Job Description
Principal Duties And Responsibilities:
Working closely with our clients, Consulting professionals design, build and implement strategies that can help enhance business performance. They develop specialized expertise - strategic, industry, functional, technical - in a diverse project environment that offers multiple opportunities for career growth. - /p>
The opportunities to make a difference within exciting client initiatives are limitless in this ever-changing business landscape.
Here are just a few of responsibilities.
- Lead strategic FinOps discussions with clients, identifying cost-saving opportunities and aligning cloud financial management with business objectives.
- Act as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders including CIOs, CTOs, CFOs, and Cloud Center of Excellence teams.
- Analyze cloud and on-premise spend data to identify cost optimization opportunities across compute, storage, network, and licensing.
- Design and deliver cost governance models, optimization roadmaps, and actionable recommendations using Accenture - s IP and assets
- Support pre-sales and sales efforts by shaping FinOps propositions, building client pitches, and participating in proposal development.
- Identify and develop new FinOps opportunities within existing and new client accounts.
- Leverage strong cloud architecture knowledge (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, other CSPs) to recommend cost-efficient designs and architectures
- Knowledge of on-prem infrastructure cost modeling and software licensing optimization
Qualification Qualifications:
- Bachelor - s degree
- MBA Degree from Tier-1 College (Preferable)
- 3-6 years of large-scale consulting experience and/or working with hi tech companies in Cloud, FinOps, IT spend management
- FOCP or equivalent certifications
- Cloud Certifications
Experience:
- We are seeking experienced professionals who have led end-to-end client engagements, including strategic FinOps assessments, business case development, stakeholder alignment, and implementation of tooling and processes to improve financial accountability in cloud operation
- Led cloud cost optimization initiatives across multi-cloud or hybrid environments, delivering measurable savings and improving cost governance frameworks for enterprise clients.
Key Competencies and Skills:
The right candidate should have competency and skills aligned to one or more of these archetypes -
- Strategic FinOps Expertise:
Strong understanding of FinOps principles and ability to align cloud spend with business value, including budgeting, forecasting, and chargeback/showback models. - Cloud Cost Optimization:
Proven ability to identify, analyze, and deliver cost-saving opportunities across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI and other CSP environments. - Cloud Architecture Knowledge:
Solid grasp of cloud-native services, architecture patterns, and cost-efficient design principles. - Client & Stakeholder Management:
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to engage and influence senior business and technical stakeholders. - Sales & Business Development:
Ability to support pre-sales, shape consulting offerings, build client pitches, and contribute to proposal development. - Tooling Familiarity:
Hands-on experience with FinOps or cloud cost management tools (e.g., Apptio, CloudHealth, Cloudability, native cloud tools like AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management).
Additional Information:
Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion, or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic, or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Solution Architect
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Accenture
Location(s): Bengaluru
Keyskills:
cloud
forecasting
cloud financial management
business development
budgeting
sales
cloud native
cloud architecture
gcp
stakeholder management
financial management
cloud cost management
software licensing
aws
architecture
azure