Financial Planning & Analysis Director Information Technology

Job Title:

Financial Planning & Analysis Director - Information Technology

Location:

CityScape

What youll do:

The Financial Planning and Analysis Director Information Technology serves as the senior finance partner to IT leadership providing strategic financial guidance disciplined investment governance and transparency into technology spend. This role translates IT strategy and roadmaps into structured financial plans ensures value realization from technology investments and enables informed decision making across the enterprise.

• Strategic IT Business Partnership

• Serve as a proactive and trusted finance partner to the CIO CISO and IT senior leadership translating technology strategies and roadmaps into multiyear financial plans.
• Provide clear datadriven insights that reflect financial operational and business requirements to support executive and enterprise decisionmaking.
• Influence and align stakeholders across infrastructure applications cybersecurity and digital transformation teams with competing priorities.

• Financial Planning Forecasting & Portfolio Management

• Lead departmentlevel and multiyear IT budget forecast and longrange planning processes including demand planning and scenario modeling.
• Own financial management of the IT investment portfolio including Run / Grow / Transform initiatives.
• Drive effective capacity demand and resource planning to align funding with strategic priorities.

• Technology Cost Structure & Optimization

• Oversee IT cost structures including CapEx vs. OpEx decisions cloud services SaaS subscriptions licensing vendor contracts and managed services.
• Implement and maintain cost transparency models (e.g. servicebased cost views chargeback/showback where applicable).
• Partner with IT leadership to identify cost optimization opportunities while balancing risk scalability and performance.

• Investment Governance & Value Realization

• Establish and govern standard business case frameworks investment approvals and financial review processes for major IT initiatives.
• Evaluate ROI total cost of ownership and value realization for infrastructure modernization cloud migration cybersecurity ERP data and digital programs.
• Track postimplementation benefits and ensure accountability for outcomes.

• Analytics KPIs & Insights

• Define and implement ITspecific KPIs linking technology spend to outcomes such as cost efficiency delivery velocity utilization and value realization.
• Build advanced analytics capabilities to support variance analysis scenario modeling and forwardlooking insights.
• Communicate complex financial and technical concepts clearly to executive and senior leadership audiences.

• Leadership Process Excellence & Controls

• Lead mentor and develop a highperforming IT FP&A team setting clear expectations priorities and accountability.
• Serve as a thought leader in process simplification standardization and scalability enabling a growing and evolving IT environment.
• Ensure compliance with financial controls policies and systems while continuously enhancing technology finance processes.
• Demonstrate strong execution discipline urgency and the ability to set direction manage tradeoffs and meet tight timelines.

What youll need:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance Business or related discipline (or equivalent demonstrated experience).
• 12 years of progressive posteducation experience in financial planning and analysis with significant experience supporting IT technology or transformationheavy organizations.
• Deep understanding of technology financial management including project accounting cloud economics SaaS licensing and vendor financial management.
• Experience with technology investment governance ROI modeling and portfolio prioritization.
• Strong executive communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and crossfunctional partners.
• Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills.
• Experience with enterprise financial planning and reporting systems (e.g. Oracle Anaplan Adaptive Workday or similar); familiarity with project or portfolio management tools (e.g. Workfront) preferred.
• Proven ability to operate independently and collaboratively in a fastpaced evolving environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a continuous improvement orientation and strong customerservice focus.

Benefits youll love:
We offer all the important things youd want like competitive salaries an ownership stake in the company medical and dental insurance time off a great 401k matching program tuition assistance program an employee volunteer program and a wellness addition youll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank Member FDIC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands Alliance Association Bank Alliance Bank of Arizona Bank of Nevada Bridge Bank First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank that remain part of the companys heritage as well as AmeriHome Mortgage a Western Alliance Bank Company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race sex color religion age nation origin marital status disability protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying please email or call . When contacting us please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation