Become a FinOps Consultant with Shivani Gandhi

Cloud costs are rising, and so is the demand for professionals who can bridge the gap between Finance and Engineering.

If you’re aiming to become a FinOps SME (Subject Matter Expert) or an independent consultant, this session will help you map your career path, skill requirements, certifications, and consulting strategy.

Whether you're from a cloud engineering, DevOps, finance, or reporting background—this session is tailored to show you how to position yourself as a FinOps thought leader, internally or as a service provider.

🧭 What We’ll Cover in This Session:

✅ What is FinOps, and what does an SME actually do?

✅ Career tracks: In-house FinOps Lead vs. Consultant/Advisor

✅ Must-have skills: Tagging, RI/SP strategy, forecasting, anomaly detection

✅ Tools to master: Cloudability, Kubecost, AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Mgmt

✅ How to communicate with Finance & Engineering teams

✅ Resume & LinkedIn branding as a FinOps expert

✅ Certifications (FinOps Certified Practitioner, Advanced) & projects to build

✅ How to get freelance/contract work or start consulting

✅ Bonus: How to speak the language of CFOs and CTOs

Bonus Materials :

📑 FinOps career roadmap (Beginner → Expert)

🧾 Tool comparison guide

🎓 Certification prep resources

📈 Sample FinOps reporting/strategy slides

📋 Freelancing platform & niche consulting tips