- Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning
- Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness
- Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy
- Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events
Team and Position Summary:
- This role is part of the FP&A CoE Commercial Finance Support team which is based out of Walmart Global tech s Bangalore office. This team primarily provides FP&A and decision making support to SAM s Club business segment and drives continuous improvement/enhancements for budgeting and planning processes.
- This is an individual contributor role with a scope to fast evolve into a people manager role for a finance professional having 12-15 years of core FP&A and business partnering experience with robust understanding of FP&A tools and technology, ability to support future business strategies, transformations & ongoing improvements within SAM s club finance.
What you will do:
- Act as a liaison between business stakeholders across SAM s (segments/functions) and partner teams (Tech, MDM, Data etc) to manage & continuously improve product & processes.
- Supervise processes to ensure LRP/Plan/Forecast activities are completed accurately and in time.
- Provide business insights across SAM s segment P&Ls including deep dive analysis on overheads, inventory, headcount, revenues and costs.
- Drive profitability analysis and support in business performance reviews.
- Be a partner to the segment finance teams, providing strong analytical and business strategy support.
- Work on driver based forecasting models
- Refresh and distribute plan reporting packages/dashboards
- Assist with high-level forecast seeding and updates
- Coordinate with Tech support team on new transformations and developments
- Manage solution design of models and application to support business needs
- Perform customer review of integrated process and identify continuous improvements
- Support Finance teams to create new planning processes and ensure associated tech delivery
What you will bring:
- CA / CPA / MBA or equivalent qualification
- Minimum 12-15 years of post-qualification experience in FP&A processes
- Experience of working as individual contributor, managing core FP&A operations
- Strong analytical skills and ability to partner with senior stakeholders, delivering insights and strategy support.
- Experience of working with Fin-Tech and product teams in matrix environment
- Experienced in working with FP&A Tools and technology - preferably OneStream, HFM
- Understanding of excel based financial data modelling
- Experience of working in a retail industry is strongly preferred.
Additional Qualifications:
- Robust understanding of data modelling and developing effective processes for data analysis and reporting.
- Experience working with/for Product teams globally
- Advanced knowledge of Agile product development method
- Knowledge of SQL, Power BI, Python will be an added advantage
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.
Minimum Qualifications Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 4 years experience in accounting, finance, or related area OR 6 years experience in accounting, finance, or related area. 1 years experience leading and completing cross-functional projects.
Preferred Qualifications
Data Analysis and Insights, Microsoft Office, Working in a large corporate environment, agency, or headquarters, Working in a matrixed organization
