Lead Business Analytics & Performance Manager

Dashiell; Deer Park, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Dacon in Deer Park, TX seeks a Business Performance & Analytics Manager who will transform financial, operational, and project data into actionable intelligence to drive profitable growth. Working with senior leadership across Operations, Project Management, Estimating, and Accounting, you will develop reporting, forecasting, and analytical tools to reveal trends, risks, and opportunities.

This is an individual contributor role based in Deer Park, reporting to the Senior Vice President, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Construction Management, Engineering, Data Analytics or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in business analytics, operational finance, project controls, construction operations, performance management, or a related analytical role.
• Strong working knowledge of financial statements, project economics, gross margin, cash flow, forecasting, cost-to-complete concepts, and the financial implications of operational decisions.
• Demonstrated hands-on ability to perform financial analysis at both the business level and the individual project level, including identifying trends and anomalies, determining root causes, and translating findings into management recommendations, and to contribute independently with minimal ramp-up.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modeling.
• Exceptional analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex business and financial information clearly to executive, operational, and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated business judgment, intellectual curiosity, and ability to constructively challenge assumptions while working effectively across functional and organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Analyze revenue, gross profit, cost, backlog, productivity, and labor at both the consolidated business level and the individual project level; evaluate actual performance against budget, forecast, estimate, and strategic targets.
• Develop and maintain executive dashboards, scorecards, and management reporting that integrate financial, project, workforce, scheduling, equipment, and operational data into a consolidated view of business performance; establish and maintain the leading and lagging KPIs that support company financial, operational, and strategic objectives.
• Identify the operational drivers behind favorable and unfavorable financial performance and perform root-cause analysis of significant variances, trends, and emerging risks.
• Develop forward-looking revenue, gross profit, manhour, workforce, and capacity forecasts in coordination with Operations, Project Management, Project Controls, Estimating, and Accounting, including backlog and pipeline conversion analysis to assess future workload, resource requirements, and organizational capacity.
• Provide portfolio-level visibility into project performance, including margin movement, productivity, cost-to-complete trends, schedule risk, forecast accuracy, and estimate-to-actual performance.
• Develop scenario models and business cases to evaluate growth opportunities, market changes, organizational investments, capital decisions, and operating strategies.
• Prepare concise executive-level business performance reviews that communicate key findings, risks, opportunities, and recommended management actions.
• Partner with the Controller and Accounting organization to use accurate financial information as an input to operational analysis while maintaining clear separation from accounting ownership and financial reporting responsibilities.
• Support annual budgeting, strategic planning, and long-range business planning through data-driven analysis, forecasting, and performance modeling.
• Perform special projects and complete other duties as assigned or requested.

Skills

Excel

Financial modeling

Data analytics

Forecasting

Project controls

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Construction Management, Engineering, Data Analytics

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

InEight

Primavera P6

Salesforce

Tenna

Job description

Dacon in Deer Park, TX seeks a Business Performance & Analytics Manager who will transform financial, operational, and project data into actionable intelligence to drive profitable growth. Working with senior leadership across Operations, Project Management, Estimating, and Accounting, you will develop reporting, forecasting, and analytical tools to reveal trends, risks, and opportunities.

This is an individual contributor role based in Deer Park, reporting to the Senior Vice President, with