Value Realization Manager - Overland Park, KS

Metronet•Overland Park, KS

About The Position

The Value Realization Manager is an individual-contributor role responsible for validating the financial value of business cases before approval and launch, then determining whether that value appears in the P&L after launch. The role has no direct reports and requires autonomy, technical maturity, and ownership of analytical deliverables from initial data extraction through executive presentation. It reports to the Director of FP&A. The position is intended for an experienced FP&A professional or Project Manager with advanced financial modeling and database-querying capabilities, as well as strong business acumen. The manager reviews business-case inputs, establishes baselines for measuring results, and reports monthly on actual outcomes versus promised value, including factors offsetting value that does not appear. The role focuses on value-creation opportunities requiring substantial governance, such as automation, AI initiatives, and significant process changes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Project Management, Data Analytics, or a related quantitative field.
5 to 7 years of progressive experience in corporate FP&A, commercial finance, financial consulting, data analytics, or project management.
Ability to independently build, structure, and stress-test comprehensive business cases and measure results against a defined baseline.
Practical experience writing SQL queries and building functional dashboards in Power BI or Tableau.
Experience tracking project or initiative benefits and keeping cross-functional stakeholders aligned on financial outcomes.
Strong presentation and business storytelling skills, including translating detailed quantitative analysis into structured, executive-ready presentations.
Advanced Excel financial modeling proficiency, particularly driver-based design, auditable architecture, and scenario testing.
Grounding in GAAP, core accounting mechanics, and unit economics.
Willingness to work both as part of a team and independently.
Legally authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

MBA.
Experience in a private equity-backed environment, benefits realization, or telecom and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Validate financial inputs and assumptions in business cases before prioritization and approval, and confirm claimed value is visible in the P&L, distinguishing hard savings from cost avoidance.
Set an initiative baseline defining what the relevant cost line would have been without the initiative.
Own the realized-value scorecard, tracking initiatives from approved value through value realized in the P&L.
Prepare a monthly value bridge reconciling expected value with actual P&L results, separating initiative impact from volume, rate, mix, and timing factors, and diagnosing offsets.
Carry proven results into the financial reforecast and long-range plan, and update business-case assumptions as realized results become available.
Contribute to business cases and financial models for proposed investments and initiatives, evaluating ROI, NPV, payback period, and key sensitivity drivers.
Audit and validate cross-functional data inputs across multiple systems to ensure data integrity in the value scorecard and executive reporting packages.
Query relational databases using SQL and build Power BI reports that connect operational data sources with financial actuals, reducing reliance on manual spreadsheet consolidation.
Synthesize complex financial and operational data into slide-based presentations for leadership, partner with the Value Enablement Manager, and perform ad hoc analyses as requested.
Perform other job-related duties as requested.