About this Director, Finance – Dayton & Engineering Solutions role at White Cap
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.
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Job Summary
Responsible for leading financial strategy and execution to support business growth, operational efficiency, and fiscal responsibility.
Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities
Leads financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes.
Oversees monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning and analysis.
Guides strategic decision-making through data-driven insights and financial modeling.
Ensures compliance with internal controls, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements.
Partners with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives and drive profitability.
Develops and mentors associates within the finance team to build expertise and teamwork.
Implements process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and transparency.
Collaborates with senior leadership to align financial goals with company strategy.
Supports mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transformations with financial due diligence.
Communicates financial performance and risks clearly and consistently to stakeholders.
Oversees commission calculations and ensure accurate, timely payments to associates.
Partners with HR and compensation teams to model, fund, and execute bonus plans.
Nature and Scope
Problems are typically defined by higher level leadership. Problems are difficult. Solutions require analysis and investigation.
Decides how to achieve planned results within an organization's plans, policies, and guidelines. May set or change plans/goals within respective department or area.
May manage department via multiple layers of managers OR directly supervise a staff of professional individual contributors at the senior or technical advisor level.
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 and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
Education and Experience
Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 9+ years of experience in a related field, including several years in a management/supervisory capacity.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting manufacturing, fabrication, rental, distribution, or other operations-intensive businesses
- Proven ability to identify and execute margin improvement opportunities through pricing, sourcing, productivity, and operational efficiency initiatives
- Experience evaluating and leading make-versus-buy, facility optimization, and capacity utilization analyses
- Strong understanding of operational performance drivers including labor productivity, plant efficiency, fleet utilization, and asset productivity
- Experience developing business unit, product line, and location-level profitability reporting and performance metrics
- Demonstrated success building KPI frameworks and management reporting processes across multiple businesses or operating units
- Experience developing capital investment business cases, prioritizing investments, and measuring return on invested capital.
- Ability to lead business transformation initiatives involving systems, reporting, organizational design, or process standardization
- Advanced analytical and data visualization skills, including Power BI and AI-enabled tools for business insights and decision support.
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