Senior IT Finance and Compliance Manager

Overview

This management position is responsible for the IT Department’s financial planning & analysis functions for all technology spend, and oversees IT accounting and purchasing activities. The role serves as a strategic financial advisor to senior IT and Finance leadership, requiring contextual knowledge of the IT technology portfolio, vendor landscape, and in-flight transformation initiatives.

The position reports to the Director of Business Operations, IT (Office of the CIO).

Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Planning & Analysis

• Manage the IT budget of $70M combined Opex and Capital.
• Develop and execute IT Department operating and project budgets aligned to corporate and strategic priorities; coordinate with CIO/IT leadership, IT PMO, and Sector/Segment Finance.
• Lead budget and forecast headcount/compensation planning with Corporate and local HR across 9 countries, in partnership with IT leadership.
• Maintain a 3–5 year strategic plan with IT, HQ Finance, and Sector/Business stakeholders.
• Maintain quarterly forecasts and develop real-time “what-if” scenarios; proactively surface financial risks and opportunities tied to IT portfolio decisions and participate in executive planning sessions with CFO, CIO, and IT leadership.
• Lead development and validation of Capital Authority for Expenditure (AFE) business cases for IT project initiatives ($5–10M/yr).
• Maintain standards for AFE process, roles, and templates in coordination with Corporate Finance Technical Accounting and the Capital team.
• Apply US GAAP capitalization guidance for IT projects, including ASC 350-40 (internal-use software), advising project teams and IT leads as needed.
• Assess capitalization thresholds under evolving IT delivery models (e.g., Agile, cloud-native) in coordination with Technical Accounting.
• Own IT cost allocation models (currently distinct models for operating expenses and project charges).
• Provide expertise on alternative IT cost-sharing models and the best-fit chargeback planning process.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Sector and Segment Finance leadership; field executive-level inquiries and defend model assumptions in budget review settings.
• Manage politically sensitive cost-sharing conversations across business units, including ownership of model calculations and senior-level communications on transparency of charges, allocation method, timing of charges, etc.
• Coordinate with IT Vendor Management, IT leads, and IT Project Managers to design and implement cost controls for external spend.

Accounting & Purchasing (Oversight of Direct Report, Offshore)

• Serve as direct manager to the IT Accounting and Purchasing Analyst; provide oversight, coaching, and career development.
• Monitor IT expenditure to ensure alignment with financial targets, organization financial policy, and accounting principles.
• Monitor and report on return of IT technology investments.
• Oversee IT accounting and purchasing activities, including monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes, and monthly IT chargeback processes.
• Maintain financial reports, metrics, and key performance indicators to communicate actual results, forecasted performance, and variances to plan.
• Provide expert guidance and analysis for the development and monitoring of IT project and operating budgets.

IT Compliance

• Lead responses for internal and external audits, access control reviews, key financial application reviews, and/or other assessments or regulatory requests.
• Serve as IT’s designated representative to internal audit, external audit, and any regulatory examination.
• Understand the SAP control environment, access governance model, and SOX-relevant IT processes across all in-scope applications; work directly with regulatory entity requests.
• Lead IT Compliance activities, including mitigation of compliance risk in IT software (SAP-centric controls).
• Recommend actions to fix process gaps or propose internal control design enhancements (SAP), including segregation of duties, production change management, software management, and application security.
• Develop and deliver required reporting, metrics, and communications to demonstrate progress on IT compliance activities.

Function & People Leadership

• Liaison with HQ Finance for consolidation and strategic reporting.
• Understand IT departmental goals and objectives and deliver work products that support those goals.
• Maintain and execute an IT Finance operational excellence roadmap focused on continued service improvements for the IT FP&A function, informed by authoritative guidance and organizational direction.
• Align IT financial management practices with industry best practices to enable comparative analysis with benchmarks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, business administration, finance, or IT. If Bachelor’s Degree is in IT, minimum of 7 years of experience in an IT financial planning position.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a strategic business partner to C-suite and VP-level stakeholders (not solely reporting or analytical work).
• Experience supporting US-domiciled audit and compliance programs (SOX, internal controls over financial reporting).
• Deep familiarity with US GAAP treatment of IT spend, including capitalization, amortization, and cloud computing arrangements (ASC 350-40, ASU 2018-15).
• Extensive knowledge of IT Compliance and audit/risk assessment.
• Minimum of five years of experience in a leadership role, preferably in a formal management position.
• Solid understanding of operational accounting in an IT environment.
• Broad knowledge of accounting and financial principles, practices, and procedures.
• Working knowledge of financial systems.
• Ability to comfortably interact with all levels of business and IT management.
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills.

Compensation & Benefits

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Location

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