Global IT Finance Manager

The IT Finance Manager is responsible for overseeing the firm’s IT financial management and budgeting processes and will own IT asset management. This role also assists with procurement governance and tracking ongoing vendor relationships. Working closely with the Senior Director of Global IT and the corporate Finance team, this role serves as the primary link between IT and Finance, ensuring effective budget planning, financial governance, cost control, and reporting across the global technology function. The successful candidate will own the end‑to‑end IT budget lifecycle, including annual budget development, forecasting, variance analysis, spend reconciliation, and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the annual IT budget process in collaboration with Senior Director of Global IT and the corporate Finance team.
• Serve as the primary liaison between IT Finance and the corporate Finance team, ensuring alignment on reporting, forecasting, cost‑centre allocation, and financial governance.
• Conduct monthly reconciliation of IT spend against financials reported by Finance, investigating and resolving variances.
• Provide accurate and timely IT budget reporting, variance analysis, and forecasting to senior stakeholders.
• Partner with IT leadership to track capital and operating expenditure against approved budgets and flag risks for overspend proactively.
• Support finance‑led initiatives such as audits, cost reviews, and year‑end processes as they relate to IT spend.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of two Finance, Procurement and Contracts Specialists; set clear objectives, conduct performance reviews, and provide day‑to‑day guidance.
• Support onboarding, training, and professional growth of direct reports; foster a collaborative, accountable, high‑performance team culture.
• Oversee IT Asset Management: lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of ITAM policies, procedures and governance frameworks; oversee full lifecycle management of hardware and software assets; ensure license compliance; define and enforce best practices.
• Organize and track IT procurement activities across hardware, software and services; manage vendor relationships, quarterly business reviews, escalation management, and contract renewal processes.
• Conduct regular market analysis to secure competitive pricing and maximize vendor value.
• Manage L.E.K. wireless mobile device accounts, including vendor relationships and cost optimisation.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with IT leadership, business and finance stakeholders; communicate complex financial and procurement information clearly.
• Represent IT Finance; travel may be required.

Key Performance Indicators

• Budget accuracy – variance between IT budget and actual spend within agreed tolerance.
• Team performance and development – direct reports achieving objectives; retention and engagement.
• IT Asset Management – license compliance rate; accuracy of asset register.
• Procurement efficiency – contract renewal lead times; cost savings and avoidance achieved.
• Stakeholder satisfaction – feedback from Finance, IT leadership and office stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in IT finance, IT procurement, IT vendor management or a related field.
• Proven experience partnering with a corporate Finance function on budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.
• Demonstrated experience managing or mentoring direct and indirect reports in a professional services or corporate environment.
• Hands‑on experience developing or managing IT Asset Management frameworks or policies.
• Experience in a global professional services firm highly regarded.
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university; qualification in Finance, Business or a related discipline preferred.
• Professional certification in ITAM (e.g., CHAMP, CSAM) or procurement desirable but not required.

Skills

• Confident engaging at all levels of the organization.
• Proven ability to act as a trusted intermediary between business stakeholders, consulting staff and a technical function.
• Strong financial acumen, including budget management, variance analysis and spend forecasting.
• High attention to detail and ability to interpret complex procurement, contract and financial data.
• Strategic thinking with ability to translate organisational goals into process improvements.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills with ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to present clearly to senior audiences.
• Superior Excel expertise and ability to communicate effectively using PowerPoint.