IT Financials Analysis Manager - Full-time

• The Manager, Financial Analysis- Information Technology (IT) is responsible for managing the IT business operations (financial accounting/procurement processes, assisting IT leaders on P&L management/variance analysis for IT cost centers, COGNOS planning process execution, budget planning, etc.). This will include leading proactive business decision making activities and providing effective financial analysis support to the IT leadership along with their respective organizations.
• The Manager, Financial Analysis – IT is responsible for developing and implementing an effective usage model for our project management software and our budgeting/financial reporting software to manage P&L’s and project costs. This includes refining our current approach in using Clarity and implementing and monitoring usage of both systems to ensure accurate, timely information on a monthly basis to use in budget analysis.
• Additionally, the Manager Financial Analysis - IT will assist the IT and business teams in developing analytical ROI studies and recommendations on potential projects to support decision making in the project selection process as well as assess benefit realization post implementation. The Manager, Financial Analysis –IT will manage a small team and will participate in the IT leadership team on budgeting, project cost management, and related activities.

Responsibilities

• Effectively partner with the IT leadership team and personnel in their respective organizations to identify information technology opportunities that favorably impact business results and/or information technology cost structure, and evaluate the associated projects’ cost/benefit impacts of implementing and sustaining the resulting environments.
• Provide the IT leadership team with timely, accurate and relevant analyses of operations and monthly financial performance and prospective impacts. Provide direction for journal entries and invoice processing to ensure financial liabilities are accurately reported.
• Manage small team of analysts & Clarity administrators
• Perform monthly reconciliation of the Clarity data to the company’s PeopleSoft and Cognos Planning system
• Monitor, track, and trend all corporate allocations. Proactively address anomalies.
• Partner with the Corporate Finance Team(s) to troubleshoot and analyze financial questions.
• Facilitate the identification of capital requirements, prepare financial evaluations of capital projects and provide related business decision support, monitor compliance with corporate guidelines and policies, and monitor and control spending.
• Assist in the development and analysis of Information Technology forecasts and budget.
• Provide support to the IT leadership team in the development and tracking of spending plans including cost reduction programs.
• Actively participate in the process to identify IT costs and consumption of IT services to enable allocations by usage to the Business owners.
• Support and maintain the process to accurately develop service costs. Monitor accuracy of cost reporting mechanisms of the operation. Assist in the ongoing process to monitor actual performance of service costs and evaluate impacts to unit costs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field.
• 8-10 years’ experience in finance or accounting with a concentration in business analytics is preferred
• Business knowledge of IT and project management functions is beneficial
• Experience with Clarity Project and Portfolio Management system is preferred
• Experience with Cognos Planning is preferred

Closing Statement

In the 1920's, America fell in love with the automobile. More and more vehicles began traveling the roads, creating a need for an auto parts distribution system that could keep pace with the demand to keep our automobiles running. In 1925, NAPA was founded to meet those needs. Since then, we've sped our way to become a powerhouse in the auto parts industry. Fueled by the popularity of the automobile, our name can now be seen on over 5,800 stores, 58 distribution centers, and 13,000 NAPA AutoCare facilities across the country, and we're not stopping there.

Our 80 years of experience has made us an industry leader, but don't let our age lead you to believe we can't keep up with the changing times. We're not your grandfather's NAPA. As our vehicles become more advanced, we've adapted our business in ways that allow us to stay ahead of the curve. We're constantly updating our inventory of over 500,000 parts, opening new stores, reaching out to customers in new ways, and most importantly, we're hiring new talent to join our ranks.

It's an exciting time to join our team and we need people like you to help us accelerate our business into the future. Our growth depends on the dedication and enthusiasm of our employees. At NAPA, we want to continue to expand our presence, but at the heart of our business we just love automobiles. That's probably one of the reasons you're visiting this page. You share our passion to help customers, both retail and wholesale, keep their vehicles running. At NAPA, you'll be part a team that's building on an 80-year legacy of NAPA KNOW HOW, backed by the best employees in the world.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.