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About the Role

The Director, IT Finance owns financial planning and analysis for Hearst Technology Services, including forecasting, budgeting, monthly close, management reporting, and supporting investment decisions. This leadership role involves managing the FP&A team and partnering with technology department heads and other finance teams to translate technology costs into investment decisions and cost reduction strategies. Success is measured by forecast accuracy, timely financial close, and the quality of insights provided to senior management.

Responsibilities

Own the monthly forecast for operating expense, project expense, and capital, consolidating inputs from technology department heads.
Lead the annual budget cycle for assigned technology towers, including calendar management, assumption setting, submission challenges, and plan delivery.
Drive the capital planning process, validating business cases, building financial models, quantifying ROI and payback, and making funding recommendations.
Model the financial impact of organizational, vendor, and architecture changes, including multi-year run-rate savings and one-time transition costs.
Deliver monthly P&L, G&A, and budgetary status reporting to IT senior management with variance analysis, root-cause explanations, and remediation recommendations.
Build and maintain the recurring management reporting package, focusing on automation and standardization.
Surface budgetary inconsistencies, control gaps, or improprieties to senior management with supporting analysis.
Develop analytics to answer forward-looking questions from leadership regarding spending and necessary changes.
Serve as the finance partner to assigned technology department heads, understanding their roadmap and aligning forecasts.
Collaborate with Technology Sourcing & Vendor Management on financial analysis for contract negotiations and renewals.
Support the Technology Business Management team on intercompany assessments and reconciliation.
Anticipate risk, adjust plans, and proactively inform leadership.
Own the monthly close for the technology division, including accruals, journal entries, and reclasses.
Manage the IT invoice process, including review, approval, coding, and exception resolution.
Oversee purchase requisitions and purchase orders, validating budget availability and coding.
Maintain and enforce the close calendar, aiming to reduce post-close adjustments.
Manage the Manager, FP&A, setting priorities, reviewing output, and developing the role.
Set standards for analytical rigor, documentation, and turnaround time for the FP&A function.
Improve team efficiency by standardizing deliverables, eliminating manual effort, and raising the quality of financial output.
Represent IT Finance in cross-functional initiatives and senior management forums.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related business discipline.
CPA, CFA, or CMA.
Seven or more years of progressive FP&A experience, with demonstrated depth in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.
Experience owning a full planning cycle end to end.
Strong financial statement analysis, projection, and financial modeling skills.
Experience managing people, including managing a manager or team lead.
Hands-on experience owning or supporting a monthly close, including accruals and reconciliation.
Working knowledge of business operations, cost structures, and cost drivers.
Fundamental understanding of accounting principles.
Proven success as a business partner in a client-service environment.
Excel proficiency.
Excellent listening and communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, well-organized presentations and written correspondence to executive audiences.
Strong personal time management and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously against fixed deadlines.

Skills

FP&A
Budgeting
Forecasting
Variance Analysis
Management Reporting
Financial Modeling
People Management
Monthly Close
Accruals
Reconciliation
Business Operations
Cost Structures
Cost Drivers
Accounting Principles
Business Partnership
Excel
Communication
Presentation
Time Management
Technology Business Management
Oracle ERP
AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT)
Cloud Cost Management
FinOps

Location

New York City

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Director
7+ years FP&A experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
CPA
CFA
CMA

Salary/Compensations

$190,000-$220,000 (New York City)
$1,000—$1,001 USD

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Disability insurance
Life insurance
401(k)
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Employee assistance programs

About the Company

Hearst is a global leader in information and business services, with a portfolio of businesses in the technology, finance, media, and healthcare industries.

Equal Opportunity

In accordance with applicable law, Hearst is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role if hired in New York City. The reasonable estimate, if hired in New York City, is $190,000-$220,000. Please note this information is specific to those hired in New York City. If this role is open to candidates outside of New York City, the salary range would be aligned to that specific location. A final decision on the successful candidate’s starting salary will be based on a number of permissible, non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to skills and experience, training, certifications, and education. Hearst provides a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401(k), paid holidays and paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more.