Finance Manager, Financial Services Products

Finance Manager

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Position Purpose:

In this position the Finance Manager is expected to provide financial leadership for the Home Depot Protection Plan Portfolio and Credit Offerings on the Home Depot Credit Card. The Finance Manager's responsibilities include:

• Forecasting and Planning of Deferred Interest and HDPP P&L
• Provide financial controllership around strategies to drive incremental sales and profits of Private Label credit card products and Home Depot Protection Plans
• Support the business with financial analysis and reporting to identify trends and develop strategies to achieve financial targets
• Act as a strategic thought partner to functional leaders
• Evaluate financial impact of credit programs, promotions, products and services within HDPP and Deferred Interest
• Works closely with various internal partners including Accounting, IT, Merchants, and Merch Finance as well as the external Protection Plan vendor.

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 Director level
• This 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.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 5

Competencies:

• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices, 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 multi-task effectively.
• Judgement and decision-making skills; considering relative costs, benefits of potential actions.