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Since 1953, Ferguson has been a source of quality supplies for a variety of industries. Together We Build Better infrastructure, better homes and better businesses. We exist to make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful, and sustainable. We proactively solve problems, adapt and grow to continuously serve our customers, communities and each other. Ferguson, a Fortune 500 company, is proud to provide best-in-class products, service and capabilities across the following industries: Commercial/Mechanical, Facilities Supply, Fire and Fabrication, HVAC, Industrial, Residential Trade, Residential Building and Remodel, Waterworks and Residential Digital Commerce.
Ferguson has approximately 36,000 associates across 1,700 locations. Ferguson is a community of proud associates who operate with the shared purpose of building something meaningful. You will build a career that you are proud of, at a company you can believe in.
The SR Director Business Unit Finance – Supply Chain, Operations and Facilities will partner with the Chief Supply Chain Officer and the broader Supply Chain, Operations, and Facilities leadership teams to provide analytics, modeling, insights and decision support to drive premier performance across planning, supply chain, logistics, operations, and facilities.
Additionally, this role will lead analysis to maximize the financial returns of capacity expansion, asset allocation, facilities investments, and operational strategies across our sites, operational functions, and initiatives in a high-growth environment.
This role will drive excellence by optimizing data quality and accuracy, delivering actionable solutions, and creating valuable insights with a keen focus on cost drivers, variances, trade-offs, operating productivity, facilities utilization, and industry trends.
The SR Director will lead all aspects of network inventory reporting, including improving and streamlining processes, and communicating key reporting insights and opportunities for global improvement, cost savings, and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, and Facilities leadership to understand performance, optimize operational decisions, design and implement long-range strategies, and manage cost improvement opportunities.
- Provide financial results and key performance indicators for facilities, operational costs, cost of goods sold, logistics performance, and key working capital drivers through trend, variance and ratio analysis.
- Drive continuous improvement in a high growth and fast paced environment of modeling, analytics, information organization, cross functional alignment of the key storylines, trends and identification of business needs.
- Make recommendations to business process changes based on experience, analysis, best practices and best-in-class optimization and work cross functionally to gain alignment for improvements.
- Analyze options for the allocation of scarce resources to secure the greatest short-term and long-term returns for the business through scenario planning, financial modeling and hands-on understanding of Ferguson’s supply chain model, operating network, and facilities footprint.
- Drive margin improvement by working with operations, facilities, and supply chain teams to optimize resource use, improve productivity, lower costs relative to revenue drivers and focus the company on maximizing efficiency across our multi-site, facilities, and logistics network.
- Handle multiple projects at one time and actively collaborate with internal/external partners.
- Assist with developing plans for Supply Chain, Operations, and Facilities to ensure outstanding financial performance that delivers competitive advantages in the marketplace.
- Develop and drive adherence for policies and processes related to global inventory.
- Lead the capital allocation process and maximization of return on investment on capital spend across existing and future assets, including facilities, automation, equipment, and capacity expansion strategies.
- Lead ad-hoc financial analysis for any special projects as required.
Professional Experience/Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related Business field with MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 15+ years of experience.
- 8+ years of experience leading others, including demonstrated success in effectively leading and developing high performing teams.
- Prior experience in supply chain finance, operations finance, facilities finance, logistics and/or distribution.
- Excellent communication skills, ability to quickly establish a personal brand within the organization to drive cross functional collaboration and influence resources outside one’s direct responsibility.
- Demonstrated success in partnering with and influencing functional leaders to drive action toward and deliver against targeted operational strategies.
- Track record of delivering high-impact and measurable results.
- Outstanding analytical skills and abilities.
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Understanding of end to end business processes.
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to present information and analysis in a meaningful, timely and user-friendly manner.
- Ability to understand and navigate large organizations and business functions.
- Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced environment.
- Strategic and pragmatic with the ability to carry an idea through execution.
- Mature executive presence.
- Experience working cross-functionally in a team-oriented environment while also being able to work and think independently.
- Self-directed and motivated to work with minimum supervision, conferring with manager or others on more complex matters.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and modeling skills.
At Ferguson, we care for each other. We value our well-being just as much as our hard work. We are committed to a holistic approach towards benefits plans and programs that support the mental, physical and financial well-being of our associates. Our competitive offering not only includes benefits like health, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance and a 401(k) with a company match, but our associates also enjoy additional meaningful and inclusive enhancements that are adaptable to their diverse situations and needs, including mental health coverage, gender affirming and family building benefits, paid parental leave, associate discounts, community involvement opportunities and more!
