Senior Director, Finance - CIO, Operations & Technology

Do you want to shape how a global technology organisation invests, scales, und liefert Wirkung? Join Thomson Reuters as a strategic finance partner to the CIO, helping drive performance across a $750M organisation. The Senior Director, Finance partners directly with the CIO and leadership team to deliver financial performance, optimise investment, und enable strategic decision‑making across Operations & Technology.

About the Role

The Senior Director, Finance will act as the business partner to the Chief Information Officer, working directly with them and their leadership team to meet expense and capital targets and support the delivery of business objectives. There are 3,500 FTEs and contractors across the CIO organization, which are divided into pillars with a total annual cash OI of $750M. The role reports to the VP, Decision Support & Insights Group (DSIG), and is a member of both the CIO Leadership team and the Operations & Technology Finance Leadership team.

In this opportunity as Senior Director, Finance, you will:

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

About You

You're a fit for the role of Senior Director, Finance if your background includes:

• Recognized accountancy qualification or equivalent with extensive experience in Finance roles.
• Relevant experience including experience with technology teams, capital planning und associated systems would be an advantage.
• Excellent communication und people skills; ability to converse with senior management openly und confidently und influence all areas of the business.
• Ability to synthesize information und present results in a clear und concise manner to senior executives.
• Knowledge of accounting principles und their application.
• Experience thinking strategically und building business development plans.
• Tenacious und driven by delivering results.
• Strong leadership und management skills.
• Interpersonal skills to guide und motivate global team members.
• Proactive, very organized, ability to multitask, managing time und competing priorities in a dynamic environment, anticipating und servicing evolving needs.
• Enjoys working in teams; shows ability to work effectively across all functions of the business.
• Customer focused, proactive, und has a good understanding of Thomson Reuters strategy und business model.
• Clear, effective communicator und comfortable presenting to large audiences.

What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model – flexible hybrid working environment (2‑3 days a week in the office depending on the role) while delivering a seamless digital‑and‑physical experience.
• Flexibility & Work‑Life Balance – Flex My Way supports personal und professional responsibilities, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year.
• Career Development and Growth – continuous learning, skill development, Grow My Way programming und skills‑first approach.
• Industry Competitive Benefits – comprehensive benefit plans including flexible vacation, two company‑wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs und resources for mental, physical und financial wellbeing.
• Culture – globally recognized, award‑winning reputation for inclusion und belonging, flexibility, work‑life balance und core values of serving customers, competing to win, challenging thinking, learning fast und stronger together.
• Social Impact – two paid volunteer days off annually und opportunities to get involved with pro‑bono consulting projects und Environmental, Social und Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Real‑World Impact – helping customers pursue justice, truth und transparency while upholding the rule of law und providing trusted, unbiased information worldwide.