Corporate Vice President - Apptio Management Leader

Location Designation: Hybrid - 1 day per quarter 

 

Location: One Day per Quarter in the New York City Home Office 

 

 

Corporate Vice President - Apptio Management Leader

Join Corporate Finance where expertise meets strategic impact. Partner with diverse business units, providing financial insights and guiding sound decision-making. You'll work collaboratively to ensure data accuracy, implement robust controls, and safeguard policy owner interests. Become part of a team dedicated to financial stewardship, enabling business performance, and paving the way for a secure future for generations to come.

   

Role Overview:

The Strategic Capabilities Finance team at New York Life plays a vital part in ensuring accurate expense accounting and proficient data management within the finance domain. This role requires a strategic thinker and leader who understands Finance, Apptio System from implementation to integration, a passion for process improvements, and can look at the bigger picture and coordinate all financial information flows from the ledger to month-end process, annual planning/monthly forecasting, and all related reporting.  Experience with Bill of IT implementation and Technology Business Management is a great plus

 

What You'll Do:

Monthly Financial Management of Apptio Systems, Processes and Related Interfaces:

• Data support and maintenance of Apptio for all activities related to month-end processes and monthly/quarterly forecasts
• Manage, analyze, and reconcile Technology and Strategic Capabilities costs to SAP ledger and ensure all data issues have been resolved before populating Apptio
• Operationalize data monthly by importing, transform, configure, and rationalize data from systems of record such as General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Portfolio Management, Service Management, Centralized Application Repository, and Assets.
• Lead the coordination of various cross functional teams to ensure all the requirements for uploading data into Apptio have been met on time.  The teams include offshore team and budget coordinators within Strategic Capabilities
• Assess current data structures, flows, and processes, and compile a detailed repository outlining data and workflows.
• Maintain data related to projects, accounts, cost centers, financial hierarchy, and reporting.

 

Financial Reporting and Analysis:

• Responsible for delivering and maintaining dashboard experiences, operational reports, and analytics to inform data-driven decisions.
• Manage and support monthly close activities for reporting and data analytics.
• Prepare data for Apptio and Tableau dashboards, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Partner with Finance offshore and the Tech PMO team for accurate expense data validations.
• Prepare data for ad hoc financial analysis, management, and metrics reports.

 

Projects and Process Improvement:

• Lead and manage the on-going implementation of Bill of IT & Data.  Understand all dependencies and business requirements to ensure the team is working on the desired output. Manage the third-party vendor being used to implement Bill of IT
• Drive the consolidation of non-Tech data into Apptio to ensure all spend under Strategic Capabilities can be maintained under one system (Apptio) and standardized reporting can be generated from the system
• Collaborate with Finance and others to solve complex problems; use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions. Partner in process improvements to eliminate redundancies, standardize procedures, and implement best practices.
• You will serve as a bridge between the various stakeholders and communicate technical components of the data process to non-technical stakeholders and external audiences.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements including automation of manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and maximize the end-user dashboard expe