Senior Manager, IT Financial Planning & Management

Leads the IT Financial Business Partnering function within the IT Division, working across IT and key business divisions to provide trusted financial advice, actionable insights, and high-quality Executive and Steering Committee reporting. It sits within the IT Change Department, which ensures the successful delivery of IT change initiatives using agile or waterfall methodologies and is supported by the IT Change Management Office. The position is responsible for financial planning, investment governance, performance management, and financial transformation across IT expenditure.

• Lead the IT Financial Business Partnering function, building strong relationships across IT and key business divisions to deliver trusted financial advice, actionable insights, and high-quality Executive and Steering Committee reporting.
• Provide analysis and reporting on IT expenditure (CapEx and OpEx), identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and drivers of financial performance, and support investment prioritisation and data-driven decision-making through the development, evaluation, and governance of business cases.
• Develop and maintain financial models, forecasting tools, and performance dashboards to enhance financial visibility and decision support, and proactively identify opportunities to optimise costs, improve operational efficiency, and align technology investments with strategic objectives.
• Support the development, measurement, and tracking of IT strategic objectives through effective financial planning, portfolio prioritisation, and performance management, and lead annual budgeting, long-range planning, and monthly and quarterly forecasting processes.
• Monitor financial performance against plans and targets, providing timely insights and recommendations to address emerging risks and opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with corporate financial policies, accounting standards, governance frameworks, and regulatory requirements across IT expenditure, and strengthen financial controls through effective budget management, approval processes, and oversight of IT-related financial transactions.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives that enhance financial management processes, reporting quality, operational efficiency, and stakeholder experience, and identify and implement opportunities to simplify processes, improve data quality
• And strengthen financial insights and decision support capabilities.
• Act as a trusted advisor to IT and business leaders, providing strategic guidance on financial performance, investment decisions, and portfolio outcomes, and develop and deliver executive-level communications and presentations that clearly articulate financial performance, risks, opportunities
• And recommendations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop team members, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, excellence, and continuous improvement, and contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture built on trust, respect, collaboration, and shared success across teams and functions.
• Lead the ongoing evolution of IT financial management capabilities, leveraging Apptio PPM and related tools to improve transparency, governance, efficiency, and decision-making
• And drive the adoption of modern financial management practices and related organisational change to strengthen portfolio and investment management maturity.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, IT or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience within IT Financial Management, Technology Business Management (TBM), with a deep understanding of financial management principles, budgeting, forecasting, management accounting, and investment governance.
• Proven ability to manage complex financial models, analyse large data sets, and drive strategic decisions.
• Expertise in financial controls and governance, including compliance with corporate policies and accounting standards.
• Strong proficiency in financial systems and M365, including CoPilot.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to build and develop high-performing individuals.

• Project Management experience with professional project management certification.
• Exposure to Apptio, PPM, or comparable portfolio management platforms.

• Benefits package
• Dynamic working environment
• Development opportunities

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