MANAGER, SALES REPORTING

<p style="text-align:left"><span class="emphasis">With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.</span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p><b>Position Purpose:</b></p><p>The Manager of Sales Reporting is responsible for leading a team of associates and owns the end‑to‑end sales reporting and related operational activities that <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">support accurate, timely,</span> and compliant financial reporting. This role is accountable for daily service delivery, period‑end execution, data integrity, internal controls, and continuous improvement across sales reporting processes. The Manager of Sales Reporting partners closely with Revenue Accounting, Sales Audit, IT, Finance, and other cross‑functional stakeholders, as well as offshore teams where applicable, to ensure reporting outputs meet business, compliance, and leadership expectations. Success in this role requires strong people leadership, operational discipline, deep understanding of sales and revenue data flows, and the ability to translate complex data into clear insights for business partners and leadership.</p><p><br><b>Key Responsibilities:</b></p><ul><li>10% Collaboration - Leverages prior experiences to help develop and recommend solutions; Effectively develops trust and collaboration with internal customers and cross-functional teams in other towers; Collaborates with appropriate team members to gather input and feedback concerning business needs; Understands the technical needs required for successfully tackling business problems</li><li>10% Continuous Improvements & Controls - Participates in the continuous improvement of processes by developing scalable and innovative solutions; Maintains Internal Controls and drive the team through required compliance; Ensures appropriate processes and job-specific requirements are properly documented; Works closely with controls and compliance teams</li><li>40% Operational Duties & Oversight - Monitors the team's progress against departmental goals; Monitors team's daily activities and has a close track of SLAs; Plans and executes month end/year end processes; Leads regular team calls to address operational topics, improvements and projects that require monitoring and resolution; Work with internal and external customers for improving service levels and solving operational issues across the process; Fosters continuous improvement and innovation by challenging and empowering teams by giving them guidance and tools for developing automations and building insights for the business; Oversees the administration of financial policies; Serves as escalation for an risks or issues; Provides updates and recommendation to leaders at all levels of the organization on short- and long-term objectives and policies, program effectiveness, team accomplishments, summary of findings, and explain internal and external impacts</li><li>30% People Management & Team Leadership - Provides leadership, mentorship and coaching to direct reports (individual contributors); Provides guidance on daily basis, keeps connected and communicates with the team; Provides performance reviews and timely feedback to direct reports regarding performance, execution, and contribution; Recruits and hires staff; Manages the different team members with respect for all people, coaching them for bringing up the strengths and skills that will set a successful group of highly motivated and strong performers; Fosters collaboration with team members; Develops a supportive and engaged team</li><li>10% Strategy & Business Development - Manages transformational projects from planning to execution and post action review; Shares insight and ideas on how to continue to evolve processes and increase efficiency; Drives adoption of leading-edge techniques and methods, both predictive and prescriptive; Allows team members to develop new skills</li></ul><p><br><b>Direct Manager/Direct Reports:</b></p><ul><li>This Position typically reports to Sr Manager</li><li>This Position could have up to 6 Direct Reports</li></ul><p><br><b>Travel Requirements:</b></p><ul><li>Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.</li></ul><p><br><b>Physical Requirements:</b></p><ul><li>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.</li></ul><p><br><b>Working Conditions:</b></p><ul><li>Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.</li></ul><p><br><b>Minimum Qualifications:</b></p><ul><li>Must be eighteen years of age or older.</li><li>Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li></ul><p><br><b>Preferred Qualifications:</b></p><ul><li><p>7-8 years of experience in Accounting, Finance, <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">Business, Economics or</span> related field is preferred​​</p></li><li><p>Leadership Experience: 2-5 years of people or project team management experience​</p></li><li><p>Experience with OTC processes in SAP S/4 Hana; including SAP Customer Activity Repository (CAR) and Blackline​</p></li><li><p>Experience in different technologies such as business querying, analytics tools, and AI​</p></li><li><p>Ability to build queries and research large data <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">sets leveraging tools</span> such as Google Big Query​</p></li><li><p>Ability <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">to identify defects</span> through data analysis and other mechanisms and drive fixes to root cause issues through direct and indirect influence​</p></li><li><p>Strong ability to delve into details, analyze, and succinctly communicate findings and actions from findings​</p></li><li><p>Master's degree in Accounting or Finance or other designation (e.g., CPA, CMA)​</p></li></ul><p><br><b>Minimum Education:</b></p><ul><li>The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a master's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.</li></ul><p><br><b>Preferred Education:</b></p><ul><li>No additional education</li></ul><p><br><b>Minimum Years of Work Experience:</b></p><ul><li>5</li></ul><p><br><b>Preferred Years of Work Experience:</b></p><ul><li>No additional years of experience</li></ul><p><br><b>Minimum Leadership Experience:</b></p><ul><li>None</li></ul><p><br><b>Preferred Leadership Experience:</b></p><ul><li>None</li></ul><p><br><b>Certifications:</b></p><ul><li>Certified Public Accountant designation preferred</li></ul><p><br><b>Competencies:</b></p><ul><li>Directs Work</li><li>Nimble Learning</li><li>Builds Effective Teams</li><li>Collaborates</li><li>Cultivates Innovation</li><li>Instills Trust</li><li>Optimizes Work Processes</li><li>Communicates Effectively</li><li>Customer Focus</li><li>Drives Results</li><li>Manages Conflict</li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>For California, Colorado, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Nevada, New York City, Ithaca (NY), Westchester County (NY), and Washington residents:</b><br> </p>The pay range for this position is between $120,000.00 - $160,000.00

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