What you'll do
As the AVP of IT Asset and Financial Management, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing the organization's information technology assets, including hardware, software, licenses, and other technology-related resources. This role is crucial in ensuring efficient utilization, tracking, and governance of all IT assets throughout their lifecycle. In addition to asset management, you will be responsible for financial management practices aligned with Enterprise Architecture (EA) standards and guiding principles.
Following are the key responsibilities:
Strategy and Planning:
• Develop and implement an IT asset management strategy aligned with the organization's goals, objectives, and EA standards.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to establish policies, procedures, and guidelines for effective asset management and financial practices that adhere to EA governance and principles.
• Work with IT Leadership to define IT Vendor Management framework and templates.
Asset Lifecycle Management:
• Manage the complete lifecycle of IT assets from procurement to retirement, including software assets, in accordance with EA standards.
• Coordinate with procurement teams to ensure accurate tracking of asset acquisitions and maintain an up-to-date inventory.
• Establish processes for asset deployment, maintenance, upgrades and decommissioning.
Software Asset Management:
• Implement software asset management practices to track licenses, usage rights and compliance.
• Collaborate with technology owner and software vendors to optimize license agreements and ensure compliance with software usage policies.
• Conduct regular audits to identify discrepancies or potential risks in software asset management.
Financial Management:
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and platform optimization in the budgeting, forecasting, and tracking of IT assets, contracts and costs.
• Ensure cost optimization through effective budgeting, forecasting, expenditure analysis, and vendor contract negotiations.
• Collaborate with finance teams to track costs associated with IT assets and identify areas for cost reduction or optimization.
• Provide IT VPs support in tracking and managing contracts, IT assets and lifecycle management costs.
Team Leadership:
• Lead a team of asset management and financial professionals, providing guidance, support, and fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Conduct performance evaluations, mentorship programs, and training initiatives to develop employees' skills.
What you bring
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, finance or a related field.
• Proven experience (5+ years) in IT asset management or related roles within large organizations.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure components (hardware, software) and licensing models.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as ISO 19770 for Software Asset Management (SAM).
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data and make informed decisions.
• Strong leadership abilities with experience managing teams in a complex organizational setting.
• Exceptional communication skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
Hybrid
At Canadian Tire we work flexibility embracing 'Hybrid' whereby individuals utilize a combination of working at a CTC campus and or virtually in service of outcomes. Determined by managers, decisions around work location will be made based on business and team needs and grounded in a desire to support individual well-being and personal needs. Our goal is to empower teams and individuals to make the right decisions for them, and we expect that to look different for everyone.
About Us
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited ("CTC") is one of Canada's most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
Accommodations
We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs
