IT Budget/contract Analyst

**IT Budget/Contract Analyst**:
Halton Region’s goal is to become a Digital First organization that is committed to delivering high-quality services in the digital age. Our Digital Mission is to offer 125 of our most used customer-facing services and the top 50 internal processes and staff experiences as complete digital services by 2025.

Through collaboration, innovation, digital and information decision-making models, accountability, and partnerships, Halton Region aims to build a strong Digital Culture. The Region aims to invest in education, and training, celebrate and showcase successes and build a community of practice that will share knowledge and tap into individual skills.

There is no better time to join Halton Region as we transform our conventions and practices to better serve our community and employees.

**As an employer of choice, Halton Region recognizes the many benefits of hybrid work arrangements including flexibility and better work-life balance for our employees. This position is eligible for our Hybrid Work Program.**

**Posting ID**: 3931
**Department**:Digital & Information Services
**Division**: Digital Workplace & Technology
**Pay Range**:$77,495 - $96,868

**Job Type**: Permanent
**Hours of Work**: 35 hours per week
**Work Location**:1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario
**Employee Group**: OCT
**Posting Date**:February 3, 2025
**Application Deadline**:February 17, 2025

Please be advised that the results of this competition may be used to fill subsequent vacancies of the same position within the next 18 months.

**Job Summary**:
Reporting to the Director, Digital Workplace and Technology, this position is responsible for managing, evaluating, and overseeing contracts and budgeting related to Digital & Information Services, hardware, software, cloud and vendor partnerships, while also planning, managing, and tracking the financial aspects of IT operations within the Region.

This position bridges the gap between procurement, IT, finance, and legal departments to ensure that contracts and budgets align with the Region’s technology needs, compliance standards, and strategic financial goals.

The role requires a combination of financial expertise and technical understanding to effectively align IT spending and vendor partnerships with the Region’s objectives.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Forecast future expenditures for software, hardware, cloud services, and other IT operations.
- Manages, prioritizes, plans and rationalizes capital and operating funding requirements for all IT budgets
- Prepare reports on actual vs. budgeted spending.
- Monitor expenses and identify discrepancies or variances.
- Provide detailed analysis to stakeholders on IT expenditures (such as cost-benefit analysis for software licenses).
- Ensure budgets comply with financial policies and industry regulations (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley or GDPR).
- Assist in audits by providing accurate financial documentation related to IT expenditures.
- Identify areas for cost savings (e.g., software consolidation, cloud optimization).
- Create and track budgets for individual IT projects.
- Monitor costs associated with new software development, system upgrades, or implementations.
- Ensure that project managers adhere to allocated budgets and timelines.
- Provides Operating and Capital budgetary forecasting to departments and IT to support all IT assets
- Evaluate and monitor contracts for IT services, cloud providers, and hardware and software suppliers.
- Ensure spending aligns with service-level agreements (SLAs) and negotiate with vendors to optimize costs.

**Skills & Qualifications**:

- Degree in Finance or Accounting
- 3 to 5 years’ experience conducting financial analysis and developing budgets
- Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights.
- Familiarity with IT services, software, hardware, and cloud technologies.
- Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas), budgeting software, and ERP systems (e.g., SAP).
- Capable of explaining complex financial data to non-financial stakeholders.
- Knowledge of IT project life cycles and ability to track project financials
- CGFM, PMP designation
- Experience in municipal finance is a definite asset.
- Knowledge of scope, roles and responsibilities of the Digital Information Service’s department Knowledge of SAP management information system.
- In accordance with requirements in Ontario Regulation 191/11 - Integrated Accessibility Standards and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Halton Region will accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please inform the Talent Acquisition representative of the nature of the accommodation(s) you require.
- Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on the deadline date specified on the posting.

Halton Region serves more than 650,000 residents througho