POSITION PURPOSE

The Home Depot is able to offer virtual employment of this position in the following states: AL, AK, AZ, AR, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

The Project Leader, Business Unit Accounting serves as an advisor to and a liaison between Home Depot and its Business Units. The Project Leader maintains, monitors and reviews upload governance; provides Business Units with support for financial system integration initiatives; and conducts regular updates with their assigned Business Units. This role will support and drive accounting process improvements for their assigned Business Units including but not limited to identifying opportunities for automation, aligning with Home Depot core accounting processes where appropriate, and assisting with future Subsidiary/Business Unit acquisition/integration projects.

MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provides project planning and timeline management for the project.
• Overall responsibility for ensuring that the end result of development activity meets the business need.
• Coordinates the activities of staff and senior analysts including:
• Business process evaluation
• Procedure development
• System process flow and requirements
• QA planning and testing
• Implementation planning
• Documentation
• User training
• Production support for problems/enhancements
• Ensures adequate communication and proper integration across departments, systems and platforms.
• Selects, develops, and motivates assigned staff.
  

  NATURE AND SCOPE

  • Typically requires highly developed interpersonal skills for dealing with sensitive or controversial situations
  • Typically faces situations that have a variety of interpretations and require careful evaluation.
  • Typically considers among many different options or procedures when solving problems.
  • Typically progress or results of work is periodically checked. Has some leeway to change work procedures.

    ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS
    Environment:
    Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
    Travel:
    
    Additional Environmental Job Requirements:
    Under regular pressure to meet deadlines, quotas and/or must frequently deal with difficult issues related to people or situations.