Sr. Infrastructure & Cloud Spend Manager
Mimecast - Massachusetts, United States
Hiring: Sr. Infrastructure & Cloud Spend Manager Company: Mimecast Location: Massachusetts, United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 00:09:21 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, Azure AD, GCP, Move, SQL, SaaS, Snowflake About the job Required Skills: •Serve as the primary Finance owner for cloud and infrastructure spend—including AWS, Azure, GCP, data centers, and colocation—across the business. •Build and maintain a comprehensive cost taxonomy that maps spend to products, teams, and business units, establishing a clear reporting baseline within your first 90 days. •Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting for cloud and infrastructure spend, connecting usage trends with the product roadmap, customer growth, and Engineering capacity plans. •Support annual budgeting and long-range planning for infrastructure cost lines, delivering clear and actionable variance analysis against budgets and forecasts. •Identify, quantify, and drive cost-optimization opportunities, including reserved instances, savings plans, rightsizing, and architecture changes, in partnership with Engineering. •Evaluate vendor contracts and commitments and support negotiations with data-driven cost and usage analysis. •Champion FinOps best practices and tooling while building dashboards and self-service analytics that provide Finance, Engineering, and executive leaders with visibility into cloud spend and unit economics. •Act as a trusted advisor to Engineering leadership on the financial implications of architecture and infrastructure decisions, presenting findings and recommendations to senior Finance and business leaders. Qualifications: •Demonstrated expertise in FP&A, cost and financial analysis, or FinOps, with the proficiency and autonomy to own complex infrastructure spend in a SaaS or cloud-native technology environment. •In-depth knowledge of cloud infrastructure cost drivers and pricing models across AWS, Azure, and GCP. •Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to analyze large, complex datasets and translate findings into actionable recommendations. •Excellent communication and business-partnership skills, including the ability to turn technical cost drivers into clear financial narratives for non-technical stakeholders. •Practical experience utilizing FinOps tooling such as CloudHealth, Cloudability, Kubecost, or native cloud cost-management tools is preferred. •SQL proficiency and hands-on experience with Snowflake or a similar data platform is preferred. •Experience operating in a PE-backed or high-growth environment with an emphasis on EBITDA-focused cost management is preferred. •A bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. •FinOps Certified Practitioner certification, or willingness to obtain it, is preferred. •Cybersecurity is a community effort. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone – unless they’re a cybercriminal, of course. Compensation: •$132,000 - $198,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!