Manager, Strategic Finance

About the role

A position at White Cap isn’t your ordinary job. You’ll work in an exciting and diverse environment, meet interesting people, and have a variety of career opportunities. The White Cap family is committed to Building Trust on Every Job by being deeply knowledgeable, fully capable, and always dependable. This role is responsible for providing financial and strategic thought leadership on critical business initiatives to members of the senior leadership team and contributing to the financial well-being of the business through financial tools and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Identifies operational issues, communicates effectively with key internal stakeholders, and collaborates on strategic initiatives.
• Assesses strategic initiatives, including acquisitions and divestitures, and supports due diligence.
• Evaluates capital projects.
• Executes monthly financial reports, interprets results, identifies meaningful variances and trends, and provides context to senior management.
• Streamlines and automates reports.
• Coordinates quarterly forecasts and provides input to the annual strategic planning process.
• Stays abreast of relevant trends in North American macroeconomic indicators in Construction, Infrastructure, Multifamily, and Hospitality end-markets; sell-side analyst expectations for the organization, customers, suppliers, and industry peers; and financial markets, including interest rates, currency exchange rates, and commodity inflation rates.
• Evaluates and recommends changes to capital structure and cash deployment policies.
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and normalizes disparate data from various internal and external sources to create comprehensive financial models.
• Formulates clear, relevant, and accurate analysis in a format that facilitates execution.
• Supports assigned functional areas in capital allocation, management reporting, and ad hoc projects.
• Develops, implements, and refines processes to simplify workflows and increase productivity.

Work Environment

• Located in a comfortable indoor area; any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about; occasional need to move or lift light articles.
• Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a BS/BA in a related discipline; generally 7+ years of experience in a related field. May require certification. Advanced degree may offset less experience in some disciplines.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Corporate Finance, Strategy, and/or Analytics experience preferred.
• Experience building financial statement forecasting and budgeting models.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze financial statements and operating results, identify key business drivers, and translate complex financial data into clear, compelling narratives and actionable insights for executive audiences.
• Program management experience supporting large-scale cross-functional initiatives.
• Proven ability to synthesize data and develop compelling business cases and recommendations to drive decision-making across senior stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional leaders in a matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and influence without authority.
• Strong problem structuring and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data analysis tools.

Schedule

Hybrid work type.