VP Technology - Finance

Are you a strategic finance leader with a passion for technology and innovation? Join Crawford & Company as our VP Technology – Finance, where you'll serve as the senior finance partner to our global technology organization. What You'll Do Partner closely with the CFO and CIO to align technology investments with business strategy. Lead financial planning, budgeting, capital allocation, and investment governance across the technology portfolio. Drive smart decision-making around technology spending, balancing cost optimization with business value and ROI. Provide executive-level insights into financial performance, risks, and digital transformation initiatives. Enhance financial transparency, strengthen controls, and ensure technology investments deliver measurable business outcomes. What We're Looking For Senior-level finance leadership experience supporting technology organizations. Strong expertise in financial planning, investment analysis, and capital management. Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive strategic outcomes. Experience evaluating large-scale technology and digital transformation investments. Be a key leader shaping the future of technology investments at a global organization while working in a collaborative hybrid environment in Atlanta. Responsibilities IT Financial Strategy Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long‑range financial plan for the global IT function. Partner with CIO and IT leadership to align spend with strategic priorities. Analyze run‑rate, project, labor, infrastructure, software, and vendor costs. Provide variance analysis and actionable insights on IT operating and capital expenditures. Business Partnership with CIO & IT Leadership Serve as the primary finance partner to the CIO and senior IT leaders. Translate technology initiatives into financial impacts, risks, and return expectations. Support prioritization of projects based on business value, affordability, and strategic alignment. Provide decision support for trade‑offs across technology investments. Lead FinOps and cloud financial strategy, including cost optimization and transparency. Evaluate CapEx vs OpEx trade‑offs and financial impacts of technology investments. Drive scalable, cost‑efficient cloud economics aligned with enterprise capital allocation priorities. Deliver actionable insights on cloud spend, unit economics, and ROI. Technology Investment Governance / Portfolio Management Review and challenge business cases for major IT initiatives, digital transformation, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and system implementations. Refine and implement financial governance best practices around project funding, benefits tracking, and post‑implementation reviews. Monitor project financial performance, including budget‑to‑actuals and expected ROI. Ensure disciplined capital allocation across the technology portfolio. IT Cost Management & Optimization Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and optimize IT cost structure. Evaluate and recommend approach – Build vs. Buy vs. Outsource. Evaluate spend across applications, software licenses, infrastructure, cloud, telecom, contractors, and managed services. Support benchmarking and cost transparency initiatives. Drive accountability for spend management and productivity improvements across IT. Capital Expenditure & Accounting Alignment Oversee financial treatment of IT investments, including capitalization of software development and implementation costs where applicable. Partner with controllership and accounting teams to ensure compliance with accounting policies and internal controls. Monitor capex budgets and depreciation/amortization impacts. Support audit and documentation requirements related to IT financial activity. Provide financial support for major IT vendor negotiations, renewals, and contract reviews. Evaluate pricing structures, consumption trends, and total cost of ownership. Partner with procurement and legal to assess financial risk and commercial terms. Monitor commitments, savings realization, and budget impacts from third‑party agreements. Reporting, KPI Development & Executive Communication Lead and present monthly and quarterly IT financial reporting packages for executive leadership. Optimize dashboards and KPIs focused on spend, project delivery, capital usage, productivity, and value realization. Summarize financial risks, opportunities, and key decisions in an executive‑ready manner. Support board and audit committee level technology finance reporting as needed. Process Improvement / Transformation Support Improve IT finance processes, tools, governance, and reporting discipline. Support finance transformation initiatives impacting technology spend management and transparency. Drive standardization of planning assumptions, cost allocations, and project tracking methodologies. Promote a culture of accountability, business partnership, and continuous improvement. Upholds the Crawford Code of Conduct. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Technology/Engineering. An MBA, or CFA, strongly preferred. Minimum 15 years' of progressive finance and/or technology experience; minimum 5 years in a senior leadership role (VP/Head‑level or equivalent). 5–10+ years of experience supporting technology, IT, or large enterprise cost functions. Experience working in a public company and controls environment. Background in transformation programs (AI, Cloud, or large scale modernization), preferred. Prior IT finance leader title, preferred. Strong analytical, verbal and written communication, people, project management and organizational skills. Leadership skills, presence, and ability to interact with all levels in the organization and vendors. Excellent interpersonal skills to liaise with cross‑functional teams. Demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects, effectively prioritize, manage others, and meet deadlines. Highly motivated, creative, articulate, and results oriented. Ability to grow and change with the organization. Flexible and able to operate in fast paced, changing environment. Able to influence and negotiate, both internally and externally. Ability to work in an organized, detailed manner under tight deadlines. Ability to grasp complex issues quickly. Outstanding communication skills, ability to present complex financial and technology concepts in simple terms. Strong team building and people development skills. Experience with enterprise financial systems (e.g., Oracle – EPM, PeopleSoft), preferred. Must complete continuing education requirements as outlined by Crawford Educational Services. Benefits Competitive base pay Bonus/Incentive Pay and other Performance‑Based Rewards, if applicable. Medical, Dental and Vision Plans Prescription Drugs HSA, HRA, and FSA Accounts Paid Holidays, Vacation and Sick Leave 401(k) Retirement Plan Tuition Assistance Enhanced Mental Health Support Virtual Physical Therapy Caregiving Services Life Assistance Program Training programs that promote continuous learning and career progression while enhancing job performance. Sustainability programs that give back to the communities in which we live and work. A culture of respect, collaboration, entrepreneurial spirit and inclusion. Crawford & Company participates in E‑Verify and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V. Crawford & Company is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Crawford via e‑mail, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from Crawford HR/Recruitment will be deemed the sole property of Crawford. 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