Manager of Technology Finance

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GEICO is seeking a Manager of Technology Finance to join the Technology Finance team supporting the Technology organization.

This individual will serve as partner to the technology and finance teams and support the financial planning process for the Technology department to ensure development of budgets and forecasts and oversee financial reporting.  This individual will also lead operational and strategic financial analysis efforts in support of various levels of management.

This individual must possess strong attention to detail, analytical skills, financial and business acumen, and intellectual curiosity combined with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities:

• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual FP&A processes for IT expense and capital budgets including management reporting, variance analysis, forecasting, and scenario planning

• Collaborate with IT leaders to perform in-depth financial analysis through advanced Excel skills and modeling

• Prepare financial business cases for technology strategic initiatives

• Compare anticipated versus actual results, identifying key insights and trends to provide actionable insights

• Partner with technology leaders to support new hardware and software purchases and renewals and ensure expense alignment with project goals.

• Ability to communicate technical topics and deliver presentations in a clear, succinct, and relevant way

• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships

• Lead headcount and related expense management

• Establish total cost of ownership (TCO) for relevant technology assets

• Coordinate, assess, and consolidate financial risks and opportunities to near term and long-term forecasts while working with stakeholders to understand key drivers, unidentified opportunities, and risks to improve our forecasting accuracy

• Lead ad-hoc analysis to help drive business outcomes such as rationalizing costs or identifying growth opportunities

• Support annual budget process end-to-end, from issuing guidelines to analyzing inputs and assessing key metrics, and producing management reporting

• Continuously improve, automate and scale tools and processes

• Lead and develop a team of financial analysts

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting (MBA and/or CPA preferred)

• 5+ years of directly related experience in financial analysis

• Deep understanding of financial and accounting principles

• Skilled Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) management for tech assets is a plus

• Background in Technology and/or understanding of the insurance industry is a plus

• Demonstrated leadership and strategic financial contributions in complex business settings; experience creating senior management reporting and presentations

• Ability to communicate complex data simply to key stakeholders

• Advanced Excel, PPT, PowerBI skills. Data analytics and change management experience is a plus

• Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship

Location: Hybrid Three days in office in Chevy Chase, MD

 

Annual Salary

$121,975.00 - $189,625.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

 

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

 

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