IT Financial Operations Lead

Great Day Improvements - IT Financial Operations Lead (Hybrid - Twinsburg, OH)

Company Overview

In the 13 years since its founding, Great Day Improvements, LLC has grown rapidly toward its vision of becoming one of the largest home improvement companies in the U.S. Headquartered in Twinsburg, Ohio, Great Day Improvements is a $1.5 billion, vertically integrated, direct to consumer provider of premium home improvement products.

The company’s family of brands includes Patio Enclosures®, Champion Windows and Home Exteriors®, Universal Windows Direct®, Apex Energy Solutions®, Stanek Windows®, Hartshorn Custom Contracting, LeafGuard®, Englert®, and The Bath Authority.

With an expanding workforce of more than 4,800 employees across 130 metropolitan markets throughout the US, Great Day Improvements ranks among the top home improvement companies nationwide and one of the fastest growing private companies in America.

Summary

The IT Financial Operations Lead owns day-to-day financial operations across ETI, including invoice approvals, expense reconciliation, budget to actual tracking, and capital project accounting. This role drives financial discipline, accuracy, and visibility across technology-related spend and partners closely with ETI leadership, FP&A, and Accounting to ensure operating and capital spend is reviewed, validated, and aligned to budgets and business priorities. The role serves as the point of accountability for IT financial operations and spend governance across Enterprise Technology and Intelligence and acts as backup to the Contract Administrator to ensure continuity across contract and financial processes.

Location: Hybrid in Twinsburg, OH 

Technology Spend Governance

• Track, analyze, and report technology expenses by business unit, shared services, and cost category
• Provide transparency into spend drivers, trends, and optimization opportunities across the enterprise
• Support cost control initiatives and enforce financial discipline across IT and ETI operations

IT Spend and Invoice Management

• Own the end-to-end IT invoice approval process, ensuring all invoices are validated, approved, and aligned to contracts, budgets, and purchase orders (PO is a future state)
• Manage the intake and review of IT software and technology-related invoices for ETI.
• Partner with ETI managers and leaders to validate invoices prior to submission to Accounting for payment.
• Ensure invoices align to approved purchases, contracts, and budgets.
• Resolve invoice discrepancies and drive resolution with vendors or internal stakeholders to ensure timely resolution.
• Drive timely processing to avoid service disruption or late fees.

Expense Reconciliation and GL Accuracy

• Maintain ownership of ETI-related expenses, including corporate card transactions, travel and expense reporting, and reconciliation to the general ledger.
• Reconcile ETI corporate credit card transactions and ensure accurate GL coding.
• Reconcile ETI travel and expense submissions in coordination with Accounting.
• Identify miscoded or duplicate expenses and drive correction.
• Ensure expenses follow established ETI expense categorization standards.

Budget & Tech Financial Management

• Manage ETI IT budget to actual performance across operating and capital costs, including monthly variance analysis, forecasting support, and reporting to leadership.
• Identify and investigate spend variances, driving corrective actions and accountability with IT and business stakeholders.
• Partner with FP&A and Accounting to reconcile variances and explain drivers.
• Prepare clear budget to actual reporting for ETI leadership.
• Drive forecasting and reforecasting efforts with trend and variance analysis.

Capital Project Accounting and Tracking

• Track financials for ETI capital expense projects from approval through close.
• Partner with project managers to monitor spend against approved capital budgets.
• Ensure capital costs are properly classified and documented in line with accounting policies.
• Manage capital project closeout, including capitalization and coordination with Accounting.
• Maintain accurate records to support audit and compliance requirements.

Cross Functional Coordination and Controls

• Serve as a financial liaison between ETI, FP&A, Accounting, and project teams.
• Own audit requests related to technology spend, expenses, and capital projects.
• Document and standardize ETI financial processes to support process consistency.

Contract Administrator Backup Support

• Serve as backup to the Contract Administrator as needed.
• Assist with contract-related invoice validation, spend tracking, and renewal support.
• Provide continuity for contract and financial governance processes during coverage periods.

Qualifications

• 3–6+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or IT financial operations roles with direct ownership of financial processes
• Experience operating in environments with multiple systems, vendors, or business units, with responsibility for financial accuracy and spend visibility
• Experience managing invoice approvals, expense reconciliation, and budget to actual tracking
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to analyze financial data, identify variances, and drive resolution with stakeholders.
• Comfort working cross functionally with IT leaders, FP&A, and Accounting.
• Strong organizational and follow-through skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting technology, SaaS, or software licensing environments.
• Exposure to capital project accounting or system implementations.
• Experience working in a multi-brand, multi-entity, or multi-cost center environment.

Competencies

• Financial Ownership: Takes accountability for accuracy, consistency, and accountability in financial operations.
• Analytical Thinking: Identifies patterns, variances, and drivers to support informed decisions.
• Attention to Detail: Maintains high accuracy across invoices, expenses, and reporting.
• Process Discipline: Uses structured approaches to improve financial workflows.
• Collaboration: Works effectively across ETI, Finance, Accounting, and project teams.
• Execution and Follow Through: Completes reconciliations, reporting, and close activities on time.

Success Measures

• Invoices reviewed and submitted within expected accounting timelines.
• Minimal corrections required by Accounting.
• Reduced errors and rework in Tech financial processing.
• Reporting delivered consistently each month and variances explained.
• Capital project documentation complete and aligned with accounting requirements.
• Audit requests fulfilled quickly with supporting documentation.
• Strong confidence from ETI leadership in financial transparency and controls.
• Improved visibility into technology spend across brands, with clear identification of cost drivers and optimization opportunities

GDI is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

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