Position Description:
The IT Financial Analyst plays a critical role in driving financial planning, governance, and operational excellence across the Information Technology organization. Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and vendor spend management, this role provides end-to-end oversight of IT financial operations, including purchase orders, invoices, contract-related expenditures, and reconciliations with Finance.
As a trusted partner to both IT and Finance leadership, the IT Financial Analyst delivers a clear and accurate view of departmental financial performance, commitments, and investment priorities. The role analyzes spending trends, explains budget variances, identifies opportunities for optimization, and delivers data-driven insights that support strategic decision-making. By bridging the gap between technology and finance, the analyst ensures that financial information is translated into actionable business guidance and that IT investments are aligned with organizational goals.
This position is open to candidates located anywhere within the United States and may be performed remotely. Preference will be given to candidates located in or near Fairfax, Virginia or within commuting distance of a CGI office.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
Budget Planning and Forecasting
. Build the department's annual operating and capital budget with leadership, consolidating inputs from team leaders, vendor contracts, and known renewals into the format Finance requires.
. Maintain a rolling forecast that updates as commitments, renewals, and actuals land, and flag where the year end position is drifting from plan.
. Model the cost of proposed initiatives, headcount changes, and contract renewals so leadership can compare options before committing.
. Support the annual budget cycle calendar: submissions, reviews, revisions, and final load, on Finance's schedule.
Spend Tracking and Reconciliation
. Own the IT budget tracker: build and maintain the workbook that consolidates Finance's monthly files and keep the department side model to the lines Finance cannot supply (planned capitalizations, assets not yet on the register, multi year tails).
. Run the monthly Finance file intake after each close: the prepaid amortization ledger, the fixed asset register export, the intangible amortization schedule, and general ledger detail for the recognition accounts.
. Reconcile the department's commitments and spend to Finance's posted actuals at the general ledger and purchase order level, match every prepaid contract by purchase order number, and resolve each variance to a named cause.
. Maintain the spend register so each line carries its own budget line, purchase orde