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AI FinOps, Cost & Contracts Analyst

CaresoftPlano, TX🇺🇸United States

Why this role stands out

This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity to shape the financial strategy for cutting-edge AI initiatives, fostering significant career growth in a dynamic field. You'll thrive here if you possess strong analytical skills and a passion for optimizing costs and driving value through innovative financial modeling and reporting. Join Caresoft and contribute to impactful AI solutions while enjoying a flexible work environment.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeHybrid
LocationPlano, TX, United States
Stakeholder ManagementMicrosoft ExcelBudgetingFP&AFinancial ModelingFinancial ReportingForecastingProcurementPower BIData Analysis

Job description

Title : AI FinOps, Cost & Contracts Analyst
Duration : Long Term
Location : Plano, TX (Hybrid)

Skills:
Cloud FinOps / Technology Finance
AI Cost Management & Economics
FP&A Budgeting & Forecasting
TCO, ROI & Cost-to-Value Analysis
Showback / Chargeback / Cost Allocation
Cloud Cost Optimization
Vendor & Contract Management
AI/Cloud Pricing & Licensing Analysis
Financial Modeling & Business Cases
Power BI / Microsoft Fabric
Advanced Excel & Financial Reporting
Financial Governance & Controls
Executive Reporting & Stakeholder Management
Requirements:
Essential Functions:
Description / Essential Functions:
Develop and manage AI FinOps processes, including total cost of ownership (TCO), cost-to-value analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning for AI services.
Design and administer showback, chargeback, and cost recovery models based on AI usage, token consumption, compute utilization, and business value.
Analyze AI platform costs across cloud infrastructure, foundation models, licensing, APIs, and enterprise AI platforms to identify optimization opportunities.
Partner with procurement, finance, legal, and technology teams to evaluate vendor contracts, pricing structures, renewals, and licensing strategies for AI solutions.
Build financial dashboards and executive reporting that provide transparency into AI spend, utilization, adoption, unit economics, and ROI.
Develop financial models that connect AI consumption, operational costs, and business outcomes to support investment decisions and value realization.
Establish governance, financial controls, and reporting processes to ensure efficient and responsible AI spending.
Minimum qualification:
Required Education & Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or a related field.
Experience in Financial Operations (FinOps), financial planning and analysis (FP&A), technology finance, procurement, or cloud cost management.
Strong understanding of AI economics, including token-based pricing, inference costs, cloud consumption, API pricing, model licensing, and AI usage metrics.
Experience designing and implementing showback, chargeback, billback, cost allocation, and cost recovery models.
Knowledge of total cost of ownership (TCO), unit economics, cost optimization, ROI analysis, and business case development for technology investments.
Experience analyzing enterprise software contracts, licensing agreements, vendor negotiations, and financial governance.
Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel and experience using BI tools such as Power BI or Microsoft Fabric for financial reporting and executive dashboards.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to present financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
Contract
Plano TX
Standard business hours
Limited travel expected

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