Walmart
Director, Finance - Walmart Sourcing
Walmart, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, 72712
Position SummaryJoin Walmart as a
Director, Finance - Walmart Sourcing
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.
Are you looking to help drive impact through quality business insights and analytics for a fast growing, high-impact area of the business? Sourcing Finance is just the place!
Walmart Sourcing works closely with merchants in all our global segments and retail markets to connect them with products and solutions at the best value. Partnering strategically with the best suppliers around the world, our business is a significant competitive advantage across all merchandising businesses, adding incremental value for our global partners and ultimately our end-consumer.
Our Finance team provides critical visibility and accountability through digital tools and innovative approaches, driving significant improvements in how we operate. As a strategic thought leader, this Director partners with Consumables Sourcing to drive resilience, value, and trust for the organization. With strong financial acumen and analytical skills, this Director manages a team delivering financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, business analytics, and decision support. Preferred qualifications include a strong understanding of merchandising metrics to continue driving common language within the organization. This Director collaborates cross-functionally to understand business performance, identify opportunities and risks, prepares executive-level materials, and introduces new ways of working in Sourcing Finance, leveraging tools and data to quickly connect dots across business activities and drive insights for informed planning and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with leadership, business owners, and finance teams to understand trends, set targets, identify opportunities, and manage risks.
Partner with Sourcing and Merchant teams to drive business results and define strategic initiatives.
Simplify and clarify key customer-relevant metrics and KPIs across the business.
Lead strategic (LRP) and annual planning (AOP) processes for the Consumables portfolio, developing and implementing initiatives and plans.
Develop and implement business strategies, plans, and practices, analyzing costs and forecasts.
Evaluate processes, measure outcomes, and identify opportunities for improvement.
Promote a customer-focused environment, demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.
Attract and retain top talent through recruitment, selection, development, mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning.
Foster a culture of integrity and ethics, integrating these values into all programs and practices.
You'll make an impact by:
Being a Trusted Advisor:
Acting as the "CFO" of your domain. Quickly developing strong and trusting relationships with internal teams. Partner and participate in business strategy discussions and influence key business decisions with informed recommendations leveraging facts and data.
Driving Strategic Analytics:
Understanding key sourcing processes, financial/operational metrics, and business goals and objectives to analyze, interpret, and communicate business performance, identify opportunities, and enable strategic investment decisions.
Producing Informative Financial Materials:
Creating and presenting financial information to business partners in a clear and concise manner, demonstrating ability to articulate Sourcing impacts/opportunities to the retail merchandising business.
Delivering Data Driven Analysis:
Sourcing and compiling relevant data; organizing and validating data prior to data analysis; consolidating and identifying exceptions and patterns in data; synthesizing data in the creation of actionable customer insights; and translating information into action plans.
Practicing Continuous Process Improvement:
Working across the organization to identify and solve issues with a customer-oriented mindset, bringing new ideas forward and influencing positive change.
Gaining An Understanding of Sourcing:
Demonstrating ability to learn and keep up to date an understanding of Walmart Sourcing and new and creative solutions to help the business make the best choices.
Driving New Ways of Working:
Advancing our journey to become a more digital and data driven team by utilizing and championing data visualization tools to drive the business and educating our stakeholders to promote adoption.
You'll sweep us off our feet if you:
Prioritize the collective success of the team.
Have a strong track record of mentoring and coaching others.
Highly organized, disciplined, and able to manage multiple priorities.
Love data-driven problems with focus on accountability & high standards.
Can easily explain the "what" and "why" behind performance.
Strong communicator with a detail-oriented approach.
Thrives in fast-paced, challenging, ambiguous, constantly-evolving environments.
Financial acumen and experience in CPG merchandising finance.
Creative problem-solver with a record of inventive solutions.
Proven experience in data visualization and analytics tool development.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 5 years' experience in accounting, finance, or relevant area OR 7 years' experience in accounting, finance, or related area.
4+ years' experience in Analytics, Planning, Business Management, Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a related area.
2 years of experience leading and completing cross-functional projects.
2 years of people leadership experience.
2 years of senior leadership decision support and influencing experience.
Minimum QualificationsOutlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 5 years' experience in accounting, finance, or relevant area OR 7 years' experience in accounting, finance, or related area.
2 years' supervisory experience.
2 years' experience leading and completing cross-functional projects.
