Finance Manager - Technology Finance & Strategy

The Home Depot; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Home Depot is seeking a Manager of Technology Finance - AI & Software Optimization to deliver analytical solutions that illuminate AI and software investments. You will design reporting, forecasting models, and data pipelines to drive cost transparency and inform technology budgeting.

You will partner with Engineering and Finance leaders to model AI consumption, develop unit economics, support strategic software negotiations, and identify opportunities to optimize enterprise AI spend and

Qualifikationen

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Aufgaben

• Strategic analysis and problem solving to understand business needs and allocate resources.
• Lead and coordinate financial planning for the function and monitor performance using metrics.
• Ensure compliance with policies and drive key financial metrics.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business partners to support strategic decisions and negotiations.

Jobbeschreibung

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

In this position, the Manager of Technology Finance - AI & Software Optimization will be responsible for delivering analytical solutions that enhance visibility into AI and software investments. Through the design and management of reporting, data pipelines, forecasting models, and financial analytics, this role will improve cost transparency, identify opportunities to optimize technology investments, and enable more informed decision-making across Technology and Finance.

Key focus areas include:

AI Tool Financial Analysis & Usage Forecasting:

Partner closely with engineering and business leaders to model, evaluate, and forecast AI consumption trends, develop unit economics and cost models, establish accountability frameworks, and identify cost optimization opportunities related to model usage, infrastructure, and enterprise AI adoption.

Enterprise AI Financial Management:

Serve as the financial lead for AI spend, designing dashboards, allocation models, and data pipelines to deliver visibility into AI spend and consumption while identifying cost-efficiency and optimization opportunities across the enterprise.

Software Optimization & Deal Decision Support:

Partner across Technology, Procurement, and business functions to evaluate software portfolio utilization, identify optimization opportunities, and provide financial modeling and decision support for strategic contract negotiations, renewals, and licensing decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Analysis/Problem Solving - Works to fully understand business; identify and implement process and organizational improvements. Plans and ensures execution of department objectives. Participates in preparation of the annual budget, reviews monthly expenditures and ensures that budgetary goals are met. Reviews monthly metrics to ensure goals are met.
• Conduct financial planning for function and make appropriate recommendations.
• Leads, plans, and coordinates work teams in an efficient manner to effectively perform any financial function and activity; utilizes metrics to track performance and manage workload.
• Ensures operational processes and procedures are compliant and consist with established policies.
• Drive key functional financial metrics.
• Project Management- Develops and supports a strategic alliance with business partners. Participates in cross-functional activities focused on solving business issues and enhancing our competitive advantage. Facilitates cross-functional communication with other areas of the business including but not limited to Finance, Human Resources, Real Estate, Operations, and Information Systems.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

Typically reports to a Sr. ManagerThis position has no direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

No additional qualifications.

Minimum Education:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

No additional education.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

5

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

None

Certifications:

None

Competencies:

• Knowledge of accounting principles and practicies, analysis and reporting of financial data.
• Knowledge of business and mgmt. Principles involved in strategic planning and resource allocation.
• Project management skills; ability to prioritize and mult-task effectively.
• Judgement and decision-making skills; considering relative costs, benefits of potential actions.