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VP- IT (Manila/ Cebu)
About the job VP- IT (Manila/ Cebu)
- Responsible for financial planning & analysis processes in support of the Synchrony IT organization. Partner with IT Senior Leader to provide financial management and analysis to optimize efficiency and support innovation and growth initiatives.
- Bachelor's Degree in accounting or finance or in lieu of degree, 10 years equivalent experience
- At least 5 years of experience financial planning, budgeting, and analysis
- Passionate, proactive, responsible, resourceful, detail- oriented, hard-working and willingness to learn
- Strong analytical and process skills, experience with financial models, and experience analyzing data to provide meaningful results
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Proven leadership abilities and the ability to lead/engage on cross-functional projects
- Strong verbal communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact with staff (at all levels) and to develop a clear, concise message both externally and internally
- Excellent organizational, planning and prioritization skills
- Direct ownership of financial planning & analysis processes relating to annual budget for specific IT functions
- Support and execute annual Op Plan budgeting, weekly pacing estimation, variance analysis, and quarterly & monthly close responsibilities
- Partner with Office of Agile and BS&D Finance teams on reporting, forecasting, and planning throughout the Strategic Planning process
- As part of the Technology Finance team, drive functional initiatives, evaluate investment decisions and influence strategy to ensure cost effective servicing, compliance, productivity & profitability.
- Provide strategic financial decision support to the functional SLTs / Staff and advocate for functional resource needs.
- Drive and manage cost out efforts
- Partner with respective SLT staff members to drive financial decision making, monitor and forecast expenses.
- Provide financial analysis and summaries, including identification of key drivers of the results, and areas of opportunity and risks in the respective functions.
- Drive completion of monthly accounting entries to properly state month end accruals.
- Partner with sourcing to review contracts, SOWs and purchase orders for compliance with company policy, legal entity requirements, and accounting distribution
- Support and maintain strong controls around project approval, spend & reporting
- Advise and coordinate with cross functional project teams.
- Assist with ad hoc analysis as required.
- Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned