Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. We deliver award-winning enterprise software solutions through the use of embedded digital innovation and a single cloud-based platform to help businesses be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™.

At IFS, we're flexible, we're innovative, and we're focused not only on how we can engage with our customers, but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society's greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust. We celebrate diversity and accept that there are so many different perspectives in this world. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We're looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. If you want to change the status quo, we'll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

This is a key role within the global controlling and FP&A team and is newly created due to IFS’s expansion and increased IT spend.  The successful candidate will support the CIO function with regards to reporting & management of IT costs, driving and identifying improvements & efficiencies, and partner with the business in assessing IT investments.

• Responsible for P&L controllership of the Global IT function including: ownership of the IT P&L, reporting and analysing the consolidated view of actuals, producing and submitting forecasts and budget for Global IT costs.
• Foster IT cost ownership across the business, providing transparency and visibility of costs, and ensuring apprpropriate recharges & allocations (supported by Finance Analyst).
• Business partnering with the CIO and team:
• Support the IT function in making strategic business decisions by providing them with financial insight, modelling, working cross functionally on ad-hoc projects and ensuring IFS’s financial objectives are achieved.
• Pro-actively recommend improvements and efficiencies in processes and how IT spend is managed, including establishing project reporting.
• Partner with the CIO in assessing IT investments, assessing robustness of business cases and tracking benefits to ensure they are realised.
• Ensure financial policies are adhered to and provide guidance to CIO team and wider finance community on opportunities to maximise EBITDA.
• May be required to support other functional areas within the business with FP&A activities in order to drive efficiencies and improvements

Qualifications

Skills:

• Ability to drive successful outcomes in line with company strategy
• Ability to show attention to detail while working with large volumes of data, but also be able to step back and see “the big picture”
• Analytical and critical thinking abilities
• Ability to deliver in a fast paced, transformational environment driving change and continuous improvement with a positive attitude and critical mindset
• Ability to work under pressure and capable of managing numerous work streams at once
• A natural problem solver who creates solutions where standard processes don’t exist
• Highly flexible and collaborative personality with an ability to work at a strategic and hand on level
• Must be a confident communicator with good interpersonal skills

Essential experience/qualifications:

• Previous experience as an IT Finance Business Partner/Analyst strongly preferred.
• at least 5 years experience in finance
• Experience within a large international corporate environment
• Strong Excel skills
• University degree-educated, preferably in the field of Finance or Mathematics (or equivalent training or work experience). CIMA or ACCA qualified.
• Fluent in English language