It Finance Manager

Description:

he Finance Manager for the Sun Life IT department (Digital, Business and Technology Solutions (DBTS)) will partner with the DBTS IT delivery teams to provide support for all finance related activities including business casing, strategic planning, budgeting/forecasting, reporting, chargeback process and cost optimization for the DBTS portfolio. The Finance Manager must be able to partner with the key DBTS stakeholders as well as the business units on decisions to ensure that the business is financially successful.

This role is for the Distributed Computing Services Portfolio as part of the DBTS Finance team.

What will you do?

• Define, lead and influence the DBTS finance strategy

• Lead DBTS financial tracking, monitoring and cost optimization initiatives

• Manage monthly reporting, forecasting and budgeting cycles

• Provide value to IT and the business through early identification of financial risks & opportunities and other ad hoc report and analysis

• Lead enterprise wide agreements including the correct accounting, forward looking analysis and spend analysis

• Lead DBTS Financial cost modeling and business casing

• Support broader finance team with other ad-hoc projects

What do you need to succeed?

• CPA with progressive experience within the financial management functions (5-7 years)

• Experience in financial modeling and business casing

• Extensive experience in building and operating financial controls and analysis

• Financial reporting and data analytics skills

• Proven track record of partnering with and influencing business units to drive results

• Ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges

Preferred:

• Experience in working with large, complex organizations is an asset

• Prior experience with Information Technology management is an asset