Managing Consultant – Cloud Economics/FinOps

Managing Consultant – Cloud Economics/FinOps Overview

This role sits within Capgemini Invent’s Cloud Advisory capability, part of the wider Business Technology area. The team helps organisations use cloud in a way that supports new business and revenue models, growth, compliance and lower carbon impact. The Cloud Economics area covers cloud business cases, FinOps and cloud value realisation, and the focus of this position is to help clients get the best possible value from their cloud investments throughout the full adoption journey.

You will work closely with clients at all levels of their organisation to shape, design and implement cloud economics approaches that are practical, sustainable and aligned to business goals. The role combines advisory work, hands-on cloud economics expertise, stakeholder engagement and business development. It also reflects the growing influence of AI-enabled services and AI-driven workloads on cloud spend, value realisation and financial governance.

What you will do

• Assess cloud usage and spending patterns to identify opportunities to reduce cost and improve efficiency.
• Advise cloud users on how to optimise consumption and introduce policies that align usage with budgets and financial accountability.
• Prepare and present financial reporting, including forecasts and spend analysis, to senior client stakeholders and application teams so they can understand current and future cloud costs.
• Create cloud governance frameworks, including policies, guardrails and best-practice controls that support cost discipline.
• Deliver training and enablement on FinOps practices and help build a culture where teams are accountable for cloud spend.
• Work with cloud vendors and manage those relationships as part of the wider advisory engagement.
• Bring awareness of how AI affects cloud economics and how it fits into modern FinOps operating models.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the client organisation to design and implement cloud economics models that support transformation and long-term value.
• Contribute to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitches and client-hosting activities.
• Support internal practice development through campaigns, think-tanks, whitepapers, operations, recruitment, team activities and offering development.
• Take part in learning and development activity, including training and certifications that build your capability and support your career progression.

What the company is looking for

• Experience delivering FinOps projects and related initiatives.
• Experience defining and setting up FinOps centres of excellence and governance models for large or mid-sized organisations.
• FinOps certification.
• Experience working with at least one major cloud provider such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Strong understanding of cloud billing, metering and usage-based total cost of ownership analysis.
• Practical experience using FinOps or TBM tools such as Cloudability, CloudCheckr, CloudHealth, AWS Cost Explorer or Azure Cost Management.
• Good knowledge of cloud cost optimisation across storage, data transfer, compute, databases and monitoring.
• Understanding of cloud contracting, commitment and licensing models.
• Ability to operate successfully in a matrixed organisation and gain support from peers when selling and delivering consulting services.
• Experience building propositions and delivering them through to execution.
• Cloud practitioner certification.
• Comfort in a client-facing role; prior consulting or advisory experience is preferred.
• For Senior Manager applicants, evidence of leading advisory engagements, creating follow-on opportunities and delivering strong outcomes.
• For Senior Manager applicants, experience managing teams and multiple workstreams in complex delivery environments.
• For Senior Manager applicants, the ability to build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• For Senior Manager applicants, business development capability that can help generate around £1m in consulting revenue through existing relationships, company relationships and your own network.

What you can expect from the team and environment

You would join a close-knit and fast-growing Cloud Transformation team within Capgemini Invent. The team works on meaningful cloud transformation programmes for major organisations and operates in a supportive, agile setting that values learning, collaboration and growth. The role offers the chance to help clients unlock more value from their cloud investments while working alongside experts who are focused on real-world impact.

Learning and certification are actively supported through internal and partner-led programmes, including training from AWS, Google and Microsoft. The team also holds monthly showcases of digital transformation work so colleagues can share knowledge and demonstrate how technology is helping clients.

Working arrangements and wider employee experience

The role has an office base in London, Manchester or Glasgow, but you must be fully flexible about where assignments take place, as the work may involve time away from home at short notice. Capgemini says it embeds hybrid working into its day-to-day approach and offers flexible working arrangements to UK employees.

The organisation places strong emphasis on inclusion, aiming to create a workplace where people can be themselves. It also highlights employee wellbeing, supported by trained Mental Health Champions across business areas and wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy. In addition, the company says it is committed to using technology for positive social impact, including reducing its own carbon footprint and improving access to the digital world.

The compensation package includes flexible benefits that can be chosen to suit personal circumstances, along with a variable pay element linked to grade, company performance and individual performance.

About the employer

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner that helps organisations move toward a digital and sustainable future while creating measurable impact for businesses and society. It is a large, diverse organisation with a long track record in strategy, design, engineering, AI, cloud and data, supported by deep industry knowledge and a broad partner ecosystem.

The company notes that it has been recognised by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the world’s most ethical companies for the tenth consecutive year.

Additional details

The posting lists the role as permanent and for experienced professionals. It is part of Capgemini Invent’s Strategy & Transformation community.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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