A Brief Summary of This Position:

This position reports through a matrixed structure to the Utility Finance Business Partnership organization and the Director of Financial Reporting and serves as a senior finance reporting and analytics resource supporting the Utility business and broader Finance organization. The role is expected to provide technical leadership and guidance while remaining a hands-on contributor within the reporting and analytics organization. This role may provide coaching, prioritization support, and informal leadership for reporting resources as the function grows. Strong candidates will bring experience in financial reporting, FP&A, business intelligence, automation, KPI development, AI-enabled technologies, and cross-functional partnership. The role combines technical reporting expertise with business acumen to improve financial visibility, advance reporting automation and AI adoption, reduce manual effort, support standardized reporting, and translate data into decision-ready insights that drive better business outcomes.

Essential Functions:

• Operate in a matrixed finance reporting model, partnering closely with the Utility Finance Business Partner organization, Director of Financial Reporting, FP&A, operations, commercial, accounting, and IT Data teams to support accurate business-relevant reporting.
• Drive adoption of AI-enabled tools, business intelligence platforms, and reporting automation technologies to improve reporting efficiency, enhance insight generation, reduce manual effort, and support continuous improvement across finance processes.
• Lead and support recurring financial and operational reporting, dashboards, analytical models, and leadership reporting packages used in forecasting, business reviews, and performance management.
• Translate Utility business needs into clear reporting requirements, KPI views, dashboard priorities, and analytical outputs while ensuring alignment with enterprise reporting standards, data definitions, governance expectations, and single-source-of-truth principles.
• Perform and review hands-on analysis of financial and operational data, including revenue, margin, backlog, invoicing, working capital, cost performance, productivity, forecast-to-actual results, and business driver trends.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and prioritization support for reporting and analytics activities while remaining directly involved in report development, data validation, process improvement, and analytical problem solving.
• Partner with Financial Reporting, IT Data, and business stakeholders to improve data quality, automate manual reporting, and advance scalable reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Support forecasting, AOP, monthly business reviews, product line reporting, balance sheet reporting, backlog/invoicing visibility, and ad hoc leadership analysis by connecting reporting outputs to risks, opportunities, trends, and business implications.
• Communicate clearly with leaders at multiple levels, challenge data assumptions when needed, escalate reporting issues appropriately, and convert complex analyses into concise, practical insights that improve decision quality and business follow-through.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, or related field with 5+ years of relevant experience in finance, reporting, analytics, FP&A, operations finance, or business support roles.
• Experience leading or supporting recurring financial reporting, dashboards, KPI reporting, forecasting support, and management reporting.
• Experience leveraging business intelligence, automation, analytics, or AI-enabled technologies to improve reporting effectiveness and decision support.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to gather, validate, interpret, and communicate financial and operational performance data.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; experience with ERP, planning, and reporting systems.
• Experience with Power BI, OneStream, Databricks, Power Query, or similar reporting, data visualization, and analytics platforms.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment, manage competing priorities, influence without direct authority, and balance hands-on execution with continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills with the ability to partner effectively across Finance, IT Data, and business teams.

Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications:

• CPA, CMA, Microsoft Power BI certification, data analytics certification, or equivalent professional credentials.
• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Business Administration, or related field.
• Experience in manufacturing, infrastructure, utility, operations, or other complex multi-site business environments.
• Experience with Power BI, OneStream, Power Query, Databricks, SQL, Alteryx, Microsoft Copilot, or similar analytics, automation, and AI-enabled technologies.
• Experience leading or supporting finance transformation, reporting standardization, dashboard development, process automation, KPI governance, or continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)

• 401k retirement plan with company match

• Paid time off

• Employer paid life insurance

• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave

• Work Life Support

• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

• Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more