Requisition Title: Business Office Advisor
Description:
About this opportunity:
Reporting to the Senior Manager, IT Business Office, the Advisor's primary responsibility will be to provide operational oversight of the IT expense budget lifecycle which will include: monthly reconciliation of SAP actuals vs budget for the current year budget, workflow approvals for spend requests, and forecasting impact of new spend/projects on future year expense budgets. The successful candidate will be detail oriented, comfortable with deadlines and enjoys spreadsheets and numbers.
This is an office-based position based out of our office in downtown, Calgary.
Responsibilities:
* Assists in oversight of the ~$250 million annual expense budget to ensure spend is within budget.
* Drives the monthly/annual/ multi-year Corporate Planning budgeting/ forecasting process for the IT organization (reconciliation, variance analysis, accruals).
* Validation and investigation of unplanned spend requests against budget.
* Meets as frequently as required with extended IT Leadership team to forecast financial changes in response to changes in IT solutions.
* Builds adhoc/ monthly, quarterly, annual spend reports for CIO and IT Directors.
* Performs spend analysis of IT budget by business capability.
* Works closely with the IT Portfolio team as accounting treatment changes from capital to expense and expense to capital are common scenarios.
* Liaises with Corporate Accounting to structure monthly pre-pay, journal and accruals submissions.
* Liaises with Accounting Research to determine appropriate financial treatment for IT projects and initiatives.
Qualifications:
* Must be willing to work in the office in downtown Calgary.
* Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
* Minimum of 5 years of experience in a budgetary/accounting role working with an ERP Financial System.
* Minimum of 3 years working knowledge/relevant experience within an IT department.
* Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
* Outstanding attention to detail with demonstrated analytical and problem-solving abilities.
* Ability to adapt to conflicting demands and constantly evolving priorities.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels.
* Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
This posting represents the desired scope, accountabilities, skills and experience requirements of the job. These requirements may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.
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