Senior Director, Finance

Posted:
9/26/2024, 5:56:38 AM

Location(s):
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States ⋅ Arkansas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Finance & Banking

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Join Walmart as a Senior Director, Merchandise Finance and Strategy – Central Decision Support and your work could help over 240 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement.  From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.

Our Finance purpose is clear, we are Trusted leaders, co-pilots, and stewards of the business, who drive connectivity across the enterprise to maximize value creation. 

A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores.  

Join us! and help us bring our Vision of becoming a World class finance organization powered by the best people and cutting-edge technology to win with both customers and shareholders. 

Act as a strategic thought-leadership role requiring superior leadership skills, strong financial acumen and analytical capabilities to drive sizable, complex, cross functional results.

Supporting the entire Walmart US segment, the role requires a broad understanding across the entire business to enable input into all major financial decisions and will often be required to work in matrixed situations.  

The ability to challenge all aspects of the business in delivering improved performance whilst maintaining strong working relationships is key to success in this role. Additionally, the ability to understand business trends, foresee financial opportunities and risks, and effectively influence business results is an important part of the everyday.  

You’ll stand out if, consistently: 

  • You are a servant leader, a team player, possess excellent leadership skills and high EQ 
  • You are a proven talent developer and champion of DE&I and Belonging 
  • You are curious, relentlessly ask questions, connect the dots and take actions to drive progress! 
  • You can manage the interconnectivities of business units 
  • You drive results with strong financial acumen and technical/analytical capabilities 
  • You’re familiar with digital/tech product finance or asset management 
  • You’re skilled at diplomacy and aligning stakeholders with competing priorities, including senior leaders 
  • You’re a storyteller – a master at making complex subjects easily understood through compelling stories and visuals to drive progress 
  • You have high standards and can hold yourself and your business partners accountable for the collective success 
  • You’re stimulated by challenges and are ready to engage at Fortune 1 scale 

You’ll make an impact by: 

Identifying Business Growth Ideas – Generate ideas to growing the business demand, understanding the connectivity of business ideas, and creating risk mitigation plans to maximize business strategies 

Building Strategic Relationships – Maximize relationships areas to collaborate on choices, expediate business decisions, and quickly action when needed   

Transforming Ways of Working – Partner with other areas of finance and into the functional business areas to transform the finance teams into leveraging and adopting new technologies, processes, and ideation approaches 

Operating With Excellence – Set an example in managing to KPIs, delivering excellence, presenting at all levels, and developing yourself and others. 

Developing Talents – Help our associates gain skills and experience in a personalized way so they can fulfill their full potential and drive significant value to our customers and shareholders. 

Preferred Qualifications 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 6 years’ experience in accounting, finance, or related area OR 8 years’ experience in accounting, finance, or related area.  MBA highly preferred 
  • 5 year of experience leading and completing cross-functional projects                                               
  • 5 years of supervisory experience                             
  • 5+ years of experience working in a large, complex, matrixed organization                                             
  • 5+ years of experience of Strategic Planning 
  • Merchandising Finance experience 
  • Experience working in Fortune 100 finance 
  • Strong organizational skills including prioritizing, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines 
  • Strong influencing and interpersonal skills 
  • Detail and results-oriented with sense of urgency 
  • Comfort with ambiguity  

Benefits & Perks 

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.  

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.  

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$260,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 6 years’ experience in accounting, finance, or related area OR 8 years’ experience in accounting, finance, or related area. 3 years’ supervisory experience. 3 years’ experience leading and completing cross-functional projects.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Strategic Planning, Working in a large corporate environment, agency, or headquarters, Working in a matrixed organization

Masters: Business Administration

Financial & Insurance - Certified Public Accountant - Certification

Primary Location...

702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

Walmart

Website: http://www.walmart.com/

Headquarter Location: Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1962

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt

Industries: E-Commerce ⋅ Grocery ⋅ Retail ⋅ Retail Technology ⋅ Shopping