Primary Location701 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR 72716-6209, United States of America
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Director, Finance - Walmart Sourcing
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.
Are you looking to help drive impact through quality business insights and analytics for a fast growing, high-impact area of the business? Sourcing Finance is just the place!
Walmart Sourcing works closely with merchants in all our global segments and retail markets to connect them with products and solutions at the best value. Partnering strategically with the best suppliers around the world, our business is a significant competitive advantage across all merchandising businesses, adding incremental value for our global partners and ultimately our end-consumer.
Our Finance team provides critical visibility and accountability through digital tools and innovative approaches, driving significant improvements in how we operate. As a strategic thought leader, this Director partners with Consumables Sourcing to drive resilience, value, and trust for the organization. With strong financial acumen and analytical skills, this Director manages a team delivering financial planning, forecasting, management reporting, business analytics, and decision support. Preferred qualifications include a strong understanding of merchandising metrics to continue driving common language within the organization. This Director collaborates cross-functionally to understand business performance, identify opportunities and risks, prepares executive-level materials, and introduces new ways of working in Sourcing Finance, leveraging tools and data to quickly connect dots across business activities and drive insights for informed planning and decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with leadership, business owners, and finance teams to understand trends, set targets, identify opportunities, and manage risks.
Partner with Sourcing and Merchant teams to drive business results and define strategic initiatives.
Simplify and clarify key customer-relevant metrics and KPIs across the business.
Lead strategic (LRP) and annual planning (AOP) processes for the Consumables portfolio, developing and implementing initiatives and plans.
Develop and implement business strategies, plans, and practices, analyzing costs and forecasts.
Evaluate processes, measure outcomes, and identify opportunities for improvement.
Promote a customer-focused environment, demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.
Attract and retain top talent through recruitment, selection, development, mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning.
Foster a culture of integrity and ethics, integrating these values into all programs and practices.
You'll make an impact by:
Being a Trusted Advisor:
Acting as the "CFO" of your domain. Quickly developing strong and trusting relationships with internal teams. Partner and participate in business strategy discussions and influence key business decisions with informed recommendations leveraging facts and data.
Driving Strategic Analytics:
Understanding key sourcing processes, financial/operational metrics, and business goals and objectives to analyze, interpret, and communicate business performance, identify opportunities, and enable strategic investment decisions.
Producing Informative Financial Materials:
Creating and presenting financial information to business partners in a clear and concise manner, demonstrating ability to articulate Sourcing impacts/opportunities to the retail merchandising business.
Delivering Data Driven Analysis:
Sourcing and compiling relevant data; organizing and validating data prior to data analysis; consolidating and identifying exceptions and patterns in data; synthesizing data in the creation of actionable customer insights; and translating information into action plans.
Practicing Continuous Process Improvement:
Working across the organization to identify and solve issues with a customer-oriented mindset, bringing new ideas forward and influencing positive change.
Gaining An Understanding of Sourcing:
Demonstrating ability to learn and keep up to date an understanding of Walmart Sourcing and new and creative solutions to help the business make the best choices.
Driving New Ways of Working:
Advancing our journey to become a more digital and data driven team by utilizing and championing data visualization tools to drive the business and educating our stakeholders to promote adoption.
You'll sweep us off our feet if you:
Prioritize the collective success of the team.
Have a strong track record of mentoring and coaching others.
Highly organized, disciplined, and able to manage multiple priorities.
Love data-driven problems with focus on accountability & high standards.
Can easily explain the "what" and "why" behind performance.
Strong communicator with a detail-oriented approach.
Thrives in fast-paced, challenging, ambiguous, constantly-evolving environments.
Financial acumen and experience in CPG merchandising finance.
Creative problem-solver with a record of inventive solutions.
Proven experience in data visualization and analytics tool development.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 5 years' experience in accounting, finance, or relevant area OR 7 years' experience in accounting, finance, or related area.
4+ years' experience in Analytics, Planning, Business Management, Omni-Channel Merchandising, or a related area.
2 years of experience leading and completing cross-functional projects.
2 years of people leadership experience.
2 years of senior leadership decision support and influencing experience.
Minimum QualificationsOutlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 5 years' experience in accounting, finance, or relevant area OR 7 years' experience in accounting, finance, or related area.
2 years' supervisory experience.
2 years' experience leading and completing cross-functional projects.
Primary Location701 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR 72716-6209, United States of America
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