Technology FinOps Lead / Manager

CDW; Illinois; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus target of 10%

Job summary

CDW is seeking a Technology FinOps Lead to establish and run an integrated financial management capability that gives leaders clear, actionable visibility into technology spend, consumption, capacity, and value.

You will partner with Technology, Finance, Strategic Sourcing and delivery teams to simplify processes, automate reporting, define taxonomies, and improve forecast accuracy and cost control, including cloud and AI consumption, contract labor, and capitalization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate finance, strategic finance, finance transformation, or technology financial management, with people management experience OR 11 years of such experience.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, cost management, and reporting skills.
• Structured problem-solving and process-improvement experience to map current-state, design future-state, and implement improvements.
• Ability to analyze complex financial data and translate into recommendations for senior leaders.
• Experience building business cases, scenario analyses, cost-benefit analyses, and executive-level reporting.
• Ability to connect financial information to operational drivers like capacity, consumption, vendor commitments, and priorities.
• Advanced Excel and financial reporting, data analysis, and visualization capabilities.
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional change and simplify ambiguous problems.
• Experience partnering across Technology, Finance, Strategic Sourcing/Procurement, vendors, and leadership.
• Experience in management consulting, finance transformation, or IT finance is a plus.
• Familiarity with process mapping, root-cause analysis, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methods is a plus.
• Experience with software costs, labor, cloud, managed services, or consumption-based tech services is a plus.
• Knowledge of FinOps, TBM, or IT financial management concepts is a plus.
• Exposure to technology sourcing and vendor management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead an integrated financial management capability for technology spend, consumption, capacity, and value.
• Combine software vendor management with financial management of contract labor, cloud and AI consumption, managed services, and investments.
• Improve predictability and transparency of Technology costs and simplify, standardize, and automate financial processes.
• Partner with Technology, Finance, Strategic Sourcing, engineering, and program leaders to understand spend drivers and opportunities.
• Design scalable budgeting, forecasting, time reporting, and cost allocation processes including capitalization and cloud/AI consumption.
• Reduce manual reconciliations and isolated reporting by establishing common taxonomies and controls.
• Improve data quality and flow between operational and financial systems; establish operating rhythms.
• Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives and measure impact on forecast accuracy and cost control.

Skills

Budgeting & forecasting

Cost management

Executive communication

Problem solving

Financial analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Vendor management

Time reporting

FinOps TBM concepts

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree with 7 years experience, or 11 years experience in relevant fields

Tools

Power BI

Workday

Apptio/TBM

Cloud cost-management tools

Job description

The Technology FinOps Lead is responsible for establishing and leading an integrated financial management capability for CDW Technology, providing leaders with clear, consistent, and actionable visibility into Technology spend, consumption, capacity, and value.

This role brings together existing software vendor management and sourcing responsibilities with financial management of contract labor, cloud consumption, AI consumption, managed services, global delivery resources, capitalization, and Technology investments.

The role will improve the predictability and transparency of Technology costs while simplifying, standardizing, and improving the underlying financial processes used to plan, track, allocate, forecast, and manage those costs.

The FinOps Lead will partner closely with Technology leadership, Finance, Strategic Sourcing, engineering and infrastructure teams, and program leaders to understand what Technology is spending, why it is being spent, how that spend aligns with priorities, and where opportunities exist to optimize cost and improve value.

Assess current Technology financial processes and identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and strengthen controls.

Design and implement scalable processes for budgeting, forecasting, time reporting, software and vendor spend, contract labor, capitalization, cost allocation, cloud consumption, AI consumption, and management reporting.

Reduce reliance on manual reconciliations, disconnected spreadsheets, inconsistent definitions, and one-off reporting processes.

Establish common financial taxonomies and definitions so Technology and Finance have a consistent view of costs, commitments, forecasts, and variances.

Improve the flow and reconciliation of information between Technology operational processes and financial systems.

Develop repeatable monthly and quarterly operating rhythms for reviewing forecasts, spend, commitments, risks, and opportunities.

Identify opportunities to automate recurring reporting and financial processes using available data, analytics, and workflow capabilities.

Establish process documentation, metrics, and controls that improve data quality, timeliness, consistency, and accountability.

Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives requiring coordination across Technology, Finance, Strategic Sourcing, vendors, and delivery teams.

Measure whether redesigned processes are delivering tangible improvements in forecast predictability, reporting cycle time, data quality, financial visibility, cost control, and decision-making.

• Bachelor's degree and 7 years of experience in management consulting, corporate finance, strategic finance, finance transformation, or technology financial management, with experience solving complex business and financial problems and 1 year of people management experience, OR 11 years of experience in management consulting, corporate finance, strategic finance, finance transformation, or technology financial management, with experience solving complex business and financial problems and 1 year of people management experience.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, cost management, and management reporting.
• Demonstrated experience using structured problem-solving and process-improvement methods to assess current-state processes, identify root causes, design future-state solutions, and implement sustainable improvements.
• Ability to analyze complex financial and operational data and translate findings into clear recommendations and decisions for senior leaders.
• Experience developing business cases, scenario analyses, cost-benefit analyses, and executive-level financial reporting.
• Ability to connect financial information with operational drivers such as workforce capacity, technology consumption, vendor commitments, project activity, and business priorities.
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including advanced proficiency with Excel and experience with financial reporting, data analysis, and visualization.
• Demonstrated ability to bring structure to ambiguous problems, challenge existing processes, and drive cross-functional change from problem identification through implementation.
• Ability to partner effectively across Technology, Finance, Strategic Sourcing/Procurement, vendors, and business leadership.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including the ability to simplify complex financial and operational issues into actionable insights.
• Experience in management consulting, finance transformation, technology strategy, or Technology/IT finance, a plus.
• Experience applying methodologies such as process mapping, root-cause analysis, Lean, continuous improvement, or similar structured improvement approaches, a plus
• Experience working with significant Technology cost categories such as software, contract labor, cloud, managed services, or consumption-based technology services, a plus.
• Familiarity with FinOps, Technology Business Management (TBM), or IT financial management concepts, a plus.
• Exposure to technology sourcing, vendor management, contract negotiations, or software portfolio management, a plus.
• Experience with Technology capitalization, labor allocation, project financial management, or time-reporting processes, a plus.
• Experience with financial, analytical, or reporting platforms such as Power BI, Workday, Apptio/TBM solutions, or cloud cost-management tools, a plus.
• FinOps Foundation, finance, accounting, Lean/Six Sigma, or related professional certification is a plus but not required, a plus.

• Annual bonus target of 10%, subject to terms and conditions of plan

You don't need deep technical expertise, but you should be comfortable exploring how AI can enhance strategy, decision-making, and team performance. Your role includes guiding others in building confidence and capability with AI tools and practices, while promoting openness to experimentation and shared learning. During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. We welcome thoughtful use of AI to expand your perspective and elevate how you share your story, while ensuring your application remains rooted in your own background, judgment, and voice.

CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what's possible through technology. At CDW we act as one - building trust, speaking candidly, and working together to achieve more. That's why we think of ourselves as coworkers, not just employees - working together to solve complex challenges and deliver real impact for our customers and communities.

As a full-stack, full-lifecycle technology partner, CDW brings deep expertise, strong relationships, and broad industry knowledge to help turn ideas into outcomes. When you join CDW, you become part of a collaborative environment where your work matters, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape what's next.

Together, we deliver the full promise of what technology can do. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.