Senior Director, Finance – CIO, Operations & Technology

Thomson Reuters

. Lead finance business partnering with CIO and leadership to deliver financial and operational targets.

Posted 5/4/2026full-timeZug • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead finance business partnering with CIO and leadership to deliver financial and operational targets.
Own technology spend strategy including governing Software, Telecom and IT spend, budgets, and forecasts.
Drive investment decision-making: Build business cases, ROI models, and capital plans.
Optimize cost and performance: Improve resource utilization, productivity, and efficiency.
Deliver financial planning & reporting: Lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.
Support commercial outcomes with financial input to vendor negotiations and cost modeling.
Enable M&A activity through due diligence, integration modeling, and synergy tracking.
Strengthen stakeholder partnership aligning CIO with Product, Engineering, and business teams.
Ensure financial integrity: Partner with Accounting on accurate financial treatment.
Lead and develop team: Build capability and performance of the finance team.
Drive finance transformation: Advance automation, analytics, and financial systems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Recognized accountancy qualification or equivalent with extensive experience in Finance roles.
Relevant experience including experience with technology teams, capital planning and associated systems would be an advantage.
Excellent communication and people skills; ability to converse with senior management openly and confidently.
Ability to synthesize information and present results to senior executives.
Knowledge of accounting principles and their application.
Experience thinking strategically and building business development plans.
Strong leadership and management skills.
Proactive, organized, ability to multitask, managing time and competing priorities effectively.
Enjoys working in teams and effective across all business functions.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role).
Flex My Way: A set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities.
Career Development and Growth: Fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development.
Industry Competitive Benefits: Comprehensive benefit plans including flexible vacation, Mental Health Days, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, and mental, physical, and financial wellbeing resources.
Social Impact: Two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and ESG initiatives.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial planningbudgetingforecastingperformance analysiscapital planningROI modelingcost modelingdue diligencefinancial systemsautomation

Soft Skills

communication skillspeople skillsleadership skillsmanagement skillsstrategic thinkingorganizational skillsmultitaskingtime managementteamworkstakeholder partnership

Certifications

accountancy qualification