Senior Technology Finance Business Analyst

Gotham Technology Group is recruiting on behalf of an unnamed client for a Senior Technology Finance Business Analyst. The role leads financial planning, budgeting, procurement oversight, expense management, and financial governance for the client’s Information Technology organization, while providing executive-level financial insight.

Responsibilities:

• Lead annual IT operating and capital budget planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting
• Develop multi-year financial plans and rolling forecasts aligned with technology strategy and investment roadmaps
• Produce concise executive reports, dashboards, and presentations for the CIO, CFO, and senior leadership
• Partner with Finance to reconcile budgets, refine forecasts, and track commitments
• Monitor budget performance and proactively flag risks, variances, and corrective actions
• Model the financial impact of new initiatives
• Manage the full financial lifecycle of software, hardware, telecom, cloud, infrastructure, managed services, and project expenses
• Track actual spend against budgets, forecasts, allocations, and contractual commitments
• Work with IT leaders, Project Managers, and the PMO to manage departmental budgets, capital projects, and emerging risks
• Make sure expenses are correctly categorized, allocated, tracked, and reported
• Identify savings opportunities and provide recommendations to support investment decisions
• Lead financial oversight of vendor engagements, renewals, purchase orders, invoices, accruals, and Statements of Work
• Serve as the primary contact for vendor billing, reconciliation, and payment issues
• Partner with Procurement and Legal on contract governance, financial due diligence, and negotiation preparation
• Maintain visibility into vendor spend, contractual obligations, renewal timelines, and the procurement pipeline
• Analyze vendor costs and commercial terms to find savings, consolidation, and optimization opportunities
• Supply financial and contractual data for vendor performance reviews
• Establish and support FinOps practices for cloud infrastructure, SaaS, and consumption-based services
• Monitor, forecast, and analyze variable cloud and AI costs, including token-based AI consumption
• Partner with infrastructure, engineering, product, and business teams to improve usage tracking, cost allocation, and forecasting
• Build reporting that gives clear visibility into cloud, SaaS, and AI consumption trends
• Optimize cloud and AI spend while maintaining required service levels
• Implement financial controls, reporting standards, and governance processes across budgeting, procurement, invoicing, and expense management
• Make sure financial activities comply with firm policies and approval requirements
• Drive continuous improvement in process efficiency, data accuracy, and reporting timeliness
• Promote accountability for technology spend across the IT organization

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in IT Finance, Technology Portfolio Management, IT Procurement, Technology Business Management (TBM), vendor management, or a related discipline
• Direct management of a $70M–$100M technology budget, including both OpEx and CapEx (required)
• Proven experience leading budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, financial modeling, and executive reporting for a complex technology organization
• Strong knowledge of procurement, contract administration, purchase orders, invoicing, accruals, and SOWs
• Experience with cloud consumption, SaaS licensing, telecom expenses, infrastructure services, and technology investment portfolios
• Strong analytical and modeling skills, with the ability to identify trends, risks, and savings opportunities
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including presenting complex financial information to CIO- and CFO-level executives
• Ability to work independently and influence stakeholders across IT, Finance, Procurement, Legal, and Operations
• Experience with Elite 3E
• Background in a law firm, professional services firm, or similarly complex corporate environment
• Experience with TBM and FinOps practices
• Familiarity with cloud, SaaS, AI, and consumption-based cost models
• Experience supporting contract negotiations and technology investment governance
• Experience building executive dashboards with FP&A, ERP, procurement, or BI platforms