Finance Project Leader, Merchandising Finance

The Home Depot; Atlanta (GA); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Home Depot is seeking a Project Leader, Finance to lead key finance projects and develop forecasts for decision making. You will guide project scope, cost, and schedule while communicating with stakeholders and senior leadership.

Preferred qualifications include an MBA, 3+ years in corporate finance or retail, and strong Excel/Access/PowerPoint skills. This role involves travel <10% and requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• Prior MBA preferred.
• At least 3 years of experience in corporate finance or retail.
• Ability to perform detailed analyses and present executive summaries.

Responsabilités

• 40% PROJECT CONTROL – plan, monitor and document changes to baseline; ensure changes implemented.
• 30% PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS – prepare status reports and presentations for senior leadership.
• 10% PROJECT RISK ASSESSMENT – identify risks and mitigation actions.
• 10% PROJECT LESSONS LEARNED – capture and share learnings with peers.
• 10% PROJECT ENVIRONMENT – maintain an inclusive, effective team environment.

Connaissances

Analytical thinking

Executive summaries

Presentation

Independent work

Influence decisions

Formation

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

MBA

Outils

Excel

Access

Powerpoint

Description du poste

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

Position Purpose

The purpose of the Project Leader, Finance position is to provide effective leadership of key finance projects and to prepare economic and financial forecasts for use in the development of financial decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• 40% PROJECT CONTROL - Develops an effective plan for controlling project scope, schedule and cost, and monitors project execution to ensure that the plan is being followed. Creates and effectively coordinates documentation to explain changes or potential changes to the baseline and ensures the approved changes are implemented.
• 30% PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS - Develops an effective plan for communicating project information to the project team and to the project stakeholders. Develops written status reports and scorecards and creates/presents project review documents to senior leadership.
• 10% PROJECT RISK ASSESSMENT - Leads the definition of project risks and the required mitigation approaches. Monitors project activities for the occurrence of risks and takes timely action to escape or mitigate the risk. Advises project team members and stakeholders of actions required or completed.
• 10% PROJECT LESSONS LEARNED - At the completion of a project or project phase, captures key lessons learned and communicates to peer Project Leaders. Effectively applies lessons learned in subsequent projects.
• 10% PROJECT ENVIRONMENT - Shares responsibility with the project leadership for providing a good working environment. Ensures teams are staffed, duties and responsibilities are understood by everyone and that an inclusive environment is maintained.

Direct Manager / Direct Reports

Reports to Sr Finance Manager. This role has no direct reports.

Travel Requirements

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% 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

• Strong working knowledge of Excel, Access, and Powerpoint
• MBA
• Prior experience in corporate finance and/or retail

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

3

Preferred Years of Work Experience

No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience

None

Preferred Leadership Experience

None

Certifications

None

Competencies

• Ability to perform detailed analyses as well as create executive summaries of the analyses.
• Ability to present and defend own work and work of others to senior leadership.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to influence the decisions of individuals that you do not supervise.