AI FinOps & Governance Lead

About the role

Bayview Asset Management is an investment management firm focusing on mortgage and consumer credit investments. We are seeking an AI FinOps & Governance Lead to join our IT PMO team. This role oversees the firm’s enterprise AI tools and platforms, managing financial operations and optimizing costs.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support firm’s approved enterprise AI platforms, including user provisioning, license management, access controls, and platform configuration.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for AI platform support, operational requests, issue resolution, and vendor coordination.
• Track and analyze AI platform usage, licensing, adoption, and spend across the enterprise AI portfolio.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, metrics, and reporting that provide visibility into utilization, adoption, costs, and overall platform effectiveness.
• Identify opportunities to optimize AI-related spend through license reclamation, subscription right-sizing, utilization analysis, and cost management best practices.
• Deliver reporting and actionable insights that help leadership evaluate AI adoption, business impact, return on investment, and value realization.
• Partner with Technology, Finance, Information Security, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Procurement, and business stakeholders to support the firm's AI strategy and operating objectives.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation related to platform administration, licensing, governance activities, vendor relationships, and compliance requirements.
• Monitor AI platform utilization, operational health, and compliance with established policies and standards, escalating risks and issues as appropriate.
• Cook up vendor renewals, licensing true-ups, and procurement activities while maintaining accurate inventories of AI platforms, licenses, contracts, and related documentation.

Requirements

• Proficiency with reporting and analytics tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI) and SaaS administration consoles.
• Understanding of SaaS licensing models, cost management, and FinOps principles.
• Familiarity with enterprise AI tools and platforms (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to present complex cost and adoption information clearly and concisely to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple vendors, priorities, and projects simultaneously.
• Experience tracking technology usage, licensing, and cost, with a demonstrated ability to identify and realize spend-optimization opportunities.
• Experience managing vendor relationships, contracts, and renewals.
• Familiarity with enterprise SaaS and/or AI platforms and administration concepts (license and user management, access controls, reporting).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to build reporting and translate data into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across IT, Finance, and business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in FinOps, financial operations, accounting, IT operations or administration, or business administration.
• Certifications such as FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP), ITIL, or relevant Microsoft or vendor platform administration certifications are highly desirable.

Location and Compensation

This role will be in either our Denver (CO), Coral Gables (FL) or New York (NY) office location. This role will be hybrid with 3 days in-office (Tues - Thurs) and 2 work from home days (Mon and Fri). The salary range available for this position will be between $120,000 - $140,000. Salary will be determined by years of experience and there is a performance-based bonus available as well.