VP Technology - Finance

Crawford•Atlanta, GA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Crawford & Company is seeking a strategic finance leader with a passion for technology and innovation to join their team as the VP Technology – Finance. This role serves as the senior finance partner to the global technology organization, aligning technology investments with business strategy, leading financial planning, budgeting, capital allocation, and investment governance. The VP will drive smart decision-making around technology spending, balancing cost optimization with business value and ROI, and provide executive-level insights into financial performance, risks, and digital transformation initiatives. The position aims to enhance financial transparency, strengthen controls, and ensure technology investments deliver measurable business outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Technology/Engineering.
Minimum 15 years' of progressive finance and/or technology experience.
Minimum 5 years in a senior leadership role (VP/Head-level or equivalent).
5–10+ years of experience supporting technology, IT, or large enterprise cost functions.
Experience working in a public company and controls environment.
Strong analytical, verbal and written communication, people, project management and organizational skills.
Leadership skills, presence, and ability to interact with all levels in the organization and vendors.
Excellent interpersonal skills to liaise with cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects, effectively prioritize, manage others, and meet deadlines.
Highly motivated, creative, articulate, and results oriented.
Ability to grow and change with the organization.
Flexible and able to operate in fast paced, changing environment.
Able to influence and negotiate, both internally and externally.
Ability to work in an organized, detailed manner under tight deadlines.
Ability to grasp complex issues quickly.
Outstanding communication skills, ability to present complex financial and technology concepts in simple terms.
Strong team building and people development skills.

Nice To Haves

An MBA, or CFA, strongly preferred.
Background in transformation programs (AI, Cloud, or large scale modernization), preferred.
Prior IT finance leader title, preferred.
Experience with enterprise financial systems (e.g., Oracle – EPM, PeopleSoft), preferred.
Must complete continuing education requirements as outlined by Crawford Educational Services.

Responsibilities

Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial plan for the global IT function.
Partner with CIO and IT leadership to align spend with strategic priorities.
Analyze run-rate, project, labor, infrastructure, software, and vendor costs.
Provide variance analysis and actionable insights on IT operating and capital expenditures.
Serve as the primary finance partner to the CIO and senior IT leaders.
Translate technology initiatives into financial impacts, risks, and return expectations.
Support prioritization of projects based on business value, affordability, and strategic alignment.
Provide decision support for trade-offs across technology investments.
Lead FinOps and cloud financial strategy, including cost optimization and transparency.
Evaluate CapEx vs OpEx trade-offs and financial impacts of technology investments.
Drive scalable, cost-efficient cloud economics aligned with enterprise capital allocation priorities.
Deliver actionable insights on cloud spend, unit economics, and ROI.
Review and challenge business cases for major IT initiatives, digital transformation, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and system implementations.
Refine and implement financial governance best practices around project funding, benefits tracking, and post-implementation reviews.
Monitor project financial performance, including budget-to-actuals and expected ROI.
Ensure disciplined capital allocation across the technology portfolio.
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and optimize IT cost structure.
Evaluate and recommend approach – Build vs. Buy vs. Outsource.
Evaluate spend across applications, software licenses, infrastructure, cloud, telecom, contractors, and managed services.
Support benchmarking and cost transparency initiatives.
Drive accountability for spend management and productivity improvements across IT.
Oversee financial treatment of IT investments, including capitalization of software development and implementation costs where applicable.
Partner with controllership and accounting teams to ensure compliance with accounting policies and internal controls.
Monitor capex budgets and depreciation/amortization impacts.
Support audit and documentation requirements related to IT financial activity.
Provide financial support for major IT vendor negotiations, renewals, and contract reviews.
Evaluate pricing structures, consumption trends, and total cost of ownership.
Partner with procurement and legal to assess financial risk and commercial terms.
Monitor commitments, savings realization, and budget impacts from third-party agreements.
Lead and present monthly and quarterly IT financial reporting packages for executive leadership.
Optimize dashboards and KPIs focused on spend, project delivery, capital usage, productivity, and value realization.
Summarize financial risks, opportunities, and key decisions in an executive-ready manner.
Support board and audit committee level technology finance reporting as needed.
Improve IT finance processes, tools, governance, and reporting discipline.
Support finance transformation initiatives impacting technology spend management and transparency.
Drive standardization of planning assumptions, cost allocations, and project tracking methodologies.
Promote a culture of accountability, business partnership, and continuous improvement.
Uphold the Crawford Code of Conduct.