IT Strategy Consultant, TCO and Budgetary Trajectory

# IT Strategy Consultant, TCO and Budgetary Trajectory
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* IT Strategy Consultant, TCO and Budgetary Trajectory
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* July 8, 2026
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* By Roberte Okoya1. Mission Context: As part of the development of the information systems master plan and the 2027-2030 roadmap, this mission aims to objectify investment choices, measure the total cost of ownership of the information system, and ensure the financial sustainability of the scenarios studied. The consultant will intervene to inform budgetary decisions, identify expected gains, prioritize high-value actions, and propose a realistic, progressive budget trajectory aligned with business priorities. 2. Mission Objectives :
• Conduct a sector benchmark with comparable organizations, particularly in the social housing sector.
• Evaluate the total cost of ownership of the current IS and target scenarios.
• Develop a multi-year budget trajectory for the 2027-2030 period.
• Prioritize actions based on their criticality, implementation effort, expected value, and return on investment.
• Produce decision-making support materials to inform management and executive committee decisions. 3. Main Activities
• Analyze current IT spending: licenses, infrastructure, applications, maintenance, services, support, and internal costs.
• Identify cost drivers, redundancies, budgetary risks, and optimization levers.
• Formalize several IT evolution scenarios and estimate their financial impacts.
• Model the current and target TCO, distinguishing between recurring, non-recurring, investment, and operating costs.
• Define an annual budget trajectory from 2027 to 2030, incorporating assumptions, dependencies, and contingency margins.
• Develop a prioritization matrix for initiatives based on value, risk, effort, feasibility, and ROI.
• Prepare presentation materials for steering and decision-making bodies. 4. Expected Deliverables
• Sector benchmark report and comparative analysis.
• TCO estimation model for the current IT system and target scenarios.
• 2027-2030 budget trajectory, including costing assumptions.
• IT action and initiative prioritization matrix.
• Portfolio of quick wins and high-value actions.
• Summary of investments, expected gains, financial risks, and trade-off points.
• Presentation materials for steering committees, senior management, and the executive committee. 5. Intervention Methods
• Working closely with the IT department, the finance department, business units, and governance bodies.
• Facilitating workshops for data collection, hypothesis validation, and prioritization.
• Document analysis, budget data processing, and consolidation of cost estimates.
• Regular interim reports to validate assumptions and trade-offs.
• Production of a final decision-making tool for budget trajectory validation. 6. Required Skills
• Proficiency in IT master plan methodologies and transformation trajectory scoping.
• Expertise in financial modeling, TCO, business cases, ROI, and multi-year budget trajectories.
• Sound knowledge of IT architectures, application models, operating costs, and transformation costs.
• Ability to conduct industry benchmarks and derive operational lessons learned.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to synthesize information, and capacity to objectively assess trade-offs.
• Proficiency in budget modeling tools, advanced spreadsheets, and executive reporting tools.
• Excellent workshop facilitation and communication skills with business, IT, and finance stakeholders. 7. Required Profile
• Senior consultant or manager in IT strategy, digital transformation, IT economic performance, or organizational consulting.
• Proven experience in conducting IT studies, master plans, budget trajectories, or investment plans.
• Desired experience in the social housing, real estate, public services, or budget-constrained organizations sectors.
• Ability to communicate effectively with general management, finance, IT, and business unit management.
• Methodological rigor, autonomy, critical thinking, and strong communication skills.
• Results-oriented, with the ability to produce clear, actionable deliverables tailored to decision-making bodies.
Please send your CV, cover letter, and copies of your diplomas to contact@keoni.fr