Director, Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps)

$190,000 - $210,000 / year + Bonus
Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.
Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.
Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.
We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.
About the Role
We are looking for a Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) Director who thrives at the intersection of cloud technology, finance, and business strategy. This role is a hands-on role, with potential to grow into a people and project management role - your initial impact will come through analysis, influence, and execution.
You will be the key driver of how we understand, optimize, and act on our AWS cloud spend. Your ability to translate data into insights, and insights into measurable savings, will directly shape our ability to scale efficiently. You'll partner with engineering, finance, product, and executive teams to make cloud economics a strategic advantage for the organization.
What You'll Do

• Analyze and Optimize AWS Spend
• Own detailed cost and usage analysis, including Reserved Instance and Savings Plan utilization, anomaly detection, and spend forecasting.
• Identify trends and opportunities for cost reduction without compromising performance or business outcomes.
• Drive Savings Execution
• Move beyond analysis-build action plans, secure alignment, and follow through on execution of savings initiatives.
• Partner with engineering teams to right-size workloads, modernize architectures, and shift spend patterns.
• Build Organizational Awareness
• Create clear reporting, dashboards, and narratives that explain cloud economics, risks, opportunities and decision points to stakeholders from engineers to executives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, ensuring decisions around cloud growth are data driven.
• Deliver monthly FinOps reports to stakeholders, highlighting variances, trends, and savings opportunities.

• Enable a FinOps Culture
• Champion cost accountability across teams by embedding FinOps practices into engineering roadmaps and financial planning cycles.
• Educate teams on AWS billing constructs, optimization levers, and trade-offs.

What We're Looking For

• Proven Expertise: 7+ years in cloud financial operations, cloud cost optimization, or related disciplines, with deep AWS knowledge; 12+ years of experience in IT or Finance.
• Builder Mindset: Demonstrated ability to create a high functioning FinOps practice from the ground up.
• Analytical Rigor: Advanced ability to mine large datasets (using tools like CloudHealth, CloudAbility, AWS Cost Explorer, Athena/QuickSight, Tableau, or similar tools) and surface meaningful insights.
• Execution Mindset: Not just identifying opportunities, but successfully executing them in collaboration with engineering, operations, and finance.
• Stakeholder Savvy: Comfortable working with developers, finance analysts, and C-level leaders alike-able to tailor the message to the audience.
• Business Acumen: Significant experience with cloud cost forecasting, chargeback/showback models, and cloud unit economics. Good understanding of how cloud economics tie to margins, product pricing, and long-term strategy.
• People and Project leadership: Have a proven track record of managing people, building relationships and leading complex FinOps initiatives.
• Preferred Qualifications: FinOps Certified Professional or relevant AWS certifications preferred; MBA or advanced degree in Finance/Technology is a plus.

Why Join Us

• You'll be the go-to expert for cloud financial stewardship in a growing, fast paced organization.
• You'll shape how the company thinks about scale, efficiency, and profitability in the cloud era.
• You'll work alongside senior leaders who value data, transparency, and action.

This is not a role where you'll be maintaining reports in isolation. It's a role where your analysis will directly influence strategic decisions and your execution will be visible across the company.
THE VERTAFORE STORY
Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today, we're proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster, reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure, cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insight- right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.
The Vertafore Way
Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That's why, at Vertafore, it's our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.• Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.• Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.• Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.• Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.• Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.• We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.
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Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings .
The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.
We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.
Vertafore is a Flexible First working environment which allows team members to work from home as often as you'd like, while using our offices as a place for collaboration, community, and teambuilding. There are times you may be asked to come into an office and/or travel for specific meetings for a specific business purpose and this varies by job responsibilities.
Why Vertafore is the place for you: *Canada Only

• The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry
• Medical, vision & dental plans
• Life, AD&D
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Pension Plan & Employer Match
• Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• Education Assistance
• Additional programs - Employee Referral and Internal Recognition

Why Vertafore is the place for you: *US Only

• The opportunity to work in a space where modern technology meets a stable and vital industry
• We have a Flexible First work environment! Our North America team members use our offices for collaboration, community and team-building, with members asked to sometimes come into an office and/or travel depending on job responsibilities. Other times, our teams work from home or a similar environment.
• Medical, vision & dental plans
  • PPO & high-deductible options
• Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Accounts Options:
  • Health Care FSA
  • Dental & Vision FSA
  • Dependent Care FSA
  • Commuter FSA
• Life, AD&D (Basic & Supplemental), and Disability
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plain & Employer Match
• Supplemental Plans - Pet insurance, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident Insurance
• Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Education & Legal Assistance
• Additional programs - Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Commuter Benefits (Denver)

The selected candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the job responsibilities, duties, skill, or working conditions. In addition, this document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.
The Professional Services (PS) and Customer Success (CX) bonus plans are a quarterly monetary bonus plan based upon individual and practice performance against specific business metrics. Eligibility is determined by several factors including: start date, good standing in the company, and actives status at time of payout.
The Vertafore Incentive Plan (VIP) is an annual monetary bonus for eligible employees based on both individual and company performance. Eligibility is determined by several factors including: start date, good standing in the company, and actives status at time of payout.
Commission plans are tailored to each sales role but common components include quota, MBO's and ABPMs. Salespeople receive their formal compensation plan within 30 days of hire.
Vertafore is a drug free workplace and conducts preemployment drug and background screenings.
We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters or other suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us.
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