# VP Technology – Finance

## About the Role

This is a senior finance leadership position based in Atlanta, GA, with a hybrid work arrangement. The role serves as the main finance partner to the global technology organization and works closely with the CFO, CIO, and senior IT leaders.

The position exists to connect technology spending with business strategy, strengthen financial governance, and improve decision-making across the technology portfolio. It covers planning, budgeting, capital allocation, investment review, cloud financial management, and executive reporting.

A major focus of the role is to improve transparency around IT and cloud spend, support sound capital deployment, and ensure technology investments deliver clear business value and return.

## Key Responsibilities

– Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning for the global IT function.
– Partner with the CIO and IT leadership to align spending with strategic priorities and evaluate trade-offs across technology investments.
– Serve as the primary finance partner to senior technology leaders, translating initiatives into financial impact, risk, and return expectations.
– Analyze run-rate, project, labor, infrastructure, software, and vendor costs, and provide variance analysis with actionable insights on operating and capital spend.
– Review and challenge business cases for major IT initiatives, including digital transformation, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and system implementations.
– Lead FinOps and cloud financial management, with a focus on cost optimization, transparency, CapEx vs. OpEx analysis, cloud economics, unit economics, and ROI.
– Oversee IT cost management efforts, including build vs. buy vs. outsource evaluations, benchmarking, cost transparency, and productivity improvements.
– Manage financial governance for project funding, benefits tracking, post-implementation reviews, and capital allocation across the technology portfolio.
– Oversee capitalization treatment for software development and implementation costs where applicable, and partner with controllership and accounting on policies, controls, depreciation/amortization, and audit documentation.
– Support major vendor negotiations, renewals, and contract reviews; evaluate pricing, consumption trends, total cost of ownership, and commercial risk with procurement and legal.
– Lead monthly and quarterly IT financial reporting, dashboards, and KPI development for executive leadership, with support for board and audit committee reporting as needed.
– Improve IT finance processes, tools, planning assumptions, cost allocations, and project tracking methodologies.
– Uphold the Crawford Code of Conduct.

## Required Skills

– Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Technology/Engineering.
– 15+ years of progressive finance and/or technology experience.
– 5+ years in a senior leadership role at VP/Head level or equivalent.
– 5–10+ years supporting technology, IT, or large enterprise cost functions.
– Experience working in a public company and controls environment.
– Experience evaluating large-scale technology and digital transformation investments.
– Strong background in financial planning, investment analysis, and capital management.
– Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive strategic outcomes.
– Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex finance and technology topics clearly.
– Leadership presence and the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization and with vendors.
– Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate across functions.
– Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize effectively, lead others, and meet deadlines.
– Ability to influence and negotiate both internally and externally.
– Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working under tight deadlines.
– Ability to understand complex issues quickly.
– Strong team-building and people development skills.
– Highly motivated, creative, articulate, results-oriented, adaptable, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
– Must complete continuing education requirements as outlined by Crawford Educational Services.

## Preferred Skills

– MBA or CFA.
– Background in transformation programs such as AI, cloud, or large-scale modernization.
– Prior IT finance leader title.
– Experience with enterprise financial systems such as Oracle EPM or PeopleSoft.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

**Cloud Providers**
– Cloud (provider not specified)

**Enterprise Financial Systems**
– Oracle EPM
– PeopleSoft

**Reporting & BI**
– Dashboards
– KPIs
– Monthly and quarterly executive reporting packages

**Other Technologies / Domains Explicitly Mentioned**
– AI
– Cybersecurity
– Infrastructure
– Software development
– System implementations
– Applications
– Software licenses
– Telecom
– Managed services
– Digital transformation

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Lead FinOps and cloud financial strategy with a focus on cost optimization and transparency.
– Evaluate CapEx vs. OpEx trade-offs for technology investments.
– Drive cloud economics that align with enterprise capital allocation priorities.
– Provide insights on cloud spend, unit economics, and ROI.
– Support standardization of planning assumptions, cost allocations, and project tracking methodologies.
– Improve spend visibility, cost transparency, and accountability across IT.

## Benefits

– Competitive base pay.
– Bonus/incentive pay and other performance-based rewards, if applicable.
– Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
– Prescription drug coverage.
– HSA, HRA, and FSA accounts.
– Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
– 401(k) retirement plan.
– Tuition assistance.
– Paid parental leave.
– Supplemental health benefits.
– Enhanced mental health support.
– Virtual physical therapy.
– Caregiving services.
– Life Assistance Program.
– Training programs that support continuous learning and career progression.
– Sustainability programs that support the communities where employees live and work.

## Useful Links

– Company Website: www.crawco.com

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers senior ownership of technology finance across a global organization, with direct partnership with the CFO and CIO. It spans budgeting, forecasting, capital allocation, FinOps, vendor oversight, and executive reporting. The remit also includes improving financial controls, transparency, and governance for major technology investments. For an experienced IT finance leader, it provides broad scope and visibility across senior leadership, with board and audit committee reporting support as needed.