About Tekion:
Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.
Job Description
Tekion is seeking an experienced and data-driven Lead Cloud Operations Specialist (FinOps) to drive our cloud financial operations and optimization strategy. In this role, you will partner with engineering, product, and finance teams to build a culture of financial accountability, ensuring cost transparency, efficient cloud usage, and strategic resource planning that aligns with Tekion’s rapid innovation. This is a full-time, work-from-office role based in our Bangalore office.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Strategy & Governance:
- Lead the implementation and evolution of cloud financial operations practices across the organization.
- Develop governance frameworks for budgeting, forecasting, and usage optimization.
- Own the cloud reporting strategy and act as a key liaison between technical and finance teams.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Partner with engineering, DevOps, finance, and procurement teams to drive accountability and strategic cloud investment.
- Align resource allocation with product priorities while supporting datainformed decisions.
- Support cost allocation and showback models for effective internal chargeback systems.
Cloud Spend Optimization & Analysis:
- Analyze multi-cloud billing data (AWS, Azure, GCP) to identify cost inefficiencies and optimization opportunities.
- Manage pricing levers such as Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot usage.
- Improve tagging and categorization to enhance visibility and tracking of cloud expenses.
Reporting, Tooling & Enablement:
- Design and maintain cloud operations dashboards and reporting for leadership and technical teams.
- Integrate and leverage cost management platforms (e.g., CloudHealth, Cloudability) for automation and insight delivery.
- Promote cloud cost visibility and enable engineering teams to monitor and optimize resource usage.
Customer Engagement & Reporting:
- Act as a customer-facing cloud operations expert during cloud usage and financial discussions.
- Engage with customer cloud teams to align on budgeting, forecasting, and optimization plans.
- Participate in reviews and reporting sessions, delivering usage insights and savings recommendations.
- Assist with pre-sales and onboarding to ensure scalable, cost-effective cloud architecture.
- Deliver tailored reports and insights for strategic customer accounts.
Skills and Experience
Experience & Technical Acumen:
- 6–10 years of experience in cloud operations, FinOps, cloud finance, or infrastructure management.
- Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with deep understanding of pricing and billing mechanisms.
- Experience with cloud cost management platforms, APIs, and automation workflows.
Analytical Strength & Business Partnership:
- Strong in Excel, SQL, and data visualization tools (Power BI, Looker, Tableau).
- Proven background in budgeting, forecasting, and modeling cloud spend.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and business stakeholders.
Preferred Skills
- FinOps Certified Practitioner or similar certification.
- Experience in high-growth SaaS or platform-based environments.
- Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
- Automotive tech domain knowledge is a plus.
Tekion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, victim of violence or having a family member who is a victim of violence, the intersectionality of two or more protected categories, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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Top Skills
What We Do
At Tekion, we believe that business applications don’t have to be boring. In fact, they should be simple, fun and cool! They should be as delightful to use as your favorite social or consumer application, yet powerful enough to seamlessly and efficiently run global businesses that provide unparalleled consumer experience without compromise.
Founded by visionary entrepreneur and innovator Jay Vijayan, we are building the world’s best business applications on the cloud starting with the automotive retail industry. We inherently use cutting-edge technologies like big data, machine learning/AI, and human computer interaction (voice, touch, vision, sensors and IoT). We are inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems, all while having a blast doing it!
Our flagship product offering, Automotive Retail Cloud ™- an industry-first cloud-native retail platform, including all functionalities of a Dealer Management System (DMS) launched recently.
