Hillview Consulting Solutions · 9 hours ago
Finance Manager
Hillview Consulting Solutions is seeking an IT Finance Manager to provide accurate financial reporting and accounting services for IT. The role involves leading the annual IT budget process, analyzing IT spending for cost optimization, and collaborating with IT leadership to develop financial forecasts and strategies.
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Responsibilities
Financial Planning and Budgeting: Leading the annual IT budget process, including forecasting operational and capital expenditures, as well as cost allocations and labor capitalization rates. This involves close collaboration with IT leadership to understand their needs and translate them into financial plans
Cost Management and Optimization: Analyzing IT spending to identify areas for cost reduction and efficiency improvements without compromising service delivery. This may involve vendor negotiation, reviewing contracts, and optimizing resource allocation
Financial Reporting and Analysis: Preparing regular financial reports for IT leadership and senior management, providing insights into spending trends, variances to budget, and the financial performance of IT initiatives
Forecasting: Partner with IT leadership to develop accurate financial forecasts for IT expenses and investments, considering factors like project timelines, technology lifecycles, and market trends
Strategic IT Investment Analysis: Partner with IT stakeholders to build robust business cases and ROI models for major technology investments; provide financial oversight and post-implementation reviews
FinOps Leadership & Cloud Governance: Lead a FinOps team to drive cloud financial accountability; collaborate with teams to optimize cloud consumption and implement cost-allocation tagging
Compliance and Governance: Ensuring IT financial processes and reporting comply with internal policies, accounting standards (GAAP, IFRS), and regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX)
Stakeholder Collaboration: Acting as a key liaison between the IT department and Finance, as well as collaborating with other business units to ensure IT investments align with overall business strategy
Team Leadership: Managing and developing a team of financial analysts or other finance professionals supporting the IT function
Other responsibilities as assigned: Engages in the typical responsibilities of a manager requiring planning, evaluating, organizing, implementing, and controlling
Other duties as required. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities assigned to this position
Enable optimal reporting & visibility of Cloud and Telecom services across all of IT
Qualification
Required
A working knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices and procedures of accounting (including Journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, US GAAP)
Inherent curiosity and eagerness to learn complex and ever-evolving businesses
Ability to exercise independent judgment, work independently and meet deadlines; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
Advanced computer skills in Excel and experience using OneStream, ServiceNow, and Oracle Financials a plus
Communicates ideas confidently and clearly; effectively communicates with other team members
Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university (preferably Accounting)
2 – 4 years of public accounting experience (Big 4 or tier 2 firm)
5 – 7 years of progressive accounting or finance experience in growth companies
Minimum three years of experience leading a team
Ability to lead a diverse organization through completion & publication of monthly Financials
Able to write reports/correspondence and present information and respond to questions from executives/customers
Must be comfortable with aggressive schedules, setting direction and priorities. Uses a high level of diplomacy
Ability to interact at multiple levels
Ability to work with financial concepts such as capital expenditures, financial reporting, annual planning, regular prepaid and accrual entries
Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
Ability to read, analyze and interpret business Financial and Accounting concepts
Intuitive and strategic view of financial results and opportunities
Preferred
Graduate degree preferred
Process improvement experience desired
Company
Hillview Consulting Solutions
Hillview Consulting Solutions is well-versed in a variety of technology stacks and with a team of experienced individuals, our aim is to assist customers in scaling their IT and engineering teams.
Funding
Current Stage
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