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The role administers the IT budget, manages purchase orders and invoices, tracks vendor and contract resources, and coordinates technology initiatives, giving IT leadership accurate financials, clear visibility into vendor spend, and well-run projects. \nThe position also provides entry-level SAP support to Finance on Record-to-Report processes, acting as a first point of contact between Finance users and IT. As a developmental role, it builds a foundation in IT financial management, SAP finance, and project coordination. \nDUTIES, TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: \nIT budget and financial tracking \nTrack the IT operating and capital budget: actual spend, commitments and forecast against plan. 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Track hours and dollars burned against contract value and flag overruns early. \nCoordinate vendor master data requests (new vendors and changes) and keep SoW and contract records complete and current. \nInform IT leadership about upcoming renewals, expirations and spend thresholds. \nProject coordination \nSupport IT project managers and leads with schedules, RAID logs, status reports and meeting notes. \nTrack project budgets and resource allocation, and tie project spend back to internal orders and POs. \nCoordinate across IT, Finance, vendors and business stakeholders, both on-site and remote. \nHelp keep project documentation and lessons learned organized. \nSAP finance support, entry level \nSupport to Finance users on SAP R2R processes: answer questions, triage tickets and escalate to senior analysts or the SAP support partner. \nSupport month-end and year-end close activities in SAP. \nHelp with testing (unit tests, user acceptance testing, regression), master data maintenance and user access requests. \nLearn SAP S/4HANA finance processes and help improve reporting and tracking. \n\nSKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES: \nAssociate degree in accounting, finance, information systems or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 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