Technology Business Manager

We are looking for a Technology Business Management (TBM) Analyst with strong hands-on experience in Apptio Costing, TBM Studio and Apptio IT Planning.

The role will support Technology Cost Transparency and IT Financial Management, working at the intersection of Finance, IT Operations and Data Analysis.

The ideal candidate should be able to independently work on Apptio Costing models, data transformations, allocation rules, TBM taxonomy, reporting and IT budgeting/forecasting.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Apptio Costing models hands-on.
• Configure data sources, transformations, allocation rules and object-to-object relationships.
• Maintain the underlying TBM taxonomy in TBM Studio.
• Perform monthly model refreshes and reconcile Apptio outputs with source data.
• Troubleshoot mapping gaps, allocation leakage and unallocated costs.
• Administer and support Apptio IT Planning, including plans, templates, plan lines and drivers.
• Support budgeting and forecasting cycles and reconcile plan vs. actuals.
• Collect, validate and reconcile GL, budget, actual and forecast data along with operational data.
• Investigate variances, unmapped costs and data-quality issues.
• Develop recurring reports and dashboards covering Bill of IT, tower costs, unit costs, showback/chargeback and budget-vs-actual analysis.
• Support annual planning, forecasting, trend analysis and scenario modeling.
• Work with IT service/application owners, Finance and Vendor Management teams.
• Translate TBM model outputs into cost optimization and rate-setting recommendations.
• Document model logic, allocation assumptions and processes.

The detailed responsibilities include hands-on Costing/TBM Studio configuration as well as end-to-end planning activities in Apptio IT Planning.

Mandatory Skills

• Hands-on Apptio experience Mandatory
• Apptio Costing
• Apptio TBM Studio
• Apptio IT Planning
• TBM / Technology Business Management
• Cost allocation and financial modeling
• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Strong Excel
• Experience working with large and complex datasets
• Strong data reconciliation and analytical skills
• Good communication and stakeholder management

Important: Candidates should have personally built or maintained an Apptio Costing model in TBM Studio and executed a planning cycle in Apptio IT Planning. Candidates with only report-consumption or theoretical Apptio/TBM knowledge will not be suitable.