Interim Senior Manager
IT FP&A & Accounting
Hands-on finance leadership for a global technology organization
Engagement at a Glance
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Engagement Detail
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Information
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Engagement
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Approximately six-month contract; potential extension or conversion based on business needs
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Schedule
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40 hours per week during core business hours; overtime is not expected or budgeted
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Location
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Remote with Eastern/Central time alignment, or Atlanta-area hybrid with Tuesday and Thursday onsite
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Target Start
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July 27 or August 3, 2026
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Target Rate
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$75-$80 per hour (+ Access to Medical Benefits, PTO, 401k)
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About the Organization
Our client is a publicly listed global leader in insurance claims management and outsourcing. Headquartered in the Atlanta area, the organization supports insurance carriers, brokers, and corporate clients through loss adjusting, third-party administration, medical management, and related solutions. It employs approximately 10,000 people and operates across more than 70 countries.
The Opportunity
This interim assignment supports a planned leadership transition within IT Finance. The current Director of IT FP&A is expected to retire in late September 2026, and the selected consultant will begin in advance of that departure to complete a structured knowledge transfer, document critical processes, and assume hands-on responsibility for the function's recurring work.
Following the transition, this person will stabilize day-to-day delivery, serve as the primary finance partner to IT leadership, and support the new VP once hired. The engagement may evolve into a consult-to-hire opportunity, but conversion is not required or guaranteed.
This is more accounting-intensive than a typical FP&A role. The right consultant will be equally comfortable advising IT leaders and personally executing close, accrual, capitalization, reconciliation, and reporting work.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the IT finance partnership. Serve as the primary finance partner to IT leadership, bringing clear analysis, financial discipline, and practical guidance to operational and strategic decisions.
- Lead planning and performance management. Drive budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and variance analysis for a compensation-heavy IT P&L, including labor and operating-expense planning.
- Execute the close. Participate directly in month-end and quarter-end close activities, including accruals, journal entries, amortization schedules, capitalization activities, account reconciliations, and variance explanations.
- Protect reporting accuracy. Maintain reliable schedules, controls, and supporting documentation for labor-related expenses, capitalized technology costs, amortization, and other IT financial results.
- Translate data into action. Identify performance drivers, risks, and opportunities, and provide concise insights that help leaders improve financial and operational outcomes.
- Support technology initiatives. Provide financial structure, analysis, and oversight for technology-related projects and ongoing IT investments.
- Complete the transition. Capture the current operating calendar, recurring deliverables, assumptions, key contacts, controls, and decision points before the outgoing Director's departure.
- Collaborate across the global team. Work closely with the IT-dedicated analyst in the Philippines-based center of excellence, other FP&A partners, accounting stakeholders, and business leaders.
- Enable incoming leadership. Give the new VP a stable, well-documented finance operation, clear visibility into open issues, and continuity across the planning and close cycles.
Required Qualifications
- Progressive IT finance and accounting experience at the manager or senior-manager level within a large, complex corporate environment.
- A strong blend of FP&A, accounting, and hands-on month-end close responsibility; this role is not suited to a planning-only or strategy-only profile.
- Demonstrated experience supporting an IT, technology, shared-services, or similarly compensation-heavy operating organization.
- Direct experience with labor and headcount planning, operating-expense forecasting, accruals, journal entries, amortization, reconciliations, and capitalized technology costs.
Required Qualifications (continued)
- Advanced Excel skills and the ability to independently build, maintain, and explain detailed financial analyses and schedules.
- A hands-on, collaborative working style with the judgment to move between detailed execution and senior-level business partnership.
- Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills, including the ability to create clarity during a leadership transition.
- Ability to work effectively across time zones and with globally distributed finance and business partners.
Preferred Background
- Insurance, claims management, third-party administration, professional services, or another people-intensive business model.
- Experience with Oracle EPM, PeopleSoft ERP, or Replicon. Exact systems experience is helpful but not required.
- Prior success stepping into an interim leadership, knowledge-transfer, finance-transformation, or stabilization assignment.
Team & Working Model
This is a hands-on individual-contributor leadership role with no direct reports. The Interim Senior Manager will work closely with one analyst dedicated to IT within the Philippines-based center of excellence, as well as FP&A colleagues supporting other functions and global regions. Near term, the role reports to the retiring Director of IT FP&A; after the transition, reporting will move to the Global VP of FP&A or the newly hired VP.
What Success Looks Like
- Critical recurring activities, controls, assumptions, and stakeholder relationships are transferred and documented before the Director's departure.
- Month-end and quarter-end close, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting continue accurately and on schedule throughout the leadership change.
- IT leaders receive timely, credible financial insight and experience a consistent business partnership during the transition.
- The incoming VP inherits a stable operation, clear documentation, and an actionable view of priorities, risks, and improvement opportunities.
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com
