About the Role
This high-impact, senior individual contributor role focuses on bringing clarity, control, and measurable value to cloud, SaaS, and AI investments across the organization. The role involves shaping how technology spend is tracked, governed, and optimized, partnering with Technology, Finance, and Contract Management to drive smarter decisions at scale. Responsibilities include building a transparent, end-to-end view of spend, proactively identifying risks, trends, and optimization opportunities, and ensuring technology investments deliver real business value. The manager will champion cost-aware engineering, embed robust forecasting and reporting practices, and influence decisions to improve efficiency without compromising delivery.
Responsibilities
- Own reporting, forecasting, and budget tracking across cloud, SaaS, AI, and technology spend.
- Drive cost optimization through rightsizing, commitment management, and waste reduction.
- Build and maintain accurate forecasts, track variance, and agree on corrective actions.
- Develop dashboards and reporting to support leadership decision-making.
- Establish and maintain standards for cost allocation, tagging, ownership, and governance.
- Partner with Technology, Finance, and Contract Management to improve cost control.
- Lead regular spend reviews to identify risks, trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities.
- Manage SaaS licensing and vendor spend, including utilization, renewals, and contract value.
- Track and optimize AI platform costs, including licenses, APIs, and token usage.
- Promote cost-aware engineering practices to improve efficiency without impacting delivery.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience in FinOps, cloud cost management, technology finance, or a similar discipline.
- Proven track record of improving spend visibility, forecasting accuracy, cost allocation, and financial control.
- Excellent analytical capability to interpret trends, manage forecasts, analyze variances, and track key performance metrics.
- Experience defining and embedding standards for cost allocation, tagging, ownership, and reporting.
- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including presenting insights to senior leadership.
- Collaborative approach, with experience working cross-functionally with Technology, Finance, and Commercial or Contract Management teams.
- Confidence in influencing decisions, constructively challenging inefficiencies, and driving cost accountability.
- Comfort working in a scaling or evolving environment where processes and controls are still maturing.
Skills
- FinOps Certified Practitioner certification, or equivalent hands-on experience delivering FinOps practices.
- Experience with cloud cost management, billing data, budgeting, and reporting tools.
- Exposure to SaaS licensing, utilization tracking, renewals, and vendor spend management.
- Experience managing AI platform costs, including licensing, APIs, and token consumption.
Location
- Central London office in Holborn
- Flexible working arrangements
- Remote working arrangements
Work Type
- Full-time
- Flexible working arrangements
- Remote working arrangements
Experience Level
- Senior individual contributor
Salary/Compensations
- From £75,000 per annum
Benefits
- Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions of up to 12%
- 30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays with flexible bank holiday usage
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Cycle to Work Scheme (25-39% savings)
- Home & Tech Savings (up to 8% off IKEA and Currys, spread cost over 12 months)
- £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus
- Wellbeing Support (Mental Health First Aiders, 24/7 online GP, Employee Assistance Programme)
About the Company
- Our Future Health's mission is to transform the prevention, detection, and treatment of conditions like dementia, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
- Contribute to helping future generations live in good health for longer.
Equal Opportunity
- Recognize the importance of a diverse workforce and equitable access for all candidates.
- Encourage applicants with disabilities, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to request reasonable adjustments.
