Executive recruitment firm Monroe Consulting Group Philippines is recruiting on behalf of multinational technology company that develops precision power conversion, measurement and control technologies.
About the Role:
The IT Commercials and Governance Manager is a position in the Information Technology department, providing IT legal, financial, and commercial support such as contract review, vendor accreditation, procurement coordination, and supporting the budget cycles.
Key Responsibilities:
- IT Contract Lifecycle Management
- Perform initial review of IT contracts (business and commercial terms at the minimum)
- Ensure alignment of contracts to standard terms or justify any deviation from standard
- Facilitate review process with legal and expedite closure of urgent contracts
- Recommend contract review prioritization based on opportunities and risks
- Monitor status of contracts and provide visibility to global IT
- Recommend improvements to overall contract management process
- Financial Management
- Lead the budgeting process in IT
- Monitor spend against budget for both capital and expense, provide inputs on monthly accruals and quarterly forecasts, and provide management insights on IT's financial position
- Procure-to-Pay
- Review vendor proposals and negotiate as needed; ensure planned spend are aligned with budget
- Assist in creating purchase requisitions (PR) that are aligned with internal accounting policies and expedite approval of critical purchases
- Review open purchase orders (PO) and invoices, and help ensure vendors are paid on time
- Project Support
- Provide financial guidance on project business case (TCO)
- For new vendors, assist in vendor onboarding (e.g. vendor accreditation, master agreement setup, resource onboarding, etc.)
- Process Design
- Improve, standardize and globalize processes around all areas identified above
Key Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, information technology or equivalent
- 8+ years of relevant work experience including proven ability to collaborate effectively with IT and other business functions (legal, finance, procurement, etc.)
- Knowledgeable in contract review (e.g. NDAs, master agreements, statements of work, etc.); contract drafting experience a plus
- Knowledgeable in basic accounting principles; familiarity with SAP or Oracle ERP a plus
- Knowledgeable in business/pricing models of common IT commodities (e.g. hardware, software and services); negotiation skills a plus
- Excellent organizational skills and communication skills (both oral and written)
- Strong attention to detail
