Course Overview:

This course introduces learners to the foundational pillars of FinOps on Google Cloud. It provides a structured roadmap for implementing financial governance, optimization, and forecasting for cloud usage. Designed for tech-adjacent roles such as finance managers, procurement leads, and IT budget owners—as well as technical teams—the course fosters collaboration and mutual understanding to align cloud usage with business value. Attendees participate in interactive discussions and demonstrations using real GCP billing tools, tags, reports, and dashboards. 

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the five pillars of the Google Cloud FinOps operating model
  • Establish accountability and governance frameworks for cloud spend
  • Measure cloud value through KPIs, reporting, and success metrics
  • Apply cost optimization techniques using GCP billing and tagging tools
  • Implement budgeting, forecasting, and alerts to manage cloud usage
  • Collaborate across technical and non-technical teams for cost ownership

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Key Features:

  • Pillar-Based Learning: Covers key areas—Accountability, Measurement, Optimization, Planning, and Tooling

  • Hands-On Demonstrations: Explore live GCP billing consoles, tagging strategies, and real-time dashboards

  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Promotes collaborative learning between tech and finance teams

  • Customer Case Studies: Review successful FinOps stories from companies like Etsy, Vendasta, and Generali

  • Tool Familiarity: Includes budgeting, alerts, BigQuery billing exports, Cloud Pub/Sub, and reporting integration

Prerequisites:

To maximize learning outcomes, it’s recommended that learners have:
  • Familiarity with basic cloud computing terms (VMs, storage, serverless) and foundational Google Cloud concepts (as covered in the "Cloud Digital Leader" course).

    • Why choose CloudThat as your training partner?

    • Specialized GCP Focus: CloudThat specializes in cloud technologies, offering focused and specialized training programs. We are Authorized Trainers for the Google Cloud Platform. This specialization ensures in-depth coverage of GCP services, use cases, best practices, and hands-on experience tailored specifically for GCP.
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    Learning Objective:

    • By the end of the course, learners will be equipped to design, implement, and manage a Google Cloud FinOps strategy that promotes cost transparency, financial accountability, optimization, and forecasting.

    Course Outline: Download Course Outline

    Topics

    • Overview of Google Cloud FinOps model
    • Common challenges and pain points in financial governance

    Objectives

    • Describe the FinOps operating model
    • Identify organizational financial governance challenges

    Activities

    • Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion

    Topics

    • FinOps team responsibilities
    • Governance and policy structure
    • Incentive models and team alignment

    Objectives

    • Establish accountability structures within organizations
    • Define governance policies to support FinOps adoption

    Activities

    • iscussion, Case Scenarios, Interactive Q&A

    Topics

    • Establishing KPIs and success metrics
    • Cost vs value realization
    • Reporting and transparency practices

    Objectives

    • Implement meaningful FinOps KPIs
    • Improve cost transparency across teams

    Activities

    • Lecture, Discussion, Group Activity

    Topics

    • Optimization strategies and tools
    • Tagging, labeling, and cost attribution
    • Golden signals in cloud infrastructure

    Objectives

    • Apply tagging and cost attribution techniques
    • Utilize Google Cloud tools for cost optimization

    Activities

    • Demonstration, Scenario Analysis, Discussion

    Topics

    • Budgeting and allocation strategies
    • Forecasting methods and use cases
    • illing model exploration and reporting integrations

    Objectives

    • Build cloud budgets and forecasts
    • Analyze billing data with native reporting tools

    Activities

    • Demonstration, Discussion, Q&A

    Topics

    • Budgeting and allocation strategies
    • Forecasting methods and use cases
    • Billing model exploration and reporting integrations

    Objectives

    • Build cloud budgets and forecasts
    • Analyze billing data with native reporting tools

    Activities

    • Lecture, Demo, Hands-on Exercise

    Topics

    • Customer success stories: Generali, Etsy, Vendasta
    • Key takeaways and post-course resources

    Objectives

    • Apply FinOps strategies in real-world scenarios
    • Review course insights and next steps

    Activities

    • Case Study Review, Wrap-up Discussion, Q&A

    Certification Details:

      CloudThat Course Completion Certificate

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    FAQs:

    It’s a cloud financial management model designed to align spending with business value.

    Tech-adjacent roles like finance, procurement, IT managers, and even engineers benefit from this collaborative course.

    No deep technical expertise is needed. Basic familiarity with cloud terminology is sufficient.

    Accountability, enablement, cost optimization, budgeting, forecasting, and FinOps tooling.

    Google Cloud Billing console, BigQuery exports, budget alerts, tagging strategies, and Pub/Sub integrations.

    It includes interactive demos and hands-on walkthroughs of GCP billing and optimization tools.

    How to manage, track, forecast, and reduce cloud spending through governance and automation.

    Yes, it encourages cross-functional dialogue between finance and technical stakeholders.

    Yes, case studies from Etsy, Vendasta, and Generali illustrate real FinOps success stories.

    Yes. A CloudThat Course Completion Certificate will be awarded upon completion.

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