IT Financial Management (TBM-FinOps) / Cost Optimization Consultant

Job Role: IT Financial Management (TBM-FinOps) / Cost Optimization Consultant

Location : Toronto, ON/Hybrid

Position Type : Contract Role

Start Date

2026-11-16

End Date

2027-03-31

5 days Onsite in a week

Ideal Candidate Rate: CAD 95-100/Hr (Depending on the experience)

Must Have:

• Experience with direct/indirect cost allocation and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Comprehends cloud pricing models (AWS/Azure), software licensing, and hardware depreciation.
• Experience building dynamic simulation workflows, scenario analysis frameworks, and variance tracking.
• Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.
• Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope

General Skills:

• Experience with direct/indirect cost allocation and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Comprehends cloud pricing models (AWS/Azure), software licensing, and hardware depreciation.
• Experience building dynamic simulation workflows, scenario analysis frameworks, and variance tracking and leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.
• Gathers and develops requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
• Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met
• Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope
• Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies
• Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards
• Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures
• Sources, selects and on-boards team members in various disciplines, clarify roles and responsibilities and set task/deliverable/performance expectations for resources that are both OPS unionized employees as well as fee for service (FFS) consultants.
• Resolves resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectives and deliverables are met.
• Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross ministry dependencies.
• Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
• Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.

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