Associate Manager, Technology Finance

Canada Life

$80K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Business degree or professional accounting designation (CA, CMA, CGA, CPA) preferred but not mandatory
  • 3-5 years of relevant accounting or finance experience
  • Experience in cloud cost management or FinOps practices is beneficial
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills with multitasking capabilities
  • Demonstrated success in leadership, including coaching and training staff
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with SAP experience preferred

Responsibilities

  • Lead financial analysis and reporting, analyzing monthly variances
  • Oversee cloud consumption data processes to ensure accuracy
  • Advise Cloud Fin Ops team on financial charge treatments
  • Support planning cycles by updating financial tools and methodologies
  • Drive and participate in change initiatives for process improvement

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model offering flexibility
  • Opportunities for professional development and leadership training
  • Involvement in strategic initiatives that enhance cloud financial practices
  • Access to industry-leading financial tools and technologies
  • Support for participation in exciting cloud cost management projects
Full Job Description
Permanent Full Time

The Associate Manager, Technology Finance, has a dual role focused on the following:

Cloud Fin Ops Support:
  1. Partnering with internal Cloud FinOps stakeholders to support the operational delivery of Cloud services in a cost effective and efficient manner. This includes developing detailed financial reports, analyzing Cloud consumption trends and providing guidance on finance related matters


Forecasting and Budgeting Tooling:
  1. Supporting the forecasting and budgeting cycle through the appropriate configuration of the financial tools and modules available. This role will play a key part in improving the accuracy, visibility and efficiency of financial planning and cost management within the technology and cloud environments


What you will do
  • Lead complex financial analysis and reporting, including investigating monthly variance drivers and validating proper allocation of cloud charges
  • Oversee the monthly cloud consumption extract and load process, reviewing and providing final sign-off on financial outputs, ensuring data accuracy and completeness
  • Act as an advisor to the Cloud Fin Ops team and provide support related to treatment of charges, prepaid, credit and invoicing matters
  • Enable and facilitate planning cycles, partnering with internal finance teams to ensure updated methodologies and configurations are reflected in the planning tools prior to the initialization of forecast and budget cycles
  • Driving change effectively by actively sponsoring and participating in change and process improvement initiatives


What you will bring
  • Completion of a business degree and/or a professional accounting designation (CA, CMA, CGA, CPA) is preferred but not mandatory
  • Minimum of 3 to 5 years of relevant accounting or finance experience
  • Experience in cloud cost management or FinOps practices is an asset
  • Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
  • Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and execute a wide variety of tasks
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team and cross functionally
  • Self-motivated with the ability to effectively multitask in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines
  • Ability to challenge the status quo through innovative thinking, identify enhancement opportunities and provide strategic recommendations through both financial and technical lens
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint); experience in SAP is preferred but not required, along with demonstrated ability to learn new processes, applications and tools quickly
  • Demonstrated leadership experience, including coaching and training staff


The base salary for this position is between $80,400 - $130,400 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

#LI-Hybrid

Requisition ID: 5718

Category: Digital Technology

Location:

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Canada Life

More Finance & Insurance Jobs

Find similar Associate Manager, Technology Finance jobs: