Technology Cost Specialist - Cost Ownership - Finance - London

Technology Cost Specialist – Cost Ownership – Finance – London.

We have partnered with a leading firm to recruit a forward thinking Cost Specialist to play a pivotal role within Tech as they grow their businesses globally, through new services & products. You will be developing a multi-year TCO strategy/plan that will deliver material non-FTE savings.

Duties:

• Working with the Tech Portfolio Manager & Finance team, document & develop a strong understanding of the IT cost base including key strategic drivers.
• Perform a detailed review of the baseline architecture to assess where/how the technology stack can be consolidated, simplified, optimised and/or modernised to deliver savings. Also identify services for retirement/decommissioning.
• In collaboration with the wider function, develop a tech sourcing strategy that strikes the right balance between quality/scalability of resources & cost. Also complete a review of licences to identify opportunities for optimisation.
• Develop a multi-year TCO strategy that informs the tech roadmap & delivers/tracks wider savings through the delivery of transformation activities. This includes the increased use of cloud/platform native capabilities.

Experience:

• 10+ years' exp working in Tech with a strong commercial background.
• Exp managing federated IT budgets & driving initiatives to significantly reduce IT costs.
• Exp developing a TCO strategy & business case for investment.
• Track record of improving Total Cost of Ownership & Total Cost of Change through sourcing, asset management, tech/architecture optimisation, modernisation & other levers.
• Ability to influence & collaborate with individuals across Tech, Finance, Procurement & Transformation who don't report to you but form part of a wider team that will need to work together to deliver the TCO strategy/plan.