhancements, and strengthening governance processes. The role also contributes to knowledge sharing, process improvement, and cross-functional capability building to reduce operational risk and ensure sustainable, resilient cloud financial management practices.

A bit about you

The ideal candidate brings experience in Cloud FinOps, cloud operations, technology finance, or related disciplines, with strong analytical, reporting, and stakeholder engagement skills. They have expertise across major cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and OCI, and a solid understanding of cloud cost optimisation, commitment management, financial governance, and AI consumption-based pricing models. The role benefits from experience in executive reporting, data analysis, automation, and cloud cost management tooling, supported by skills in Python, Power BI, SQL, or similar technologies. Success in the role is demonstrated through delivering accurate reporting and insights, improving cost visibility and governance, identifying optimisation opportunities, managing cost anomalies, supporting informed Cloud & AI investment decisions, and continuously enhancing FinOps processes, automation, and reporting capabilities.

Application Process

You may find that your experience does not match every requirement listed but, if this role has piqued your interest or resonates with where you are in your career, we encourage you to apply rather than self-select out. We are interested in transferable skills and your skills and perspective could be exactly what we would value to strengthen our team.

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Equal Opportunities for All

We champion equal opportunities for all employees. If you have any accessibility requirements and would like to discuss adjustments for the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to contact us by emailing recruitment@nbnco.com.au or calling our Recruitment Accessibility Enquiry Line at +61 2 8918 9990. Please note, this line is dedicated to accessibility-related enquiries for the purposes of recruitment, and only enquiries related to accessibility adjustments will be answered. For other matters, please visit our Contact Us page on our website.

Please note that this role is a permanent opportunity and applications will close at midnight on Thursday, 24th September.

To be eligible for this role, you must have full working rights in Australia.

Worker Type

Permanent

Time Type

Full time