VP Finance - Corporate Technology

Equifax•Alpharetta, GA

47d•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Vice President, Finance - Corporate Technology, you will lead the finance business partner function for a corporate technology alliance and/or security function, working closely with business leaders to deliver dedicated and insightful financial analysis to enable the function to reach its short and long term strategic and financial objectives. They will interact frequently with Technology leaders to deliver financial information and insights in a concise and relevant manner to feed effective decision-making, while cultivating and maintaining strong relationships. Evaluating strategic technology alternatives in support of long-term planning and execution, as well as lead a team of finance professionals, setting strategic direction, and ensuring the execution of deliverables make this a pivotal role for our organization. This role reports to the Senior Finance Officer, Technology Finance and will be a hybrid workplace model offering the flexibility to work remotely as well as in our office complex in Alpharetta, GA. (This is not a fully-remote role) This position does not offer immigration sponsorship (current or future) including F-1 STEM OPT extension support.

Requirements

You have over 10 years of Financial Planning and Analysis experience, as well as experience managing full P+L's for technology or security teams of large organizations
Demonstrated experience successfully leading team of financial analysts
Recent Finance experience supporting a Cloud environment that includes transformation and migration from legacy to Cloud solutions
You have a deep understanding of current and emerging Cloud solutions and technologies with experience supporting organizational change to migrate to an Agile/Cloud environment
You possess Finance experience within a data and systems security priority environment, working to support technical information/cyber security
You've created and presented complex business cases
You've demonstrated success collaborating with Finance and Technology functions
Strong PC skills, with a particular emphasis on Microsoft Excel
Experienced with the concept of Capitalized Development spending

Nice To Haves

Recent Finance experience supporting Product teams within a technology organization.
Heavy cost-out experience would be a big plus
Possess a financial designation (e.g. CFA or CPA)
Experience using Hyperion, Oracle Projects and/or OBI (Business Intelligence Objects)

Responsibilities

Serve as the lead Finance business partner for a the Technology Alliance teams within Equifax
Provide financial business partnership to Technology and Product leadership teams in identifying and addressing financial and business issues, bringing effective information to bear, supporting timely decision-making, and personally driving action and results on initiatives where appropriate
Analyze technology spending (operating and capital) and trends, and the preparation of reporting and synopsis of the business results to the business and management. Assist in leading the Technology Alliance in evaluating strategic technology alternatives in support of long term planning and execution.
Responsible for financial management, optimization and of cost of ownership for Cloud environment, including properly tracking, managing and reporting variable costs.
Ensure the alignment of Cloud capital expenditure with business goals and objectives by working directly with key partners and product owners.
Oversee the preparation, reporting, and analysis of financial information for the Technology Alliance, including budgets, forecasts, and monthly analyses of results. Prepare executive summaries and conduct financial reviews with business unit leadership that help highlight key trends, variances, strengths and weaknesses within the business performance and contribute to timely management decision-making. Identify appropriate action plans which respond to opportunities and issues.
Prepare annual budgets which reflect market conditions, key business drivers and strategic and operating initiatives, and properly balance realism with healthy stretch objectives. Help identify action steps to ensure successful delivery against budget targets.
Lead development of business cases for capital expenditures and other key initiatives.
Anticipate business needs, and maintain a strong understanding of key business drivers and industry trends.
Identify, recruit, develop and retain a high-performance team of professionals; provide direction, feedback, coaching and prioritization to team