Financial Modelling and Cost Management · Abu Dhabi
IT Financial Management Consultant
Job Title: IT Financial Management Consultant
Department: Technology
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Duration: 2-3 months (Secondment)
Reporting to: Digital Strategy & Governance Director
Employment type: Contract
Entity: Contango
Role Summary
To support business planning activities by consolidating and classifying existing spend, reviewing financial contracts, and enabling accurate CAPEX and OPEX projections for upcoming initiatives. The consultant will work closely with business architects to create financial transparency and discipline across the planning cycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with technology leadership to coordinate the annual/long-term planning cycle.
- Support the development of cost estimation models, phased implementation plans, and cost profiles across opex and capex.
- Conduct contract and spend reviews to establish a baseline for current OPEX.
- Support spend classification by domain, service, and financial category.
- Validate invoices, identify anomalies, and assess cost allocation logic.
- Assist in building initiative-specific business cases with financial breakdowns.
- Collaborate with the Business Architect to align budget assumptions with scope and design.
- Provide financial models to challenge budget requests and identify efficiency opportunities.
- Support the planning team with budget templates, dashboards, and cost benchmarks.
- Consolidate all existing IT contracts related to licenses, support, and implementation into a centralized repository.
- Forecast OPEX and CAPEX based on initiative pipeline and past spending trends.
- Analyse and align contractual terms with business plans and financial forecasts.
- Break down financial components of IT projects and initiatives to provide cost transparency.
- Develop financial dashboards and performance tracking tools.
- Coordinate with procurement, legal, and vendor management teams to ensure compliance.
Disclaimer
This job posting is not open to recruitment agencies. Any candidate profile submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered as being received directly from an applicant. Contango reserves the rights to contact the candidate directly, without incurring any obligations or liabilities for payment of any fees to the recruitment agency.
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