Project Leader - Pro Trade Credit

The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

2d

About The Position

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. Position Purpose: As a key financial partner for Pro Trade Credit and related Pro Capabilities, you will support the financial management, reporting, and strategic planning for a high-growth program. Working closely with cross-functional teams—including Pro leadership, Credit Services, and Outside Sales—you will ensure financial rigor and operational discipline. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, thrives in ambiguity, and can translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• 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.
• 3 years of work experience
• Ability to perform detailed analyses as well as create executive summaries of the analyses.
• Ability to present and defend own work and work of others to senior leadership.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to influence the decisions of individuals that you do not supervise.

Nice To Haves

• Strong working knowledge of Excel, Access, and Powerpoint
• MBA
• Prior experience in corporate finance and/or retail

Responsibilities

• PROJECT CONTROL - Develops an effective plan for controlling project scope, schedule and cost, and monitors project execution to ensure that the plan is being followed. Creates and effectively coordinates documentation to explain changes or potential changes to the baseline and ensures the approved changes are implemented.
• PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS - Develops an effective plan for communicating project information to the project team and to the project stakeholders. Develops written status reports and scorecards and creates/presents project review documents to senior leadership.
• PROJECT RISK ASSESSMENT - Leads the definition of project risks and the required mitigation approaches. Monitors project activities for the occurrence of risks and takes timely action to escalate or mitigate the risk. Advises project team members and stakeholders of actions required or completed.
• PROJECT LESSONS LEARNED - At the completion of a project or project phase, captures key lessons learned and communicates to peer Project Leaders. Effectively applies lessons learned in subsequent projects.
• PROJECT ENVIRONMENT - Shares responsibility with the project leadership for providing a good working environment. Ensures teams are staffed, duties and responsibilities are understood by everyone and that an inclusive environment is maintained.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level