Senior Manager FPA-IT

Crawford•Peachtree Corners, GA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Now Hiring: Senior Manager, FP&A - IT. This role is hybrid and located in Atlanta, GA. The Senior Manager, FP&A - IT will play a key role in driving the financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analysis activities for all Technology spend across the organization. The position involves leading financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for IT investments and expenses, providing insights and recommendations to support business and technology decisions, and partnering closely with IT and Finance leaders to drive financial performance. The role also includes analyzing trends, risks, and opportunities across technology spend, and supporting strategic initiatives and continuous process improvements.

Requirements

Strong FP&A experience, preferably supporting Technology/IT organizations
Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and reporting
Exceptional analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Ability to influence and collaborate across cross-functional teams
Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Requires a bachelor degree in accounting, finance or a technology adjacent field.
5+ years of corporate financial planning, budgeting, and strategic planning.
Strong modeling capability to lead the development and implementation of improved consistent metrics/dashboard reporting using Financial and non-financial analytics including forward-looking information and drivers
Experience with Enterprise planning and Procure-to-Pay applications
Formulate and track key activities that impact financial performance and support the growth in the businesses
Confidence and the ability to work with Business management to develop specific action plans to deal with performance gaps
Business acumen to proactively identify and manage risks and opportunities
Drive economic value creation through the identification and leveraging of profitability drivers
Build relationships with Business management in order to develop most likely forecasts/budgets and get timely information on changes to levers
Clear communication skills

Nice To Haves

MBA is preferred.
Financial Planning & Analysis background in the insurance/financial service industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides financial analysis support to executive and operational management to assist in the business decision making process as it relates to IT spend. This includes activities related to asset management and capitalization, assessing ROI, and tracking spend
Performs month-end review and analysis of financial results during the monthly accounting close process whereby comparisons are made to planned and historical results, and corrections and/or suggested accrual adjustments are communicated to the Crawford Finance department.
Maintains, updates, and distributes various management monthly financial reports
Consults with executives and operational management on financial performance issues including the identification of positive and/or negative performance trends and the formulation of plans of action when needed.
Provides support to management before, during, and after the annual budget process including answering Company financial policy related questions, estimating revenue and/or expenses, verifying accuracy, and validating assumptions.
Partners closely with the CIO and his leadership team on staffing, capital spend, company-wide licenses, allocations, etc.
Identifies and makes recommendations on savings and efficiencies, drives a continuous improvement mindset and constructively challenges IT investment decisions with an ROI lens.
Constructs and manages the financial model utilized in conjunction with the Crawford strategic planning and budgeting processes.
Estimates certain financial reserves assuring the Company is sufficiently provisioned for expected liabilities consistent with GAAP.
Acts as liaison between management and the Crawford Finance department including the interpretation of financial results and/or policies, and the investigation of extraordinary or unusual activity within monthly financial results.
Upholds the Crawford Code of Business Conduct at all times.
Performs other duties as assigned and may be asked to participate in special projects.
Leads the development and implementation of improved consistent metrics/dashboard reporting using Financial and non-Financial analytics including forward-looking information and drivers
Drives economic value creation through the identification and leveraging of profitability drivers
Proactively identifies and manages risks and opportunities
Position has interaction with all levels and functions of Company with significant exposure and interaction to Finance department personnel and executive management.
The position also deals with planning in multiple currencies, intercompany transactions and allocations.