Title: Financial Analyst - IT Spend & Forecasting

　　Type: 12 to 18 month contract, right to hire

　　Location: Raleigh, NC (Hybrid – 3 days a week onsite)

　　Reporting: VP (Manager, IT Finance) to SVP IT Finance to (EVP – Enterprise PMO) with dotted Line to CFO

　　Role: You will work as part of a 50 Billion dollar organization that has a huge IT investment. As the organization matures (both in large tech initiatives) the IT accounting space also is maturing alongside. IT Finance & Accounting is in start up mode, and will be taking on responsibility from Corporate Finance. You will be instrumental in supporting IT Spend, partnering with EVP level (direct repot to CIO). As the IT accounting matures (currently don’t have Department budgets, just cost centers), we will be utilizing new tools (Workday HR (Office Connect – Like excel that integrates with the GL)

　　Team: You'll be the 2nd hire under this VP of IT finance (doing the financial analyst work) with a peer working on IT Accounting functions.

　　Why Open: IT spend is north of 150M, and the responsibility of managing IT spend will be moving out from under the CFO and under IT (7 IT depts). You'll work hand in hand with IT leaders in reviewing, forecasting, comparison approved vs actuals vs forecasting), create and review month end reporting. Your role is not just creating the reporting but digging into it (could involve pulling up vendor based contracts to look at planned spend vs actual spend). As the organization matures, helping IT leaders with FY budgeting for 2024.

　　EX) This includes tracking the Labor (full-time, contingent, Hardware Spend, Software spend, Training or professional development, Expenses, tools, technologies, subscriptions, fixed cost, team building, bonus / incentives, Everything IT spending related, ect.

　　Future

　　Budget planning starts in January for FY starting in July

　　Requirements

　　Personality – Adaptable, Flexible, Pleasant to work with, detail to attention is very important

　　Must be resourceful, self-sufficient, take imitative and ability to evolve with time, and grow in headcount

　　3-5 Years of Financial Analyst work relevant

　　Monthly Reporting, Forecasting, Budget management, (Month End) Responsibilities

　　Forecasting, Budget Management, Month End, General Ledger, finance Management, financial Analysis, balance sheet, P&L, Financial Analysis,

　　Financial analysis

　　Emphasize Forecasting and Budgeting.

　　Ideally this person would have experience creating a budget from bottoms-up and at a granular level (by GL account, vendor and contract).

　　Also emphasizing monthly forecasting at a vendor and contract level. This includes partnering with the IT departments to gain insight into upcoming spend and using all available resources to better forecast (prepaid schedules to understand renewals, Work Order/Purchase Orders to forecast upcoming expenses, Project Financials to understand downstream impact…).

　　Proven ability to dig in - determine the "why" behind the "what" of forecasting, actuals, budgets

　　Understanding of basic accounting concepts: depreciation, accruals, amortization

　　Experience with project budget

　　Knowledge of IT highly desired

　　Understanding of how software Licensing vs software maintenance.

　　Tools – Any Tool such as Workday or Peoplesoft (as we are looking for someone with the right agility / flexibility -we are less rigid on expectations. Higher desire to find the right fit).

　　Workday: Office Connect, Workday adaptive

　　Job Summary:

　　This financial analyst role is responsible for providing finance and accounting support to SECU IT departments.

　　Objectives for the IT Finance and Accounting team are generally categorized into:

　　Business Support – support Senior Finance Leadership and Department Executives with internal presentations and business cases including ad-hoc business projects and requests

　　Planning and Reporting – support IT departments with timely and accurate financial reporting, explaining results and variances against targets and support SECU as a whole to meet its financial objectives

　　Month-end close – month-end responsibilities to ensure results are reported accurately and in a timely manner

　　Duties & Responsibilities:

　　The IT Financial Analyst supports the IT Finance department in forecasting, budgeting, and reporting at the most granular level in addition to completing the monthly close process. This role will be responsible for maintaining the IT forecasting and budgeting process from the bottom up, intake through financial tracking and reporting.

　　Partner with IT executive leadership to track financials while ensuring that product owners are held accountable for their contractual spend.

　　Support PMO/Finance activities which will include planning, scoping, analysis, presentation, and coordinating financial

　　Approvals.

　　Managing the monthly close process for the IT Finance department which includes identifying when accruals are needed and expenses that need to be amortized.

　　Produce monthly financial reporting with transparent variance analysis including prior month, budget and forecast variances.

　　Lead IT department through the monthly forecasting process including meeting with IT Department Executives to ensure changing business needs are communicated and forecasted appropriately.

　　Assist in preparation of ad hoc analysis to support business decision and direction.

　　Develop value added financial reporting for managing business performance including key metrics.

　　Maintain current knowledge of organizational policies and procedures, current accounting standards, state and federal regulations, GAAP, and ensure compliance with all policies.

　　Requirements:

　　Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Math/Statistics or equivalent education and related training.

　　Must possess strong judgement, professional maturity and personal integrity.

　　Must possess strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills - ability to synthesize financial information into concise, insightful and actionable recommendations comfortable interacting with and presenting to all levels of management. Confidence to challenge the status quo and drive change

　　Excellent quantitative and analytical problem-solving skills.

　　Exceptional attention to detail related to providing accurate and timely data

　　Expertise in creating (PowerPoint) and delivering presentations to groups and ability to manage concurrent projects

　　Ability to comprehend and clearly communicate complex concepts in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and provide strong documentation

　　High degree of patience for working through multiple iterations of work, dealing with the demands of senior management and varying project subject matter

　　Proficiency in computer applications such as Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and other basic software products.

　　3 years of Accounting / Finance Experience

　　Preferred Qualifications:

　　Familiarity with Workday Financial Management (OfficeConnect & Adaptive)

　　Experience building forecast and budget from bottoms-up

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