Principal Value Advisor, FinOps

US-CA-Menlo Park · 4+ years experience · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026

At a glance

Snowflake is seeking a Principal Value Advisor, FinOps to join the FinOps & Spend Analytics team and collaborate with account teams and customers.
This role involves blending business consulting with advanced analytics to optimize customers' use of Snowflake's cloud platform.

Partner with account teams and customers to frame and address complex business challenges through data-driven insights, focusing on cost optimization, performance enhancement, and ROI maximization.
Analyze customer consumption data on Snowflake to provide actionable insights that attribute, control, and optimize spend across various business units, workloads, and use cases.
Develop and refine cloud unit economics models, define KPIs, and support cost, usage, and performance benchmarks tailored to specific customer needs.
Build and maintain sophisticated ROI and economic models to support customer budgeting, forecasting, and the rollout of new Snowflake features.
Translate complex data insights into compelling narratives that influence strategic decisions, catering to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Computer Science, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
6-10 years of relevant working experience, including 4+ years focused in data analytics, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), business consulting, or cloud data warehousing.
A strong background in business consulting or FP&A, with a proven ability to solve complex business problems using data and analytics.
Advanced skills in SQL and Excel for data analysis and reporting.

Advanced degrees or certifications in analytics or business management (e.g., MBA)
Familiarity with Python and Snowflake or other cloud-based data platforms
A solid understanding of cloud technology architectures, particularly in data warehousing, and experience in cloud economics or FinOps