IT Finance Leader

Job Title: IT Finance Leader
Job Description
As a Finance Leader in the IT Business sector, you will lead and maintain IT portfolio management processes, governance frameworks, and project prioritization. You will oversee project portfolios, including schedules, budgets, risks, resources, and benefits realization. Your role will support annual planning, strategic road mapping, and project intake processes while developing and promoting project management methodologies across traditional, Agile, and hybrid environments.
Responsibilities

• Identify cost and productivity improvements while increasing the value of the IT investment portfolio and driving a long-term view on technology investments
• Lead and manage the team while providing active support for their personal development, as well as managing the budget, product portfolio, and KPIs
• Lead the team on finance, accounting, taxes and procurement guidelines, policies, and procedures applicable to Digital IT spend (OPEX & CAPEX), as well as identify opportunities for vendor rationalization and cost optimization
• Develop, maintain, and promote formally identified processes to manage traditional and agile projects, as well as form the project portfolio and facilitate the annual planning process within Digital IT
• Along with Procurement, analyze the vendor's portfolio, contracts, financial performance, the status of contracts, and past financial data while preparing financial reports and projections
• Identify financial trends, recommend sourcing strategies, and contract improvements, and promote and facilitate optimization actions
• Collaborate with leadership and the team to ensure fidelity of budgets, cost compliance on budgets, and contracts
• Lead and manage the budgeting (OPEX, Global Chargebacks, CAPEX), and forecasting while working with the Digital IT team, Procurement, business process areas, and vendors to ensure contract/budgets are accurate and understood, projects are billed, and forecasting is completed promptly
• Monitor projects and prepare dashboards and reports about the portfolio progress and health considering schedules, budget, risks, resources, and benefits realization
• Work with other departments to report the Digital IT portfolio progress and expenditures
• Aid with financial management, compliance with guidelines, guidance on processes and methodologies, tracking performance measures, and vendor management, as well as tracking and reporting KPI/OKR goals
• Lead the annual budgeting process, track budget execution during the year, work with vendors supporting the team by managing contracts and billing, as well as ensuring on-time and on-budget deliveries

Essential Skills

• Proficiency in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Experience in PMO management.
• 5+ years of experience in financial analysis, budgeting, procurement, or IT financial management.
• 2-3+ years of project or portfolio management experience in a PMO model.
• Experience with SAP, Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of IT budgeting, cost accounting, vendor management, and financial forecasting.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field preferred.
• People management experience is preferred.

Work Environment
This position requires on-site work with core hours from 9 AM to 3 PM. Employees can choose any 8-hour period within this timeframe. One remote workday is allowed per week, with the exception of Mondays (4 days on-site, 1 day WFH).
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Tampa, FL.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $65.00/hr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Tampa,FL.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Aug 25, 2026.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

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