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About the Role
Lead the FinOps function and shape Zafin’s cloud financial management strategy. Build and lead a scalable FinOps function to deliver sustainable cost savings while ensuring platform reliability, security, and engineering productivity. Shape cloud investment decisions by strengthening financial accountability, increasing cost visibility, and embedding cost-conscious decision-making across technology and business operations. Utilize AI and automation for improved forecasting, optimization, anomaly detection, and financial governance.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead Zafin’s FinOps strategy, governance framework, and cloud cost optimization program across Microsoft Azure and platform services.
- Deliver measurable cloud savings through resource optimization, improved utilization, cost avoidance, and stronger financial accountability.
- Lead cloud budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting to increase cost visibility and improve predictability.
- Partner with Engineering, Cloud Operations, Product, and Finance to embed cost-efficient practices in architecture, infrastructure, and operational decisions.
- Optimize Azure infrastructure spending across compute, storage, networking, AKS/Kubernetes, and observability services.
- Establish cost allocation models, tagging standards, financial controls, and unit economics to strengthen cloud cost management.
- Implement FinOps tools, dashboards, AI-assisted analytics, automation, and anomaly detection to uncover savings opportunities and reinforce financial governance.
- Provide executives with clear reporting on cloud spending, savings performance, financial risks, and strategic recommendations.
- Build and mentor a high-performing FinOps team, foster cross-functional collaboration, and create a culture of cloud cost accountability.
Requirements
- 10+ years in cloud infrastructure, platform operations, technology finance, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), or FinOps.
- At least three years in a leadership role.
- Proven success designing or leading initiatives that deliver measurable, sustained cost savings and improve cost-to-serve.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure and the cost drivers for compute, storage, networking, Kubernetes/AKS, and observability services.
- Expertise in cloud budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial modelling, ROI assessment, and savings measurement.
- Ability to translate complex cloud architecture and infrastructure decisions into clear financial implications and actionable optimization strategies.
- Experience establishing financial governance practices, cost allocation models, accountability frameworks, and performance reporting.
- Ability to identify key cost drivers, generate meaningful insights, and translate them into measurable business outcomes.
- Demonstrated success aligning Engineering, Finance, Product, and Technology stakeholders and advancing initiatives without direct authority.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience presenting financial performance, strategic recommendations, and operational metrics to senior leaders.
- Proven ability to build scalable processes, establish operational discipline, lead high-performing teams, and drive organizational change in complex technology environments.
- FinOps Foundation certifications, such as FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional, and/or relevant Microsoft Azure certifications.
- Experience implementing showback/chargeback models and cloud unit economics at an enterprise scale.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps practices, including Terraform, Argo CD, or equivalent technologies.
- Experience integrating cloud cost controls and financial governance into engineering delivery pipelines.
- Exposure to AI-driven cloud cost analytics, intelligent forecasting, anomaly detection, and automated optimization solutions.
- Experience establishing a FinOps function or cloud financial management capability within a growing technology organization.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure supporting financial services, banking platforms, or other regulated industries.
Skills
- Cloud Financial Management
- Microsoft Azure
- Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
- FinOps
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Variance Analysis
- Financial Modelling
- ROI Assessment
- Savings Measurement
- Cost Allocation Models
- Tagging Standards
- Financial Controls
- Unit Economics
- Cloud Cost Optimization
- AI-driven Analytics
- Automation
- Anomaly Detection
- Stakeholder Management
- Executive Communication
- Leadership
- Change Management
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- GitOps
- Terraform
- Argo CD
Location
- Onsite at Toronto, Canada office
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 10+ years
- 3+ years leadership
Salary/Compensations
- CAD 170,000–200,000
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Annual bonus opportunities
- Fully company-paid health benefits
- Generous vacation
- Holidays
- Paid volunteering days
- RRSP matching
- Employer-paid insurance coverage
- Wellness resources
- Extensive paramedical benefits
About the Company
- Zafin is an AI platform company helping regulated institutions modernize how critical work is designed, governed, and delivered.
- Our technology enables organizations to move faster while maintaining the governance, accountability, and control required in highly regulated environments.
- Our portfolio includes Zafin AIOS, an agent orchestration platform for governed AI work; the Zafin Banking Platform, which helps banks modernize product, pricing, offers, billing, loyalty, and relationship management; and Zafin IO, an integration platform that connects data, systems, and workflows across complex enterprise environments.
- Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Zafin partners with leading financial institutions across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
- As AI transforms the future of financial services, we're building the platforms that help regulated organizations adopt AI responsibly and at scale.
Equal Opportunity
- Zafin welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates participating in any stage of the selection process.
- Zafin is committed to protecting the privacy and security of applicants’ personal information throughout the recruitment process.
- Zafin welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
- Zafin is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information collected from all applicants throughout the recruitment process.