Pay Range:
Actual pay rate may vary depending upon location. The estimated pay range for this position is below. The specific rate will depend on a candidate’s qualifications and prior experience.
Estimated Ranges displayed are Monthly for Salaried roles OR Hourly for all other roles.
This role is Bonus or Incentive Plan eligible.
Ferguson complies with all wage regulations. The starting wage may be higher in certain locations based on local or state wage requirements.
The Company is an equal opportunity employer as well as a government contractor that shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), which prohibits discrimination against qualified protected Veterans and the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(A), which prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability.
Ferguson Enterprises, LLC. is an equal employment employer F/M/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Reasonable Accommodation Information
Job Posting:
Since 1953, Ferguson has been a source of quality supplies for a variety of industries. Together We Build Better infrastructure, better homes and better businesses. We exist to make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful, and sustainable. We proactively solve problems, adapt and grow to continuously serve our customers, communities and each other. Ferguson, a Fortune 500 company, is proud to provide best-in-class products, service and capabilities across the following industries: Commercial/Mechanical, Facilities Supply, Fire and Fabrication, HVAC, Industrial, Residential Trade, Residential Building and Remodel, Waterworks and Residential Digital Commerce.
Ferguson has approximately 36,000 associates across 1,700 locations. Ferguson is a community of proud associates who operate with the shared purpose of building something meaningful. You will build a career that you are proud of, at a company you can believe in.
The SR Director Business Unit Finance – Supply Chain, Operations and Facilities will partner with the Chief Supply Chain Officer and the broader Supply Chain, Operations, and Facilities leadership teams to provide analytics, modeling, insights and decision support to drive premier performance across planning, supply chain, logistics, operations, and facilities.
Additionally, this role will lead analysis to maximize the financial returns of capacity expansion, asset allocation, facilities investments, and operational strategies across our sites, operational functions, and initiatives in a high-growth environment.
This role will drive excellence by optimizing data quality and accuracy, delivering actionable solutions, and creating valuable insights with a keen focus on cost drivers, variances, trade-offs, operating productivity, facilities utilization, and industry trends.
The SR Director will lead all aspects of network inventory reporting, including improving and streamlining processes, and communicating key reporting insights and opportunities for global improvement, cost savings, and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, and Facilities leadership to understand performance, optimize operational decisions, design and implement long-range strategies, and manage cost improvement opportunities.
- Provide financial results and key performance indicators for facilities, operational costs, cost of goods sold, logistics performance, and key working capital drivers through trend, variance and ratio analysis.
- Drive continuous improvement in a high growth and fast paced environment of modeling, analytics, information organization, cross functional alignment of the key storylines, trends and identification of business needs.
- Make recommendations to business process changes based on experience, analysis, best practices and best-in-class optimization and work cross functionally to gain alignment for improvements.
- Analyze options for the allocation of scarce resources to secure the greatest short-term and long-term returns for the business through scenario planning, financial modeling and hands-on understanding of Ferguson’s supply chain model, operating network, and facilities footprint.
- Drive margin improvement by working with operations, facilities, and supply chain teams to optimize resource use, improve productivity, lower costs relative to revenue drivers and focus the company on maximizing efficiency across our multi-site, facilities, and logistics network.
- Handle multiple projects at one time and actively collaborate with internal/external partners.
- Assist with developing plans for Supply Chain, Operations, and Facilities to ensure outstanding financial performance that delivers competitive advantages in the marketplace.
- Develop and drive adherence for policies and processes related to global inventory.
- Lead the capital allocation process and maximization of return on investment on capital spend across existing and future assets, including facilities, automation, equipment, and capacity expansion strategies.
- Lead ad-hoc financial analysis for any special projects as required.
Professional Experience/Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related Business field with MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 15+ years of experience.
- 8+ years of experience leading others, including demonstrated success in effectively leading and developing high performing teams.
- Prior experience in supply chain finance, operations finance, facilities finance, logistics and/or distribution.
- Excellent communication skills, ability to quickly establish a personal brand within the organization to drive cross functional collaboration and influence resources outside one’s direct responsibility.
- Demonstrated success in partnering with and influencing functional leaders to drive action toward and deliver against targeted operational strategies.
- Track record of delivering high-impact and measurable results.
- Outstanding analytical skills and abilities.
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Understanding of end to end business processes.
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to present information and analysis in a meaningful, timely and user-friendly manner.
- Ability to understand and navigate large organizations and business functions.
- Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced environment.
- Strategic and pragmatic with the ability to carry an idea through execution.
- Mature executive presence.
- Experience working cross-functionally in a team-oriented environment while also being able to work and think independently.
