IT Financial Management Advisor

AgWest Farm Credit is a member-owned financial cooperative that provides financing and related services to farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, commercial fishermen, timber producers, rural homeowners and crop insurance customers in a seven-state territory in the Western United States. AgWest is part of the 100+ year-old Farm Credit System – the leading provider of credit to American agriculture.

AgWest champions the growth and advancement of agriculture, the value of rural communities, and the vital contribution our customers make to the economy and society. We serve customers in 59 locations throughout the West.

We are in search of an IT Financial Management Advisor II or IT Financial Management Advisor III to join our Information Technology department in Spokane, Washington (Headquarters). This full-time position reports to the VP, Innovation and IT Planning and leads financial management, performance measurement and value realization practices that support informed technology investment and operational decisions across Information & Technology (I&T).

The role partners with I&T leaders, Finance and business stakeholders to drive budgeting, forecasting, cost transparency, financial governance and performance reporting while aligning technology spending with business priorities and outcomes. The position provides actionable insights, leads continuous improvement of IT Financial Management, Technology Business Management, and Fin Ops-related practices and helps optimize the value of technology investments.

The base salary range for this position in Spokane, Washington is:

Level II:
Typical starting range: $66,200 - $88,700
Full base salary range: $66,200 - $113,600
Annual performance-based incentive target is 10% of base.

Level III:
Typical starting range: $80,000 - $110,100
Full base salary range: $80,000 - $125,500
Annual performance-based incentive target is 12% of base.

* Relocation assistance will be provided to eligible candidates who must relocate to accept this position.

• II&T Financial Planning, Budgeting & Investment Management
  • Lead and coordinate annual and multi-year I&T budgeting and forecasting activities in partnership with I&T leaders, Finance, service owners, product owners, project leaders, Vendor & Partner Management and business stakeholders.
  • Establish and maintain planning calendars, assumptions, templates, data standards, review checkpoints and submission requirements for technology operating expense, capital investment, projects, products, cloud services, software, infrastructure, vendors, and labor-related costs.
  • Consolidate financial inputs, validate completeness and reasonableness, reconcile changes, document assumptions and prepare decision-ready views that support leadership review, investment prioritization, and approval.
  • Monitor actual and committed spending against plan, investigate variances, identify forecast risks and opportunities, and coordinate corrective actions with accountable leaders.
• Develop and maintain transparent views of I&T costs by service, product, application, project, vendor, platform, cost center, and other relevant business dimensions.
• Establish and mature Fin Ops practices for cloud and variable-consumption technology services in partnership with infrastructure, cloud, engineering, product, vendor, procurement, and Finance teams.
• Monitor technology spending, usage, commitments, reservations, licensing and unit economics, communicate trends and anomalies; and facilitate cross-functional cost optimization reviews.
• Identify and track opportunities to rationalize, optimize, avoid, or reduce costs while protecting service quality, resilience, security, and strategic outcomes.
• Performance Measurement, Value Realization & Reporting
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