Financial Analyst - CapEx and Value Creation

Financial Analyst – CapEx & Value Creation

About the Role

We are seeking a Financial Analyst – CapEx & Value Creation to support our Capital Investments Finance team. This role partners closely with the Finance Manager for Capital Investments to deliver high-quality capital investment analysis, strengthen governance, and ensure value realization across the CapEx portfolio. The ideal candidate is analytical, detail-oriented, and process-driven, with a strong interest in capital allocation, ROI analysis, and value creation. This position plays a key role in enabling disciplined investment decisions and maintaining financial rigor throughout the CapEx lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain standardized CapEx business case models, ensuring consistent assumptions and decision-ready financial outputs (e.g., ROI, NPV, IRR).
• Support ROI tracking and value realization by comparing forecasted results to actual performance and assisting with post-investment reviews.
• Enforce Finance governance standards across the CapEx lifecycle, including validation of submissions, stage-gate approvals, and documentation management.
• Partner with Accounting to support capitalization decisions, depreciation assumptions, and audit-ready documentation in compliance with GAAP/IFRS.
• Produce recurring CapEx, asset, and ROI reporting for Finance leadership and key stakeholders.
• Build and maintain dashboards and analytics, ensuring data accuracy and consistency across systems (e.g., SAP, Anaplan).
• Serve as a day-to-day Finance contact for CapEx modeling and governance questions, reinforcing standards and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in financial analysis, capital planning, FP&A, or a related role.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including complex formulas, scenario analysis, and structured modeling.

Technical & Systems Skills

• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP to extract, reconcile, and analyze CapEx and asset data.
• Familiarity with financial planning and modeling tools such as Anaplan or similar platforms.
• Working knowledge of SQL and querying large datasets (e.g., Snowflake) to support financial and ROI analysis.
• Proficiency with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau) to create executive-ready dashboards and insights.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of capital investment governance, stage-gate processes, and post-completion reviews.
• Understanding of GAAP/IFRS related to fixed assets and capitalization.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to influence capital allocation and long-term value creation.
• Exposure to senior Finance leadership and cross-functional partners.
• A role that blends analytics, systems, governance, and business partnership.
• Strong platform for growth within Finance, FP&A, or Capital Strategy.

Job Summary

Gather disparate data from various data sources; analyze and normalize to ensure data integrity for analysis. Provide consistent, relevant, and accurate data as well as guidance/knowledge of the data and definitions that are available for analysis.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities, and Key Accountabilities

• Serves as a resource to assigned client in area of expertise.
• Gathers and compiles raw data, conducts research for industry trends and benchmarks, and normalizes data to be incorporated into a centralized data format.
• Analyzes, reports, and makes comparisons to industry/company benchmarks. Determines trends and prepares cost analyses.
• Defines data definitions and documents data limitations.
• Prepares spreadsheets for data analysis. Prepares reports with charts and graphs, mailing lists, maps and ad hoc requests. May make presentations.
• Provides recommendations based on findings and analysis. Provides input on policies and procedures.
• Participates in department and interdepartmental projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Nature and Scope

• Demonstrates skill in data analysis techniques by resolving missing/incomplete information and inconsistencies/anomalies in more complex research/data.
• Nature of work requires increasing independence; receives guidance only on unusual, complex problems or issues. Work review typically involves periodic review of output by a supervisor and/or direct customers of the process.
• May provide general guidance/direction to or train junior level support or professional personnel.

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.
• No travel required.

Education and Experience

• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 2-5 years of experience in a related field OR MS/MA and generally 2-4 years of experience in a related field. Certification is required in some areas.

Our Goals for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to creating a culture that promotes equity, respect, and advocacy for every HD Supply associate. We value the diversity of our people.

Equal Employment Opportunity

HD Supply is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.