Kforce has a client in Saint Ann, MO that is seeking an IT Manager - Financial Systems. Responsibilities: * Staff and lead cross functional Scrum teams to deliver results according to the Product Owner's roadmap, with high quality, and in alignment with the IT strategy * Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers * Coach and mentor team members for career development * Actively manage team members by conducting one on ones, skip levels, and providing cross-training opportunities * Manage the full life cycle of software products and the associated planning. * Work closely with agile teams to prioritize the implementation of user stories while balancing the tradeoffs, ensuring continuous delivery of business value * Guide the team towards common Agile practices and theories such as Scrum, Kanban, WIP limits, lean thinking, etc. * Directly manage key vendor and consulting relationships with a high level of accountability and performance oversight * Ensure data integrity, system security, and testing of system changes * Support strategy and on-going operations for DevOps pipelines, QA automation, performance, and site reliability * Lead planning efforts to define and organize IT strategy initiatives * Partner with Finance in defining departmental budgets and forecasts, in alignment with budgetary goals and IT roadmaps * Measure progress toward achievement of IT department goals, providing measurement approaches/systems and regular reporting of IT metrics. * Lead continuous improvement exercises to drive effectiveness and efficiency in IT processes * Ensure accurate time reporting and financial accounting * Conduct action planning (goal setting) and performance development * Maintain strong partnership with business stakeholders to ensure delivery of efficient value-add services * Partner with other departments and comply with internal policies and procedures (security, risk, sourcing, PMO, finance, accounting, HR, etc.)