IT Financial Manager

About the role

Randstad Digital is seeking an experienced IT Financial Manager for an exciting opportunity in Kansas City, Missouri. The ideal candidate brings a blend of strategic acumen, financial expertise, and people leadership. They are comfortable navigating both the details of financial modeling and the broader context of enterprise-level decision making. This individual excels in translating complex financial data into actionable insights for senior executives, while fostering a culture of transparency, consistency, and measurable business value from technology investments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the executive leadership team to define and implement financial goals for the IT department.
• Establish and embed financial best practices within the department's operations.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop the annual business plan and fourth-quarter forecast by translating business initiatives and consumption trends into projected technology cost impacts.
• Monitor and manage monthly financial performance, including detailed analysis of Run vs. Transform the Business spending using the Technology Business Management (TBM) framework.
• Respond to ad hoc requests to support the strategic goals of the executive leadership team.
• Maintain and apply in-depth knowledge of accounting systems and data reporting tools to support accurate and actionable financial analysis.
• Promote a culture of financial accountability and TBM literacy by equipping service owners and product managers with the knowledge to interpret unit rates, total application costs, and optimization opportunities.
• Conduct benchmarking analyses and develop cost models to support data-driven decision-making.
• Fulfill reporting requirements in coordination with accounting and other corporate groups.
• Deliver presentations on financial trends and provide conceptual training to various departmental audiences.
• Serve as the primary liaison to the corporate reporting team, ensuring alignment on financial reporting and overhead results.
• Provide expert guidance on forecasting for key initiatives and material financial matters within the IT department.
• Share best practices and innovations developed within IT Finance with the broader corporate reporting community.
• Mentor and support the development of corporate support professionals.
• Drive technology cost transparency by ensuring chargeback rates reflect forecasted consumption, cost structures, and desired behavioral outcomes.
• Build and maintain partnerships across the enterprise to enhance understanding and use of chargeback data in decision-making processes.
• Advocate for fairness and transparency in cost recovery, ensuring technology chargebacks are consistent, defensible, and aligned with business value.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting; Finance or other similar discipline from accredited program.
• 8 years related professional experience (11 years preferred)
• Previous Supervisory Experience Preferred.
• Additional credit may be given for public accounting experience.
• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple day-to-day and ongoing projects simultaneously.
• Must be expert in the use of basic computer software (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients.
• Requires the ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead, and manage change.
• Must possess strong project management skills and a strategic perspective.
• Experience With Oracle And Microsoft Power BI. (preferred)
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Preferred

Skills

• Information Technology
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Oracle
• Microsoft Power BI
• excellent oral and written communication skills
• leadership
• supervisory experience
• Accounting
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• manage change
• cost transparency
• financial accountability
• financial planning
• forecasting
• public accounting
• investment decisions
• Financial
• finance
• project management skills

Benefits

• medical
• prescription
• dental
• vision
• AD&D
• life insurance offerings
• short-term disability
• 401K plan

Pay

Salary range: $75 - $89 per hour. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Schedule

Work hours: 9am to 5pm.