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Location: Chennai, Bangalore

Job Summary:

• Provide strategic direction and oversight for complex analytics initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities and finance transformation goals.
• Lead cross-functional teams through the full analytics project lifecycle—from opportunity identification and requirements gathering to solution design, implementation, and post-delivery optimization.

About Team:

Lead the finance analytics team in designing, developing, and deploying advanced analytics solutions. Drive data-informed decision-making by leveraging SQL, Power BI, Google BigQuery, and strong team and stakeholder management skills to deliver actionable insights, support business objectives, and champion finance transformation initiatives.

What will you do

• Leadership in Analytics Projects:

• Provide strategic direction and oversight for complex analytics initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities and finance transformation goals.
• Lead cross-functional teams through the full analytics project lifecycle—from opportunity identification and requirements gathering to solution design, implementation, and post-delivery optimization.
• Set clear objectives, manage resources, and foster a culture of innovation and accountability within the analytics team.
• Present project outcomes, insights, and recommendations to senior leadership, translating technical findings into actionable business strategies.

•  SQL & Data Management: Architect and optimize complex SQL queries for large financial datasets; own data transformation, integration, and data quality processes.
•  Power BI Analytics: Build, publish, and maintain interactive dashboards and reports in Power BI; manage workspaces, refresh schedules, and access controls.
•  BigQuery & Cloud Analytics: Design performant BigQuery data models, write efficient SQL for large-scale financial data, and orchestrate pipelines that feed Power BI dashboards.
• Team Management: Lead and develop a high-performing analytics team; set goals, coach for growth, and establish delivery standards.
•  Stakeholder Management: Partner with Finance leaders to define KPIs and translate business needs into actionable analytics; present insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Finance Transformation: Drive transformation initiatives—process standardization, automation, and technology adoption—to improve reporting accuracy, cycle time, and decision support.
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities to enhance financial processes, reporting accuracy, and operational efficiency
• Champion the adoption and integration of advanced AI tools (e.g., Copilot, GPT, and other generative AI platforms) to accelerate analytics workflows, automate reporting, and enhance decision-making.
• Promote upskilling in AI technologies, fostering a team culture that embraces innovation and continuous learning in generative AI and automation.

What will you bring:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in Data Science, Analytics, Finance, Computer Science, or related field; 15+ years in analytics with 10+ years in leadership within Finance Analytics
• Demonstrated leadership in managing and delivering enterprise-scale analytics projects with measurable business impact.
• Advanced SQL expertise for finance datasets.
• Power BI mastery (DAX, Power Query, modeling, workspace/app management).
• Hands-on experience with Google BigQuery for large, complex datasets.
• Proven team leadership—hiring, mentoring, and performance management for analytics professionals.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Experience leading finance transformation (process improvement, automation, reporting modernization).
• Experience integrating BigQuery with BI tools and working across GCP services.
• Familiarity with other BI tools and cloud platforms.
• Prior work in retail or large-scale, multi-entity finance environments.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and utilizing AI technologies (e.g., Copilot, GPT, generative AI, machine learning) in analytics, reporting, and process automation.
• Proven ability to drive adoption of AI-powered solutions across teams and business functions.

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people.  That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered.

We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our [Bangalore/Chennai] office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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 unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications...

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

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Arts, Finance or related field and 4 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. Option 2: Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 2 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. Option 3: 6 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. 1 year's supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

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

Primary Location...

TOWER 1, PART OF 1ST,2ND TO 4TH FLRS, SY NO. 141/14A, 200FT(RADIAL ROAD),ZAMIN PALLAVARAM, INTL TECH PARK, , India