Finance Project Leader

About the role

The Home Depot is hiring a Finance Project Leader for its Store Support Center. The role provides leadership of key finance projects and prepares economic and financial forecasts used in financial decision-making. It reports to the Senior Finance Manager and has no direct reports.

Key responsibilities

• Project control (40%): plan and monitor project scope, schedule and cost, coordinate documentation of approved changes to the baseline
• Project communications (30%): communicate project information to the team and stakeholders, write status reports and scorecards, present review documents to senior leadership
• Risk assessment (10%): define risks and mitigation approaches, monitor for risks and escalate them
• Lessons learned (10%): capture lessons at the end of a project or phase and share them with peer Project Leaders
• Project environment (10%): help maintain a good working environment, ensure teams are staffed and duties are understood

Required profile

• Age 18 or older and legally permitted to work in the United States
• Preferred: prior experience in corporate finance and/or retail
• Preferred: bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field; no additional education or years of experience required
• Preferred: ability to perform detailed analyses, create executive summaries, present work to senior leadership, work independently and influence decisions of those you do not supervise

Required skills

• Preferred: strong working knowledge of Excel, Access and PowerPoint
• Preferred: MBAP certification

Travel is typically under 10% overnight, and the work is mostly done sitting indoors.