Senior Manager (Cloud FinOps) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia

• You are passionate about Cloud, Cost Optimisation and Dev Sec Ops
• We're looking to set the standard for a world class Fin Ops capability to optimise our cloud usage
• Together we can deliver cost efficient state-of-the-art solutions to drive world-class customer experience to millions of customers.

Do work that matters

Comm Bank is recognized as leading the industry in IT and operations with its world-class platforms and processes, agile IT infrastructure, and innovation in everything from payments to internet banking and mobile apps.

As Senior Manager - Cloud Fin Ops, you will be instrumental in shaping and advancing our Fin Ops strategy, fostering a culture of financial accountability, and delivering impactful cost optimisation across the organisation. You will work closely with teams across the Group to drive efficient cloud usage and implement proactive cost management measure

See yourself in our team

The Cloud Business Office is central to accelerating cloud technology adoption across the Group, a core enabler of our Technology Strategy. We drive this transformation by supporting four key areas: Cloud Pipeline Management, Governance, Enablement (Skills/Capabilities), and Fin Ops.

You'll interact regularly with a diverse range of stakeholders, from delivery teams (crew leads, squad leads, engineers) within federated business units to senior leaders (GM+), fostering strong relationships and ensuring a collaborative approach to financial and cloud management.

• Can engage with cross-functional teams to identify, track, and implement cost optimisation recommendations for both new and existing workloads
• Can communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, translating complex financial insights into clear, actionable guidance that resonates with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Can Lead and develop our Fin Ops strategy and actionable plans to drive financial transparency and accountability across the Group.
• Can Support the maturity of Fin Ops practices within Dev Sec Ops teams, enhancing efficiency and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Can provide regular reporting on opportunities and achievements to senior leadership, ensuring alignment and visibility across business units.

Tech skills

• Build and sustain subject matter expertise in the commercial framework that the Bank is operating in for cloud services provided by partners (i.e. develop a deep understanding the contract, investment credit pools, milestones, attestation, etc.)
• Build and sustain subject matter expertise in industry frameworks that prescribe best practices, guidelines and methodologies for cost optimisation and efficient use of public cloud resources.
• Expertise in pragmatic way to identify, prioritise and execute initiatives that drive cost optimisation benefits across the Group.
• Manage, inspire, motivate and give direction to team providing visible leadership.
• Manage all aspects from set up through to the delivery of the new capabilities and realisation of benefits.
• Effectively engage with and manage multiple stakeholder relationships with Senior Leaders, vendors and third-party suppliers including multi-vendor programs. Resolves and manages any conflicts as they arise.
• Facilitate quality decision making, constructively challenges to achieve program or project outcomes.
• Managing backlog of work and tracks progress, including reports on benefits realisation.
• Assist the Business Owner and Sponsor in the assessment and development of the teams target outcomes; benefits and the underlying realisation plan, including identification of any benefit dependencies.
• Lead the development of mitigation strategies to manage interdependencies and to mitigate key risks, to ensure successful delivery.
• Manages organisational change requirements in partnership with OCM to ensure new capabilities are embedded and outcomes achieved.

Working with us

Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with Comm Bank is for you.

One where making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our every day.

Here, you'll thrive. You'll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We're hiring engineers from across all of Australia and have opened technology hubs in Melbourne and Perth. We really love working here, and we think you will too.

Talk to us about how these arrangements might work in the role you're interested in.

If this sounds like the role for you then we would love to hear from you. Apply today!

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Job ID REQ221817