Thisis a criticalposition with primary responsibility for opex and capex budget preparation, analysis, reporting, forecasting and presentation for IMG Network Services. The individual in this position must become intimately familiar with the complexity and diversity of an annual operating budget in excess of $220M, and a capital budget in excess of $20M annually.In this role you will be the primary subject matter expert for all financially related processes, policies, practices, and reporting requirements for Network Services. The position will provide general work guidance, priority, and direction for a staff of 3-4 budget analysts.
Essential Functions:
- Directs the analysis of enterprise-wide or very complex client systems needs in project areas such as new business operating models.
- Influences IT cross-functional and/or cross divisional relationships in order to see the successful attainment of Network Services goals and initiatives.
- May establish IT cross-functional task forces.
- Directs the development of comprehensive and strategic business cases with cost/benefit/ROI dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at
management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.Presents completed business cases to leadership for approvals.
- Selects or develops a customized methodology for the analysis and definition of efficient, cost effective solutions that support client business processes
and functional requirements.
- Evaluates alternative operational efficiencies.
- Directs/conducts the analysis of current business operating expense and capital expense investments.
- Regularly analyzes operating and capital expense results for accuracy, trends, and performance against established targets.
- Prepares monthly expense reporting packages for presentation to Network Services executive leadership.
- Primary responsibility for the preparation, review and approval of regularly scheduled budget forecasts conducted 4 times per year.
- Consults with senior Network Services and IMG Finance leadership to inform of significant risk and opportunities in opex and capex budgets.
- Provides subject mater expertise to cross-divisional, common business areas.
- Chooses, recommends, creates and/or adopts techniques, standards and methodologies to apply.
- Makes recommendations for improvements to Network Services process and procedure with regard to financial management
- Provides on-going communication.
- Manages shared resource demands.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent experience.
- A minimum of 12 years of experience in documenting functional requirements, analyzes business process, and develops business cases to support IT solutions.
- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.
- Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards.
- Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories.
- Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.
- Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Viewed as functional expert in field within Kaiser Permanente.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.