Aptara · 20 hours ago
Financial Management Analyst
Oakland, CA
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
$62/hr - $66/hr
5+ years expAptara is seeking a Financial Management Analyst to manage a portfolio of technology contracts on behalf of the IT leadership. The role involves interfacing with vendors and internal stakeholders, implementing company policies, conducting audits, and providing financial analysis to support contract management operations.
Content CreatorsDigital MediaMedia and EntertainmentMobilePublishingSoftware
Responsibilities
Work with internal teams to implement enterprise company policies, risk engagement controls, invoice compliance reviews, goods receipts, and obtain leadership financial approvals for O&M contract services
Identify opportunities to rationalize, right size contracts, discontinue non-critical services, and identify cost optimization opportunities
Work with stakeholders to assist in developing a deep understanding of contract scope, cost, terms, and conditions
Administer contract strategic reviews with leaders, Architects, IT Operations, and drives consensus, agreement, and validation for the O&M costs of contracts
Conduct regular internal audits and inspections of departments to ensure compliance with laws and internal procedures
Assist with the daily contract operations and provide general IT business & planning support
Prepare reports through gathering, analyzing, and summarizing data and information; prepares presentation materials for management reports
Enter contract financial liabilities into the contract management tool
Assist in the initiation, orchestration and coordinating of contract renewal analysis for operations, financial reviews; and analyzing multi-year contract to ensure that costs are planned in the most efficient manner
Maintain annual Operational Expense budgets utilizing proper accounting/budgeting controls, enter financial data into tracking system, and compile regular and ad-hoc financial status reports
Monitor Purchase Orders, review contract invoices, accruals, identify disparities, and resolve issues with the vendors
Analyze actual spend and forecasting to determine if/when appropriate change controls and escalation reporting to leadership
Provide financial analysis on portfolio cost variances for plan vs. actual and can identify inappropriate charges by resources or vendors and makes appropriate corrections in SAP
Lead meetings and acts as a liaison among stakeholders to coordinate, document, and schedule changes to IT contracts
Capture, analyze and present data to managers and directors to aid in business decision making
Plan and control scope of work on contract renewals; integrate all aspects, tracks and ensures that contracts origination targets are on schedule and meets the required standard
Develop communications needed to summarize analysis and to discuss recommendations for peers and executives. This may take the form of dashboards, power point decks, or summarized emails
Work closely with leaders and other key stakeholders to ensure that key initiatives and activities are delivered in a timely and coordinated manner that is aligned with the goals of the organization
Work with the data management, financial analysis and modeling team to build new tools and assist with creation and migration of reports to Power BI
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
5-8 years of experience in financial management and contract management
Strong communication and presentation skills - ability to present to senior leadership and experience developing PPT slides
Expert level Excel skills and experience with MS Office and Visio
Experience with basic financial modeling or data management
Experience with structuring contract agreements
Problem solving experience
Work samples – financial modeling
Preferred
Power BI experience
Company
Aptara
Aptara transforms content for engaging and monetizing new digital audiences.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$23MKey Investors
American Capital
2012-02-13Acquired
2007-09-19Series Unknown· $23M
Leadership Team
Samir Kakar
President
Recent News
2025-07-09
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