Strategic IT Finance Controller – Budget & Investment

avacone Switzerland; Basel; Vor Ort; CHF 110.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

avacone Switzerland seeks an IT Controller to provide strategic financial leadership for Corporate IT in Basel. You will align technology priorities with FP&A, produce forecasts, and shape workforce plans while partnering with IT leadership and key governance bodies.

The role requires strong experience in large, regulated environments, ERP systems, and automation initiatives, delivering clear financial insights and pragmatic recommendations for investment decisions.

Qualifikationen

• Experience working within a large, international, or highly regulated organisation.
• Familiarity with technology operating models, infrastructure services, software delivery, cloud economics, and product-based organisations.
• Knowledge of Agile, DevOps, and traditional project delivery methodologies.
• Experience with major ERP and enterprise portfolio-management platforms.
• Working knowledge of Oracle Fusion and ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management.
• Experience delivering finance-process automation or transformation initiatives.

Aufgaben

• Lead budgeting and financial controlling for the Corporate IT function, managing an annual budget.
• Act as finance business partner to the Head of Corporate IT, supporting strategic planning, budgeting and investment decisions.
• Serve as the primary finance partner for an assigned IT business area, developing a strong understanding of its strategy, operating model, technology roadmap, and financial drivers.
• Translate technology plans into robust in-year forecasts, budgets, and multi-year financial outlooks.
• Support IT leadership in achieving accurate financial outcomes, with a target variance between forecast and actual expenditure of no more than 1%.
• Provide forward-looking advice on cost pressures, investment capacity, financial risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with Strategic Vendor Management, Enterprise Architecture, Software Asset Management, and other teams within IT Strategy and Governance.
• Assess the financial impact of vendor agreements, contract renewals, inflation, commercial renegotiations, and multi-year commitments.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate services, simplify the technology landscape, automate activities, and reduce recurring operating expenditure across aligned lines of business.

Kenntnisse

Experience in international/regulated

Tech operating models

Agile/DevOps knowledge

ERP/portfolio-management platforms

Oracle Fusion/ServiceNow SPM

Finance process automation

Tools

Oracle Fusion

ServiceNow SPM

Jobbeschreibung

avacone Switzerland seeks an IT Controller to provide strategic financial leadership for Corporate IT in Basel. You will align technology priorities with FP&A, produce forecasts, and shape workforce plans while partnering with IT leadership and key governance bodies.

The role requires strong experience in large, regulated environments, ERP systems, and automation initiatives, delivering clear financial insights and pragmatic recommendations for investment decisions.