Private Cloud Finance & Procurement Director

NTT DATA, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA/FSA

Life and AD&D insurance

Disability coverage

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Employee assistance program

Job summary

NTT DATA, Inc. is seeking a Finance and Procurement Director in Austin, TX to lead finance, procurement governance, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for a private cloud account.

The role partners with account leadership and stakeholders to optimize cash, margin, and cost controls while ensuring compliance with GAAP, FAR, and CAS. The position is hybrid in Austin with travel up to 10% and requires strong cross-functional collaboration and executive-level advisory skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, supply chain, or related field, or equivalent experience
• At least 8 of experience in finance, procurement, commercial operations, or account financial management, preferably supporting technology, cloud, infrastructure, or managed services environments
• Proven record of success leading finance and procurement operations, improving cost controls, supporting executive decision-making, and achieving account business goals
• Strong knowledge of accounting, financial practices, procurement governance, vendor management, purchase order processes, and sourcing controls
• Strong knowledge of commercial finance and public sector account management, including orders, sales, backlog, procurement tracking, and customer-facing financial reporting
• Thorough knowledge of financial, tax, procurement, compliance, and legal best practices with a proven ability to provide sound and ethical counsel to executive leadership
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and trade-off decision-making skills
• Strong experience leading cross-functional stakeholders, supporting customer-facing discussions, and achieving program and business goals
• Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
• Superb time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities under strict deadlines
• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools and financial reporting applications

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning and analysis, accounting coordination, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and procurement oversight for private cloud services delivery
• Support senior leadership on financial management, including cash position, margin performance, revenue tracking, cost controls, and business objective achievement
• Lead tracking of orders, sales, backlog, purchase orders, vendor commitments, and procurement milestones on a recurring basis
• Prepare and present weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial forecasts, financial reporting packages, procurement status updates, and actual performance against plan
• Provide quarterly profit margin analysis and advise leadership on actionable recommendations to improve margin performance, cost efficiency, and account profitability
• Prepare and distribute monthly financial reporting, including balance sheet, income statement, account performance, and procurement-related reporting
• Ensure appropriate accounting standards, procurement controls, approval processes, and reporting requirements are followed in a timely manner
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, customer, and organizational laws, regulations, guidelines, and best practices, including tax laws, GAAP, FAR, CAS, and procurement policies
• Organize and lead accounts payable, purchase order tracking, vendor invoice coordination, and cash management activities with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Lead engagement with external auditors, procurement reviewers, and customer-facing stakeholders for financial, sourcing, and compliance reviews
• Partner with insurance providers, risk teams, and contract stakeholders to support appropriate coverage and risk management across the business
• Develop and implement operating systems, controls, and processes to optimize finance, procurement, vendor management, and account business operations
• Perform other duties as required

Skills

Financial planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Procurement governance

Vendor management

GAAP/FAR/CAS knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance/business/supply chain

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Financial reporting apps

Job description

NTT DATA, Inc. is seeking a Finance and Procurement Director in Austin, TX to lead finance, procurement governance, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for a private cloud account.

The role partners with account leadership and stakeholders to optimize cash, margin, and cost controls while ensuring compliance with GAAP, FAR, and CAS. The position is hybrid in Austin with travel up to 10% and requires strong cross-functional collaboration and executive-level advisory skills.