IT FP&A Lead: Budgeting, Forecasting & IT Cost Analysis

KBR; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life insurance

Flexible spending account

Job summary

KBR is seeking an IT FP&A Manager for our Houston-based hybrid role to lead budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis of IT costs. You will partner with IT leadership, Corporate FP&A and accounting to provide clear financial insight, challenge assumptions and drive cost optimisation across operating and capital expenditures.

Responsibilities include developing forecasting models, preparing management reports, and coordinating inputs from budget owners while ensuring accuracy and timeliness

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics or a related discipline.
• Recognised accounting qualification, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent preferred; an MBA would also be advantageous.
• At least six years of progressive FP&A, commercial finance, IT finance or related financial experience.
• Demonstrable experience of budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and variance analysis.
• Experience managing or analysing technology costs, corporate functions or other complex shared-service expenditure.
• Experience developing or managing cost-allocation and recovery models.
• Strong understanding of operating expenditure, capital expenditure, depreciation and cash-flow forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual budget, periodic forecast and long-range planning processes for IT.
• Develop detailed forecasts by IT function, service, initiative, project and cost category.
• Partner with IT leaders and budget owners to understand operational requirements, workforce plans, contracts, project expenditure and other cost drivers.
• Provide clear analysis of actual and forecast IT performance against budget, prior forecast and prior year.
• Produce concise executive-level commentary explaining key variances, risks, opportunities and required management actions.
• Maintain clear visibility over IT operating expenditure, capital investment, depreciation, cash flow and total cost.
• Develop and maintain transparent forecasting models for IT cost allocations and recoveries.
• Analyse allocation and recovery outcomes, including under-recovery, over-recovery, stranded-cost and forecast risks.
• Help regional and business finance teams understand IT charges, allocation drivers and the effect of changes in IT costs or consumption.
• Partner with IT leadership and Corporate FP&A to assess investment proposals, business cases, sourcing decisions and cost-efficiency opportunities.
• Undertake scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis to support technology, operational and financial decisions.
• Monitor IT initiatives and portfolios against approved budgets, forecasts and expected financial outcomes.
• Produce regular IT financial dashboards and decision-support materials for the CIO, IT leadership, STS Ops CFO, Director of FP&A and Senior Manager, Corporate FP&A.
• Coordinate the timely collection, review and consolidation of financial inputs from IT budget owners and relevant finance teams.

Skills

Excel

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting Finance Business Economics or related discipline

CPA/ACCA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent

MBA advantageous

Tools

Oracle EPM

Oracle FCCS

Deltek Costpoint

SAP

Dynamics 365

Apptio

Job description

KBR is seeking an IT FP&A Manager for our Houston-based hybrid role to lead budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis of IT costs. You will partner with IT leadership, Corporate FP&A and accounting to provide clear financial insight, challenge assumptions and drive cost optimisation across operating and capital expenditures.

Responsibilities include developing forecasting models, preparing management reports, and coordinating inputs from budget owners while ensuring accuracy and timeliness