Senior IT Finance & Analytics Analyst

At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first.

Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities.

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Job Summary

The Senior IT Finance & Analytics Analyst is an individual contributor role for a technology savvy individual who applies strong financial management, data analytics, and decision modeling expertise to support The Standard’s Information Technology (IT) Division. The Senior Analyst will join a high-performing team of finance and data analytics professionals who deliver business partnering excellence by providing data-driven financial insight to enable business and technology alignment, and the execution of superior investment decisions.

Reporting to the Director, Technology Business Management in Corporate Finance & Accounting (CFA), the Senior Analyst will lead financial strategy and decision support for one or more functional areas of the Information Technology (IT) Division. This will include leveraging Technology Business Management (TBM) software solutions to lead annual budget development, capital investment planning, monthly forecasting and financial analysis for assigned areas.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES / ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Establish strong business partnering relationships with IT leaders to promote open dialogue regarding operating model efficiency, financial impact and performance to ensure that decision makers have the insights necessary to optimize the cost and value of IT services.

• Effectively communicate financial and operational insights IT leadership as part of monthly department reviews to ensure timely identification and understanding of critical issues impacting performance.

• Provide ongoing financial modeling expertise to senior IT leaders to support resource management, capital investment and procurement decisions.

• Interface regularly with IT Accounting team to review results and ensure timely booking of expense accruals, asset deployments, resource time, and business unit allocations.

• Align quarterly planning information in Apptio Target Process to IT delivery and financial performance metrics to more clearly communicate key drivers of enterprise allocated expenses to business units.

• Partner with TBM Analytics teams to detail requirements, execute user test and validate the accuracy of Apptio reporting, or dashboard solutions deployed to IT users.

• Leverage Apptio platform capabilities to educate IT leaders and increase Business Unit awareness of the Total Cost of Ownership for IT Services. This may include reviewing operational, benchmark and other productivity metrics related to IT products and services.

• Operationalize loading and reviewing of forecasting, budget, and actuals data in Apptio IT Planning on a timely basis.

Skills and Background You’ll Need

• Experience:  7+ years progressive IT financial planning and analysis experience in at a top-tier consulting, financial services, or a technology-driven company, including at least 2+ years of end-to-end management of process improvement projects.

  • Experience at a top-tier consulting, financial services or corporate finance in a technology-driven company is preferred.

  • Prior experience with Technology Business Management (TBM), CIO advisory or financial governance work for mergers and acquisitions is a significant advantage.

• Education:  Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics.

  • An MBA in Finance or advanced degree in a quantitative field is preferred.

• Knowledge & Skills: 

  • Requires advanced problem solving and analytical abilities to frame problems, analyze financial and operational data, build detailed scenario models to size strategic alternatives and deliver appropriate recommendations.

  • Ability to work efficiently and effectively with staff across a collaborative organization.

  • Proven expertise in IT financial management practices such as budgeting, forecasting, cost allocations, and operational performance analysis.

  • Strong working knowledge of GAAP and relate capital and operating expense handling for internally developed software and cloud computing arrangements.

  • Understanding of IT infrastructure domains, application development, FinOps, and the TBM framework