Business Manager / Administrator

• Maintain monthly financial and headcount forecast, including coordination and creation of annual budget
• Produce monthly financial reports for department heads including explains for all variances and tracking of capitalization / P&L to plan
• Review month end accruals, prepayments and postings to ensure accurate monthly financials
• Review purchase / spend requests for adherence to budget
• Review and create project allocation keys to facilitate accurate cost discernments, ensuring appropriate review and sign off with the business
• Contribute to regional budget and cost reviews as required
• Monitor hiring pipeline in compliance with headcount targets
• Manage hiring, onboarding and offboarding process for employees and vendors, including completion of administration of joiner/leaver process, coordination with HR and updating forecasts and headcount records
• Oversee sourcing process and flag issues where sourcing delays are impacting delivery against commitments
• Maintain organizational information including org charts, occupancy plans and HR Systems as required
• Ensure group compliance for mandatory training, appraisals, timesheets, etc
• Prepare reports and presentations for WS CIO IT BU Leads, Global WS CIO and regional department heads
• Assist WS Technology staff of all levels with ad hoc / day-to-day requests
• Identify opportunities for process optimization within the team
• Liaise with regional technology teams as required

Skills & Experience:

• Execution - Detail-oriented and structred in approach to prioritization, analysis, planning and reporting; Able to multi-task, manage multiple projects and work under pressure to deliver high-quality outcomes
• Motivation - Sets high standards for self and others with a strong desire to overachieve on agreed objectives
• Service Framework - Leverages, supports and builds shared services to deliver globally consistent output and reporting using global source, enterprise data
• Stakeholder Management - Team player with good communication skills, able to work effectively with team members of all levels across geographies and time zones
• Financial Management - Experience with forecasting and budgeting; confident with concepts of Cash, P&L, Capitalization and Accruals; Ability to analyze and present financial reports related to cost of technology
• Analysis and Process Improvement - Demonstrated problem solving skills and experience driving efficiency
• Tools - Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Apptio/TCO; Strong Excel capability with confidence managing large and complex datasets (Pivot Tables, Data Tables, Power Query, formulas, etc.