Manager, Finance - GTS Portfolio

About the Role

The Finance Manager for the Global Technology Solutions organization is a transformative and energetic role responsible for the forecasting and accounting support for Gap Inc.’s technology development initiatives. This position provides financial leadership for technology capital and expense portfolios, with a strong emphasis on accounting for emerging technologies, including cloud computing and asset depreciation.

This role is optimal for a Manger that is analytical, detail-oriented, can pick up new concepts quickly and collaborates well and has excellent communication
and interpersonal skills. The role will engage with business partners that have diverse backgrounds and varying degrees of financial expertise.
What You'll Do

• Deliver qualitative financial management for technology portfolio projects, including guidance on capitalization and month-end close processes for both capital and expense areas

• Drive the depreciation forecasting and annual budget process, ensuring alignment with technology strategies and project deployment timelines

• Drive the cloud computing implementation amortization forecasting and annual budget process, ensuring alignment with technology strategies and project deployment timelines

• Evaluate and apply accounting guidance for cloud computing arrangements, including the distinction between capitalized cloud computing implementation costs and capitalized fixed asset costs

• Manage the tracking and recording of cloud computing implementation costs from capitalization to prepaid amortization, ensuring compliance with GAAP, policy and process requirements

• Engage with GTS Portfolio organization to conduct finance reviews as part of the portfolio funding approval process

• Collaborate with project teams to identify and value technology assets, applying capitalization principles and driving asset creation and financial project closure

• Manage monthly financial close process for the portfolio projects to deliver accurate financial results, including comprehensive analysis and reconciliation of key P&L and balance sheet items

• Provide guidance on accounting, controls, journal reviews, and reporting for technology projects

• Lead and deliver the annual asset technology hardware reviews and software auto-retirement process

• Leverage data-driven insights to support financial decision-making

• Manage prioritization, resolving blockers and dependencies to ensure success of key deliverables

• Evaluate current processes and tools, propose and implement changes to drive efficiencies in financial operations

• Introduce new tools, processes, and technology to improve efficiency, team collaboration and stakeholder engagement

• Lead and develop a small team, supporting skill development and fostering a collaborative environment

Who You Are

• 7+ years of related business experience in Finance, Accounting or related field, demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility

• Ability to assess relatively complex situations and analyze data to make judgments and recommend comprehensive solutions within a wide variety of scenarios

• Comprehensive understanding of financial statements including balance sheets and general ledgers, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, and the financial close process

• High level of individual accountability and the ability to influence others while maintaining key relationships in the business

• Proven ability to cultivate innovation and drive improvements in financial and operational processes

• Qualitative communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across diverse teams

• High level of emotional intelligence and be able to work under firm deadlines

• Experience in technology accounting, including asset capitalization, depreciation, and cloud computing financial management a plus

• Highly skilled in Excel and entire MS Office suite

• Oracle Financials experience preferred