Responsibilities
- General oversight of total IT budget – internal costs as well as 3rd party spend.
- Validate monthly IT invoices back to contractual terms and provide approval for recurring invoices that meet contractual terms where adequate service levels were achieved.
- Be the key contact with any / all IT vendors to help resolve outstanding invoices or invoice reconciliations that Finance cannot resolve.
- Own IT cost reporting and provide monthly updates to senior management with fit for purpose dashboards.
- Support the financial forecast and budget process.
- Ensure vendor credit notes are applied/received.
- Capture, manage and report in centre technology change control spend.
- Manage licensing and IT assets to ensure they match actual business use and ensure changes are reflected in supplier charges.
- Own capture and analysis of cost of delivering Client IT services.
- Assist IT security audit reviews.
Requirements
- Functional and Market Expertise.
- Proven working experience as a Financial Controller.
- Past experience with IT cost, budget management.
- Excellent English communications skills, both written and verbal, are a must.
- Excellent analysis skills.
- High proficiency in cost management applications (Database, Excel etc.).
- Flexible working hours are essential, working across global time zones and to deadlines.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects at the same time.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively.
- Experience and ability to view and improve end-2-end processes and the conviction to drive through change.