- Self-directed and motivated to work with minimum supervision, conferring with manager or others on more complex matters.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and modeling skills.
At Ferguson, we care for each other. We value our well-being just as much as our hard work. We are committed to a holistic approach towards benefits plans and programs that support the mental, physical and financial well-being of our associates. Our competitive offering not only includes benefits like health, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance and a 401(k) with a company match, but our associates also enjoy additional meaningful and inclusive enhancements that are adaptable to their diverse situations and needs, including mental health coverage, gender affirming and family building benefits, paid parental leave, associate discounts, community involvement opportunities and more!
Pay Range:
Actual pay rate may vary depending upon location. The estimated pay range for this position is below. The specific rate will depend on a candidate’s qualifications and prior experience.
Estimated Ranges displayed are Monthly for Salaried roles OR Hourly for all other roles.
This role is Bonus or Incentive Plan eligible.
Ferguson complies with all wage regulations. The starting wage may be higher in certain locations based on local or state wage requirements.
The Company is an equal opportunity employer as well as a government contractor that shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), which prohibits discrimination against qualified protected Veterans and the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(A), which prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability.
Ferguson Enterprises, LLC. is an equal employment employer F/M/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Reasonable Accommodation Information
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon18
- BridgePoint Associates9
- AHOLD Delhaize4
- Archdiocese of Boston3
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Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Retail
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- Accounting & Auditing
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in finance and operations associate jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field
- Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and financial modeling
- Experience with ERP or financial management software such as NetSuite, QuickBooks, or SAP
- 1-3 years of experience in a finance, accounting, or operations support role
- Familiarity with budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close processes
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
Tips for Your Finance and Operations Associate Job Search
Quantify your process improvement wins
Finance and operations roles attract candidates who can show results, not just responsibilities. Convert your work into numbers: how much you reduced processing time, reconciled in monthly close, or cut in vendor costs. Hiring managers in this role scan for impact fast.
Tailor your resume to each posting
Job descriptions for finance and operations associates vary widely by industry. A nonprofit post weights grant tracking and compliance, while a tech company wants SaaS billing reconciliation. Mirror the exact language from each posting so your resume clears the ATS screening round.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists finance and operations associate openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target mid-size companies for broader scope
At large enterprises, finance and operations associates often own one narrow function. At companies with 50 to 500 employees, you're more likely to touch budgeting, vendor management, and reporting simultaneously, which builds a stronger resume and faster career progression.
Prepare a case-style answer for interviews
Many finance and operations interviews include a scenario question: a budget is off, a vendor payment is delayed, or a process is breaking under growth. Rehearse a structured walk-through using a real situation from your work, covering what you found, what you did, and the outcome.
Negotiate total compensation, not just base
Finance and operations associates often have room to negotiate beyond base salary. Ask specifically about professional development budgets, CPA or CFA exam reimbursement, and remote flexibility. These are frequently available but rarely offered without a direct ask.
Finance and Operations Associate Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most finance and operations associates?
The companies hiring the most finance and operations associates right now include Amazon, BridgePoint Associates, and AHOLD Delhaize, with the largest share of openings in Massachusetts, California, and Washington, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Healthcare systems, private equity-backed companies, and fast-growing tech firms tend to post the most roles in this category.
How many finance and operations associate jobs are remote?
About 56% of finance and operations associate openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with availability varying by industry and employer size. Sub-functions like financial reporting, vendor invoice processing, and budget analysis tend to have the highest remote share, while roles that require on-site inventory, facilities, or procurement oversight are more commonly in-person.
How do you become a finance and operations associate?
Start with a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or business administration, then build hands-on experience through internships, accounts payable roles, or entry-level operations coordinator positions. Get comfortable with Excel and at least one ERP system. Employers also look for demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, communicate across departments, and work with structured financial data.
Can you get a finance and operations associate job with little experience?
Yes, many employers hire candidates with limited direct experience if you can demonstrate relevant skills. Internships in accounting, administrative roles that involved budgeting or vendor coordination, and coursework in financial analysis all count. Highlighting proficiency in Excel, attention to detail in data work, and any exposure to month-end close or purchase orders strengthens an entry-level application considerably.
What does the finance and operations associate interview process look like?
Most employers run a phone or video screen, followed by one to two rounds with the hiring manager and a finance or operations team member. Expect a mix of behavioral questions, a case or scenario exercise involving a budget discrepancy or process gap, and sometimes a short Excel or data task. Final rounds often include a conversation with a senior leader or department head.
Where can I find and apply to finance and operations associate jobs?
You can find and apply to finance and operations associate jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from companies across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience level and industry focus, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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