IT Finance Manager / Finance Budget

Hartford HealthCare Corp.•Farmington, CT

About The Position

Hartford HealthCare is seeking an IT Finance Manager to oversee one Financial Analyst and lead FinOps and Technical Business Management analysis of IT spending across on-premise and cloud resources. The role tracks spending against historical baseline costs to identify savings from migrating on-premise data centers to cloud services. Working with IT partners, the manager tracks application and data usage and develops and maintains near- and long-term IT spending projections and budgets. The position partners with IT and Finance to assess costs, develop budgets, oversee cloud migration financial models, and provide stakeholders with insights into operational metrics, risks, and opportunities. It also provides subject matter expertise to IT and Finance leaders supporting strategic decisions. The role reports to the System Director of Finance and collaborates with external partners, vendors, and consultants as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, mathematics, engineering, computer science, or another relevant field demonstrating quantitative competence.
Three years of experience in healthcare finance.
Experience using cloud provider cost tools, such as Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, or Azure.
Extensive knowledge and experience in Information Technology operations, including product life cycles, network computing, and capital expenditures.
Experience in cloud computing activity and FinOps.
Advanced proficiency in complex Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and/or analytical tools such as BigQuery.
Clear communication skills and the ability to present findings in succinct presentations.
Ability to construct and maintain complex forecasting models.
Willingness to work collaboratively in a matrix reporting environment and across functional teams.
Ability to take responsibility for self-improvement, identify and communicate learning needs, seek resources or instruction, and maintain currency of validations.
English language skills.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a field such as finance or business administration.
FinOps Certified Professional certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

In partnership with IT, develop, implement, operate, and track unit key indicators that drive costs.
Analyze financial information, explain trends and variances, and identify efficiency opportunities without compromising service quality or business growth.
Work with Information Technology staff to advance FinOps capabilities, including cost allocation, reporting, optimization, forecasting, budgeting, unit economics, consumption-based chargeback, and executive decision support.
Maintain automated or on-demand reporting and support expansion of committed-use discounts, financially beneficial curfew practices, rightsizing recommendations, and termination recommendations.
Track utilization of data, applications, and purchased services against the Google contract to avoid additional costs and underutilized contracted services.
Partner with IT and the Financial Analyst to develop annual capital, operating, and salary budgets.
Oversee the cloud migration model forecasting the cash financial impact of moving from on-premise resources to external cloud vendors and the offsetting reinvestment in data and digital assets or platforms.
Keep key stakeholders informed about financial operational metrics, risks, and opportunities.
Provide subject matter expertise to IT and Finance leaders on strategic decisions.
Perform other related duties as required.
Oversee one Financial Analyst.