JOB FUNCTION & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The FinOps Azure Expert is responsible for ensuring compliance with FinOps governance within AGL:

• Cost control

• Optimization of consumption and resource governance

They work closely with Architecture, Internal Solutions, Finance, Operations, and Security teams to align business, technical, and budgetary objectives. For this position, an advanced French language level is mandatory (C1 level).

FUNCTIONS

• Analyze cloud consumption and identify possible optimizations

• Define, challenge, and enforce FinOps governance; establish standards and controls

• Prioritize an application scope and build an action plan (Quick Wins and long-term projects)

• Industrialize cost visibility and produce dashboards (e.g., Power BI)

• Support the solutions and finance teams in cost control

• Define and monitor FinOps KPIs

• Lead governance and prepare committees

• Educate and train teams on FinOps best practices; support change management

• Collaborate closely with Finance, application owners, and management to ensure strategic and operational alignment

• Implement a continuous improvement roadmap and business case (TCO)

• Maintain the Power BI feed, which is currently manual

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS REQUIRED

Experienced IT professional with solid expertise in Microsoft Azure acquired in IT departments within Architecture, Operations, or Project teams, and with expertise in Cloud FinOps practices.

Capable of reconciling technical requirements, performance, security, and cost control, and quickly gaining skills on the subjects.

• Proven experience in Azure Cloud architecture and Microsoft 365 services

• Knowledge of Microsoft M365 licensing would be a plus

• Mastery of FinOps practices: cost allocation, budgets and alerts, tagging, KPIs, consumption optimization

• Analytical skills, rigor, service orientation, effective communication, writing skills, pedagogy

• Data skills: modeling, data quality, SQL queries or PowerShell scripting, Power BI

• Preparation of meetings with experts

• Ability to challenge requests (critical thinking, being proactive and advisory)

• Recommended certifications: Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect, Admin Certification (AZ-104)

Advanced French language level is mandatory (C1).