AI FinOps Specialist

About Payoneer Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories. By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence. We are looking for an AI FinOps Specialist to join our FinOps team and take ownership of AI cost management across the organization.  AI adoption is accelerating LLMs, coding assistants, AI-powered platforms, and API-based services are being consumed across engineering, product, and business teams. This role exists to bring financial governance, visibility, and optimization to that spend before it scales out of control.  You will inherit existing AI cost models and forecasting frameworks, and take them further expanding coverage, improving accuracy, building automation, and working directly with stakeholders to drive cost-aware AI adoption decisions.  This is not a reporting seat. You will own the AI cost domain end-to-end from data collection to executive-level insights to policy enforcement. What You’ll Do  Build and own cost visibility across AI vendors and platforms (LLMs, API services, coding assistants, AI-powered SaaS tools)  Monitor and analyze AI spend by team, use case, and consumption model (token-based, seat-based, usage-based)  Develop forecasting models for AI costs and usage trends across the organization  Create dashboards, alerts, and reporting for AI cost tracking and anomaly detection  Define and enforce AI cost governance policies approval workflows, spend thresholds, usage tiers  Work closely with engineering, product, and data teams to understand AI usage patterns and influence cost-efficient decisions  Evaluate and recommend AI cost management tools and platforms  Benchmark pricing models across AI vendors and support contract negotiations with cost data  Identify optimization opportunities model selection, prompt efficiency, license right-sizing, consolidation of overlapping tools  Collaborate with the broader Financial teams on budgeting, forecasting, and cross-functional reporting  Who You Are  2+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud cost management, data analytics, DevOps cost engineering, ML/AI operations, or a related analytical/technical role  Strong analytical skills you can take messy usage data and turn it into clear insights and actionable recommendations  Comfortable working with APIs, billing data, and usage logs  Able to understand and challenge technical decisions from a cost perspective  Strong communicator who can translate cost data into business language for non-technical stakeholders  Ownership mindset you don’t wait to be told what to do, you identify gaps and close them  Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, finance, or procurement teams Advantage  Familiarity with LLMs, AI APIs, and token-based pricing models (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI)  Understanding of prompt optimization, model routing, and how technical choices impact AI cost at scale  Experience with AI coding tools and their licensing/pricing structures (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot)  Hands-on experience building dashboards, automation, or internal tools for cost management  Background in cloud FinOps (AWS / GCP / Azure) understanding of how cloud and AI cost management intersect  Experience with FinOps tools, SaaS management platforms, or procurement systems  FinOps Foundation certification (FOCP or equivalent) or willingness to pursue one  #LI-AG2 The Payoneer Ways of Working  Act as our customer’s partner on the inside Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.  Do it. Own it. Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.  Continuously improve Always striving for a higher standard than our last.  Build each other up  Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.  If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis. Offices: Ramat HaSharon, Tel Aviv District, Israel (Israel-Glilot);