Finance Manager, Technology Business Partnership

Acts as a strategic finance partner to the NAM Tech organisation, supporting technology close, forecast, and planning activities. It provides financial insight, process discipline, and business partnership to help NAM leaders manage Tech spend, evaluate investment decisions, and improve visibility into technology costs, benefits, and ROI. The role also helps establish, standardise, and run finance processes that support accurate reporting, timely decision-making, and alignment between NAM Tech, Global Tech Finance, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.

• Partner with NAM Tech leaders and Global Tech Finance to manage monthly close, forecast, annual planning, and performance reporting for Tech-related spend, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and timely delivery of financial results.
• Provide financial analysis, insights, and recommendations to support Tech investment decisions, including business cases, ROI analysis, cost/benefit evaluation, prioritisation of initiatives, and tracking of expected financial outcomes.
• Establish, document, and continuously improve finance processes, governance routines, reporting standards, and ways of working to support consistent execution across Tech close, forecasting, planning, and demand management.
• Build strong business partnerships with Tech, Finance, and business stakeholders to understand key drivers, risks, opportunities, and resource needs, and translate financial information into clear, actionable guidance.
• Monitor Tech spend, commitments, capitalisation considerations, project costs, and forecast assumptions to identify variances, explain performance, and support proactive cost management.

• 5–7 years of progressive experience in a financial role with proven business acumen.
• University degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Solid financial planning and analysis skills.
• Advanced skills in Excel.
• Strong FP&A, financial planning, forecasting, close, variance analysis, and management reporting skills, with the ability to connect financial results to business drivers and operational decisions.
• Ability to partner effectively with Tech and non-finance stakeholders, build trust, influence decisions, and communicate complex financial topics in a clear and practical way.
• Working knowledge of technology finance concepts, including project spend, run vs. change costs, software and service costs, capitalisation, business cases, ROI analysis, and investment tracking.
• Strong process mindset with demonstrated ability to establish, document, run, and improve recurring finance processes, reporting routines, governance structures, and cross-functional ways of working.
• Advanced analytical skills with strong attention to detail, sound business judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

• Industry-specific experience.
• Familiarity with SAP and other relevant industry Finance systems or analytical software.

• Hybrid work policy requiring attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week.
• For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday.
• The working language is English.

• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on company performance.

• Robust and progressive medical coverage, including HSA with employer funding or FSA options, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Adoption, surrogate, and fertility support.
• Short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance.
• 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match.
• Education assistance for full-time employees.
• Generous leave policies, including 14 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Prorated flexible time off accrual of.4388 hours per day, increasing with years of service.
• Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Service Time Off during milestone years.

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