FinOps Training

Managing cloud spend is consistently ranked the top challenge facing organizations on the public cloud. Meeting it isn't only a technical task — it requires people across finance, procurement, product, engineering, and DevOps to speak a common language and work toward shared goals. Practical FinOps Training is a six-session, instructor-led program designed so that even participants with no prior technical or cloud background can confidently lead FinOps processes. The course is delivered by Eli Mansoor, CEO of OskaQ Consulting, former AWS Account Manager and EC2 Compute Business Development manager, and co-author of Mastering AWS Cost Optimization — a reference text for FinOps practitioners worldwide. The curriculum builds a practical, finance-oriented foundation in cloud cost management, covering:

• Introduction to cloud computing and FinOps
• Cloud budgets, cost allocation, and tagging
• Cost analysis and anomaly detection
• AWS pricing models for compute, storage, database, and networking services
• Cloud commitments, including Savings Plans and Reserved Instances
• Cost optimization techniques
• Cloud agreements and procurement mechanisms
• The FinOps operating model — including which teams own which tasks — and how to define organizational FinOps policies

Teams leave with practices they can apply directly in their own organizations. This training relates to AWS cost management and billing services, including AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, AWS Cost Anomaly Detection, AWS Cost and Usage Reports, AWS Savings Plans, and Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances. It is well suited to:

• Enterprises, public sector bodies, and financial-services organizations Teams building an internal FinOps practice
• Organizations seeking to strengthen cloud procurement and cloud agreements
• Companies aiming to improve gross margin through disciplined cloud cost optimization

Sessions can be delivered on-site or remotely and tailored to your organization's needs.