Head of Technology Finance
This new hire will be embedded within the business, engineering, and CTO teams. He or she will be directly responsible for technology PnL. It is much more focused on tech in comparison a traditional FP&A role. However, the role would still include consolidation, reporting, dashboard creation. The key is knowledge of IT Financial Management tools and IT planning experience.
The most impactful person in this seat will have the following:
Experience with a complete IT business planning lifecycle
The ability to translate an IT plan into costs and deploy those costs into a datacenter or cloud.
Experience building models to allocate costs to consumers.
Stakeholder engagement experience
Finance/accounting foundation (ability to connect tech to accounting implications).
Key words for search
ITFM (IT Financial Management)
TBM (Technology Business Management)
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