IT Portfolio & Financial Analyst

Company:Driven Brands

We invite you to join us at Driven Brands!

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Driven Brands (NASDAQ: DRVN) is the largest automotive services company in North America, providing a range of consumer and commercial automotive needs, including paint, collision, glass, vehicle repair, oil change, maintenance and car wash.

With over 4,500 centers in 15 countries, Driven Brands is the parent company of some of North America’s leading automotive service brands including Take 5 Oil Change, Take 5 Car Wash, Driven Glass, Meineke, Maaco, CARSTAR, and more.  Our network services over 50 million vehicles annually and generates more than $5 billion in system-wide sales each year.

Our culture inspires high performance and innovation, enabling our employees to go further, faster in their careers. With amazing people and great brands, we confidently look forward to exciting growth ahead, and believe in following the values that support this vision.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced IT Portfolio & Financial Analyst to lead the implementation of IT Service Portfolio Management within our organization. This role will play a crucial part in collaborating with the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team, overseeing budgets, forecasting, actuals collection for IT financials on an enterprise-wide scale, managing various aspects of IT capital management, and serving as a liaison between Finance, Accounting, and IT. This role will actively participate in and support various global finance process/controls improvement and financial systems transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of IT Service Portfolio Management to optimize and align IT services with organizational goals.

• Define and maintain a comprehensive portfolio of IT services, ensuring strategic alignment and value delivery.

• Work closely with the FP&A teams to develop and manage IT budgets, providing insights and recommendations for cost optimization and efficiency improvements.

• Collaborate on forecasting processes, incorporating IT financials to ensure accurate predictions and resource allocation.

• Establish and manage processes for collecting, analyzing, and reporting actuals on IT financials.

• Monitor and analyze financial performance against budgets, identifying and addressing variances.

• Build strong relationships, serve as a liaison between Finance, Accounting, and IT, fostering strong relationships and effective communication.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and understanding of financial and IT objectives.

• Provide training and support to the larger IT organization on financial acumen for both IT Operational activities and IT Projects.

• Project Manage and coordinate annual operating plans and month forecast activities for the IT organization.

• Management of IT capital, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and financial strategies.

• Help manage the full cycle of IT capital projects from idea generation, demand assessment, approval, and implementation.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align Oracle ERP functionalities with the organization's IT financial requirements.

• Identify opportunities for process improvements within IT financial and portfolio management.

• Implement best practices to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and transparency in financial processes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Accounting or Finance

• 5-10+ years of experience with increasing responsibility in an IT or business related financial role

• Proven experience in IT financial management, portfolio management, and working with FP&A teams

• Strong understanding of IT Service Portfolio Management concepts and methodologies.

• Strong understanding of IT capitalization principles

• Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP or similar ERP systems.

• Ability to drive and implement process improvements

• Experience in leveraging technology to improve finance processes

• Process-oriented with the ability to structure processes

• Ability to gather, structure and analyze data from multiple data sources

• Ability to play both a strategic and tactical role as a leader and demonstrate an ownership mentality

• Ability to communicate/present to management

• Strong initiative-taker with a resilient, solution minded approach to complex problems

• Ability to partners with others to simplify complex processes, break down barriers and incorporate the ideas of others

• Ability to manage priorities against multiple deadlines in a challenging environment

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Position Location:

North Carolina

Compensation Range:

$81,800.00 - $140,300.00

Compensation Frequency:

Annual

Base pay offered may vary depending on actual location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Supplemental pay types may include commissions or bonus incentives, depending on the role. Driven Brands offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.drivenbrandsbenefits.com