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THE ROLE The Senior Manager, KMTS Operational Performance will report into the KMTS Head of Planning & Governance and will be responsible for developing, presenting and managing the IT budget; providing transparency to IT costs; managing cost allocation chargeback principles; and measuring the benefits of IT investments. This will be done while defining and embracing operation excellence principles and tools to create sustainable improvement within KMTS. Key functions and deliverables: • Supports the CTKO and the KMTS Leadership Team in budgeting, forecasting, and other financial areas; • Develops and controls the annual KMTS budget to ensure that it’s consistent with the overall strategic objectives of IT and the enterprise and is within plan while supporting a culture of continuous cost optimisation; • Develops and maintains key metrics, identifies areas for improvement and implements new processes and procedures to improve operational efficiency within KMTS.
MAIN DUTIES
• Provide variance analysis comparing actual technology spend versus plan, forecast, and prior year; • Perform and coordinate project-based financial analysis and modeling to support reporting of the operation and investment spend. Including assisting in business case preparation and submission for technology investments; • Review KMTS results with KMTS Leadership team on a regular basis to highlight performance and coordinate on forecasts; • Support the Annual Planning and Quarterly Forecasting process for KMTS; • Create insightful and actionable analyses to explain and act upon KMTS financial and operational performance while creating recurring or ad-hoc reports and models for the purpose of allowing KMTS leadership to make data driven decisions; • Analyse data to identify operational trends and opportunities for improvement; • Coordinate and drive improvement initiatives across KMTS teams to ensure successful implementation of best practice and operational improvements; • Prepare reports on financial and operational performance, including benchmarks against industry standards or best practices.
Note: The essential functions listed in this section are not exhaustive of the job responsibilities; other duties may be assigned consistently with the department needs.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, mathematics, business, finance, economics, computer science or related field.
WORK EXPERIENCE
• 8+ years of professional experience managing IT budgets and processes with experience establishing standards for IT teams to follow; • Developing new processes to streamline IT performance and operations; • Solid experience working in cross-functional teams or projects; • Success in influencing and negotiating across teams and co-developing IT relevant process with Finance teams; • Deep understanding of IT budget, cost, and forecasting concepts and practices; • Demonstrated ability to articulate, persuade and communicate the value of operations excellence.
SKILLS
• Experience of working in complex and demanding environments; • Understanding of IT budgeting concepts and practices; • Excellent communication skills with excellent IT and financial acumen; • Pragmatism to find solutions rather than add complexity; • Proactiveness to behave as self-starter and self-manager who spots issues that need to be addressed, and then take action; • Insightfulness to think clearly to uncover the root causes of barriers to execution; • Persuasiveness with the ability to influence change even without having direct authority over it; • Collaborative to know how to break down team barriers and work with all involved to find solutions.
LANGUAGES
• Fluent English is required; • French is an asset.
CONTACTS
• KMTS Leadership; • Gavi Secretariat Finance & Operations and Executive office teams; • IT Vendors & Service Providers.
How to apply
If you wish to apply, please provide a cover letter and resume through our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on “Senior Manager, KMTS Operational Performance”. Deadline for applications is 13 November 2022.
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Gavi brings together the public and private sectors to save lives and protect people’s health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines against 18 infectious diseases. You will be joining an organisation at the centre of the international COVID-19 response, at the most critical time in global health in a lifetime. You will work in a culturally diverse environment with over 70 nationalities. You will collaborate with partners such as WHO, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank – and from business, civil society and government. And you will work in the first global health organisation to receive equal gender salary certification. Your unique experience, skills and talents can help us achieve our vision of leaving no one behind without the life-saving power of vaccines.