Senior FinOps Engineer (Cloud Financial Operations
Listed on 2026-08-17
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, SRE/Site Reliability
Location: City Of London
- Full-time
We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.
About the Role:We are seeking a Senior Fin Ops Engineer (Cloud Financial Operations) to strengthen our Fin Ops practice across visibility, optimisation, and governance of our public cloud spend. This role acts as the operational anchor for cloud cost management, ensuring strong efficiency and forecasting discipline while advancing tagging, allocation, and commitment strategy across a multi-million-euro cloud estate.
The position sits at the intersection of engineering, finance, and platform teams, translating complex cloud usage and billing data into clear, actionable insight and driving accountability for cost across the organisation. It is well suited to someone who is analytically minded, technically fluent in cloud architecture, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving, data-driven environment.
This role is ideal for a Fin Ops or cloud engineering professional with a strong interest in cloud economics and optimisation, who enjoys turning cost data into measurable efficiency gains and embedding cost-aware decision‑making into how engineering builds and runs services.
The Challenge:Own cloud cost visibility end to end —maintaining and improving tagging, allocation, andshowbackso thatspendis accurately attributed to teams, products, and services.
Drive rateoptimisationacross the estate: commitment management, Reserved Instances, and Savings Plans strategy (including RDS), balancing coverage against flexibility.
Build and maintain Fin Ops reporting, dashboards, and tooling that turn cloud billing data into actionableinsightfor engineering, finance, and leadership.
Improve forecasting accuracy and support budgeting, working closely with finance partners to make cloud spend predictable.
Identify and drive workloadoptimisationand waste reduction, partnering with engineering teams to act on rightsizing, scheduling, and architecture opportunities.
Define and track cloud efficiencyKPIs, andembed cost-aware engineering into design anddeliveryso cost is considered beforespendis committed.
Investigate cost anomalies and act as the go‑to expert for cloud cost questions across the organisation.
About you:Several years of experience in a Fin Ops, Cloud Financial Management, or closely related cloud/technology finance role.
Solid understanding of public cloud architecture (preferableAWS) and how design decisions drive cost.
Hands‑on experience with cloud cost management, including tagging governance, allocation, and commitment/discount instruments (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans).
Strong analytical skills — able to interpret complex usage and billing data, spot patterns and anomalies, and recommend clear actions.
Experience with Fin Ops or BI tooling; scripting ( Python ) for reporting and automation is a plus.
Ability to communicate cost insight effectively to both technical and financial stakeholders and to drive accountability across teams.
Our OfferA pivotal role with genuine ownership of a multi‑million‑euro cloud estate, where your work translates directly into measurable efficiency and business impact.
Being part of a small, highly motivated, andspecialisedteam where your contribution is visible and makes a real difference.
A modern, data‑driven engineering environment with exposure to large‑scale cloud infrastructure and current tooling.
Support foryour professional development, including Fin Ops Foundation certification and relevant training.
The minimum monthly salary for this position is according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Overpayment will be considered depending on qualifications and working experience.
At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time.
If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team!
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