Financial Analyst – Technology Supplier Cost Management
Role Overview
Support management of technology expenditure, supplier performance, commercial analysis, and cost optimization across the technology portfolio.
Partner with Technology, Finance, Procurement, and vendors to provide cost transparency, financial reporting, spend analysis, and business case support.
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Role overview
Support management of technology expenditure, supplier performance, commercial analysis, and cost optimization across the technology portfolio.
Partner with Technology, Finance, Procurement, and vendors to provide cost transparency, financial reporting, spend analysis, and business case support.
Accountabilities
- Analyze spending across software, cloud, infrastructure, telecoms, managed services, and professional services.
- Prepare budget, forecast, and variance reports to support financial planning and governance.
- Build financial models and business cases, including ROI, TCO, NPV, IRR, and payback analysis.
- Support supplier reviews, contract renewals, commercial negotiations, and vendor performance tracking.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and track savings realization across technology investments.
- Develop dashboards and reports highlighting spend trends, supplier performance, risks, and opportunities.
- Partner with Finance, Procurement, Legal, and Technology on sourcing and investment decisions.
Education and experience
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 5 years of experience in Technology Finance, IT Commercial Management, Vendor Management, Strategic Sourcing, Technology Cost Management, or related disciplines.
- Experience in FP&A, technology finance, procurement finance, vendor management, strategic sourcing, or cost management.
- Experience analyzing budgets, forecasts, supplier spend, and business cases.
Skills and expertise
- Strong financial modelling and analytical skills; advanced Excel is essential and Power BI is advantageous.
- Strong stakeholder management and executive reporting capability.
- Large-enterprise exposure to technology procurement, software licensing, cloud and infrastructure costs, supplier negotiations, and executive reporting.
- Expertise in technology spend management, FP&A, commercial modelling, vendor management, contract negotiation, and cost optimization.
- Strategic thinking, commercial acumen, analytical capability, stakeholder management, influencing, executive communication, and results orientation.
Preferred qualifications
- An MBA, CIPS, CFA, CPA, or equivalent professional qualification is preferred.
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