IT Finance and Planning Analyst at Growth in Value Alliance (GVA) Partners Limited

Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy blueprint, IT solution delivery expertise and business operation improvement capabilities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: IT Finance and Planning Analyst

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Overview

• We looking to hire an IT Finance & Planning Analyst to provide finance, planning support to all IT Units and teams in areas such as investment decisions, budgeting, resource planning and 3rd party supplier management.

Responsibilities

• Establish and execute enterprise-wide IT financial budget planning encompassing capital, operational expenditure, and salary costs amongst others
• Maintain a “dashboard” of financial / non-financial metrics that can be used to monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of services provided by IT to the business areas
• Monitor budget-execution levels reporting any variances to Group CIO, ITEX and other bank stakeholders
• Develop financial models and criteria used to evaluate alternative IT investments
• Assist in the development of business cases supporting the funding of IT projects and perform project profitability analysis after implementation
• Monitor 3rd party invoicing and deliverables as to contract adherence suggesting corrective actions
• Identify ITS cost drivers and make recommendation on strategy for cost containment
• Support the IT Steering Committee ensuring the collection of information, report preparation, distribution and follow-up of deliberations.
• Plan and conduct IT staff recruitment and other IT events for the group in alliance with relevant stakeholders (HR, etc.)
• Application Vendor and service provider assessment
• Effectively undertake other tasks as assigned by the IT Leadership

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Management Information System or a related IT Management discipline.
• 1-5 years professional IT Governance/Finance management experience and supervisory assignment in a mature technology environment
• Project Management, Process improvement and Professional certifications are desirable. e.g., ITIL, COBIT5, ISO 20000, PMP.
• MSC / MBA would be an added advantage.

Skills / Competencies:

• Basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting.
• Financial control, management and governance Skill
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Contract and vendor negotiation
• Self-Management
• Interpersonal Skills
• Value assessment Skill
• Analytical Skills/ Problem solving.

Application Closing Date
26th September, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] , [email protected] and [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.