Senior Director, IT Finance & Vendor Management
About The Position
The Senior Director, IT Finance & Vendor Management leads financial planning, analysis, and strategic vendor management for the North American IT ecosystem. This role partners with executive leadership to balance operational costs with transformational investments and oversees technology vendor portfolios, sourcing, RFPs, cloud and SaaS spending, financial guardrails, cost-allocation frameworks, and vendor governance. The position establishes and guides Technology Business Management (TBM) and Vendor Management Office (VMO) practices for Rentokil-Terminix, including organizational design, process frameworks, governance, and cost models, while integrating IT finance into broader business operations. Leading IT Financial Analysts and Vendor Managers, the role oversees the North American IT budget and ensures digital investments align with corporate financial goals, compliance standards, and commercial performance metrics.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a relevant field, or equivalent years of experience (one year of applicable professional experience for each year of college requested).
- 5–10 years of experience in corporate information technology financial management, strategic sourcing, or VMO leadership.
- 5–10 years of direct, hands-on executive leadership experience in technology finance, procurement, and vendor asset management.
- Ability to create, drive, and influence commercial strategy while leading a team through changing financial regulations and corporate priorities, demanding deadlines, and concurrent digital transformation initiatives.
- Ability to achieve commercial and operational results across cross-functional and cross-district initiatives.
- Strong communication, presentation, and persuasion skills, including conveying complex financial metrics to technical staff and technical requirements to executive finance leadership.
- Relationship-management expertise and ability to manage vendor and executive stakeholder expectations using clear, transparent, objective metrics.
- Judgment, discretion, and maturity when handling sensitive vendor contract discussions and confidential corporate financial data.
- Highly analytical mindset with strong problem-solving and financial engineering skills.
- Experience converting corporate strategy into executable financial roadmaps and cost-savings initiatives.
- Understanding of modern IT delivery platforms and SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS cloud consumption models, including how technology architecture drives costs.
- Experience managing commercial landscapes for large-scale, complex IT change programs and M&A integrations.
- Understanding of risk management, contract-law basics, compliance, and asset-management lifecycles.
- Organizational skills to drive financial deliverables and vendor accountability to completion.
- Ability to navigate corporate matrix environments with agility and resilience.
- Ownership and ability to operate independently with minimal direction.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an active member of the Global IT Financial and Commercial Governance Board.
- Lead and manage North American IT financial and vendor capabilities in alignment with Group enterprise standards.
- Define and direct IT budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning for software, hardware, cloud infrastructure, and telecom.
- Oversee end-to-end IT vendor lifecycles, contract negotiations, strategic sourcing pipelines, and complex vendor dispute resolutions.
- Develop, maintain, and enforce IT financial models, cost-allocation transparency, and vendor performance dashboards.
- Lead the North American IT Commercial Review Board to evaluate, approve, and audit major technology expenditures, business cases, and vendor-selection trade-offs.
- Guide and mentor IT Financial Analysts and Vendor Management Specialists.
- Represent and act as a trusted proxy for the IT leadership team in strategic corporate finance discussions and executive-level investment decisions.
- Initiate and lead cross-functional conversations to align business unit priorities, IT capabilities, and commercial realities.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
- Tuition reimbursement for full-time colleagues
- Training and development programs
- Vacation days and sick days
- Company-paid holidays and floating holidays
- Performance incentives may be offered
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
