IT FP&A Manager at KBR in Houston, TX

Job description

Title: IT FP&A Manager At KBR, We Deliver. KBR's Corporate team provides the financial insight, strategic planning, and performance management that help drive decision-making across our global business. Working closely with executive leadership, business units, and functional teams, we support forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, capital allocation, and financial analysis to enable sustainable growth and shareholder value. Our focus is on transforming data into actionable insights that guide the company's strategic priorities and operational performance. We are seeking a commercially minded and analytically strong IT FP&A Manager to lead budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis and decision support for STS IT costs. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Corporate FP&A, the role will partner closely with IT leadership, Corporate FP&A, Accounting and business finance teams. The IT FP&A Manager will provide clear insight into IT expenditure, investment, cost drivers, allocations and recoveries, helping IT and finance leaders understand performance, manage risks and make informed decisions. The role will be responsible for developing credible and transparent forecasts across IT operating costs, capital investment, cash flow and business allocations. The IT FP&A Manager will not have formal direct reports but will leverage support from the Corporate FP&A Analyst and the wider Chennai FP&A function to deliver planning, reporting and analysis requirements. Key responsibilities Lead the annual budget, periodic forecast and long-range planning processes for IT. Develop detailed forecasts by IT function, service, initiative, project and cost category. Partner with IT leaders and budget owners to understand operational requirements, workforce plans, contracts, project expenditure and other cost drivers. Provide clear analysis of actual and forecast IT performance against budget, prior forecast and prior year. Produce concise executive-level commentary explaining key variances, risks, opportunities and required management actions. Maintain clear visibility over IT operating expenditure, capital investment, depreciation, cash flow and total cost. Develop and maintain transparent forecasting models for IT cost allocations and recoveries. Analyse allocation and recovery outcomes, including under-recovery, over-recovery, stranded-cost and forecast risks. Help regional and business finance teams understand IT charges, allocation drivers and the effect of changes in IT costs or consumption. Partner with IT leadership and Corporate FP&A to assess investment proposals, business cases, sourcing decisions and cost-efficiency opportunities. Undertake scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis to support technology, operational and financial decisions. Monitor IT initiatives and portfolios against approved budgets, forecasts and expected financial outcomes. Produce regular IT financial dashboards and decision-support materials for the CIO, IT leadership, STS Ops CFO, Director of FP&A and Senior Manager, Corporate FP&A. Coordinate the timely collection, review and consolidation of financial inputs from IT budget owners and relevant finance teams. Direct and coordinate leveraged analytical support from the Corporate FP&A Analyst and Chennai FP&A function, setting clear deliverables, timelines and review expectations without formal line-management responsibility. Work closely with Accounting to ensure IT costs, accruals, capital expenditure, prepayments, leases, allocations and recoveries are appropriately reflected in management reporting. Support Accounting by providing relevant operational information for material accruals, accounting assessments and cost-allocation entries, while maintaining clear accountability between FP&A and Accounting. Reconcile management reporting and forecasts to the general ledger and investigate material differences with Accounting. Improve forecast accuracy, data quality and transparency over IT financial performa