IT/Finance Analytics Project Manager

IT Finance Reporting & Analytics Project Manager

Purpose

Own the IT finance reporting and analytics area end-to-end, with a strong focus on budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, and translating financial data into clear recommendations and improvement initiatives. This role is primarily for someone with a strong finance controlling background who can work independently in a small team, partner closely with financial controllers, and coordinate the implementation of new reporting and analytics solutions across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the IT finance reporting cycle, ensuring high-quality budget, forecast, and actuals reporting

• Work closely with financial controllers from different business areas to understand their data, reporting logic, and business needs

• Analyze financial data, identify deviations, trends, and optimization opportunities, and turn them into actionable recommendations

• Lead and coordinate reporting, analytics, and process improvement initiatives from idea to implementation

• Organize and facilitate workshops with controllers and other stakeholders to define needs, align solutions, and support change adoption

• Standardize reporting templates and improve the overall reporting framework and ways of working

• Build and enhance advanced Excel-based reporting solutions, consolidations, and analytical models

• Use Power Query to automate and streamline data flows and reporting processes

• Work with Power BI on a solid intermediate level - navigate dashboards, understand data models, and support/reporting development in cooperation with technical teams

• Coordinate implementation of new solutions and ensure they are properly embedded in day-to-day work

• Prepare clear management summaries and support decision-making with structured financial insights

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong background in Finance, FP&A, or Controlling - this is the key requirement

• Very good understanding of how financial controlling works, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, reporting cycles, and cost structures

• Ability to understand how controllers operate across different areas and how they work with financial data

• Advanced Excel skills - expert level, including complex formulas, reporting logic, data analysis, dashboards, and automation-related features

• Strong Power Query skills and experience in building automated or semi-automated reporting flows

• Power BI on at least intermediate level - enough to work independently with the tool, understand its capabilities, and collaborate effectively with developers or technical support teams

• Experience in turning analysis into recommendations, improvement plans, and implementation roadmaps

• Experience in coordinating projects or initiatives across multiple stakeholders

• Strong communication and workshop facilitation skills

• Fluent English

Nice to have

• Experience in IT Finance

• General understanding of IT cost structures and IT-related financial topics

• Experience working in a matrix organization or large international environment

You'll be joining

• a small team, where each person owns a different area

• a role that is highly independent, but requires close cooperation with financial controllers and multiple stakeholders across the global organization

• a position that combines expert-level financial analysis, reporting ownership, and coordination of implementation activities

• an environment where finance knowledge is more important than technical IT expertise, but confidence in working with reporting tools is essential