Manager, Expense Governance and Controls

Responsibilities

• Maintain the official enterprise savings tracker
• Reconcile initiatives to the P&L to confirm financial realization
• Identify slippage, reversals, or leakage risks
• Conduct deep-dive expense analysis to uncover variance drivers
• Implement and monitor spend approval thresholds
• Enforce vendor, contract, and purchasing controls
• Standardize procurement and purchasing channels to ensure compliance
• Embed validated savings into annual budgets
• Adjust forecasts to reflect run-rate reductions
• Review and challenge incremental spend requests against cost discipline standards
• Facilitate recurring cost governance review forums
• Prepare executive performance materials and savings reports
• Track commitments, decisions, and follow-through actions
• Embed cost controls into financial systems and operational platform
• Standardize cost management workflows
• Develop and maintain cost governance playbooks and documentation

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of experience in FP&A, PMO, Finance, Accounting, Procurement, or related disciplines
• Strong governance, controls, and process orientation
• High attention to detail with strong analytical rigor
• Ability to enforce standards while partnering effectively across functions
• Comfortable operating in structured, accountability-driven environments