Director, Finance and Strategy
Sam's Club

What you'll do at

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Join Sam's Club as a Director, Finance and Strategy and your work could help over 295 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 Sam's Club 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.

Want to use your leadership and financial skills to help the company deliver on their key strategic goals and initiatives to enable acceleration of Sam's Club growth? The Director, Finance and Strategy is a strategic thought-leadership role that requires strong financial acumen and analytical capabilities to drive sizable, complex, cross functional results.

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

You'll sweep us off our feet if:

• You are curious and relentlessly ask questions
• 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 story teller - a master at making complex subjects easily understood through compelling stories and visuals
• You have high standards and can hold business partners accountable
• You're stimulated by challenges and are ready to engage at Fortune 1 scale

You'll make an impact by:

Delivering Business Planning - Chart path to exceed plan expectations - driving accountability / overperformance, stair-stepping path to strategic objectives & long range planning.

Developing Actionable Insights - Structured approach to solving business problems, identifying geographic opportunities, assessing upside potential and taking actions

Advising Ops Leadership - Supporting priorities, top-of-mind, helping connect the dots and providing a forward looking lens for the business

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

Enable Strategic Initiatives - Thought leadership & support for cross-functional initiatives - facilitating collaboration/alignment to accelerate market share gain and customer share of wallet

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

Transforming Ways of Working - Partner across company to influence and transform the finance teams into leveraging and adopting new technologies, processes, and ideation approaches

Communications and Presentations - Set an example in delivering excellence, preparing presentations, other supporting materials for recommendations and presenting at all levels

Talent and Leadership - Develop and implement strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent. Cultivates an environment where associates respect and adhere to company standards of integrity and ethics by integrating these values into all programs and practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 5 years' experience in accounting, finance, or related area OR 7 years' experience in accounting, finance, or related area.
• MBA highly preferred
• 7+ years of Finance, Planning, Business Management experience
• 4+ years of experience leading and completing cross-functional projects
• 4+ years of team leadership experience
• Experience working in a large, complex, matrixed organization
• Experience in Retail, Merchandising Planning and / or Finance
• 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

At Sam's Club, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet!
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- Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage
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- Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance
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- Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. 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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- 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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Live Better U is a company 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 $110,000.00-$220,000.00
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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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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 5 years' experience in accounting, finance, or relevant area OR 7 years' experience
i n accounting, finance, or related area.
2 years' supervisory experience.
2 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, complex, matrixed organization

Masters: Business Administration

Financial & Insurance - Certified Public Accountant - Certification

Primary Location...

2101 Se Simple Savings Dr, Bentonville, AR 72712-4304, United States of America

About Sam's Club

Sam Walton opened the first Sam's Club in 1983 to meet a growing need among customers who wanted to buy merchandise in bulk. Since then, Sam's Club has grown rapidly, opening more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and 100 clubs internationally. By offering affordable, wholesale merchandise to members, Sam's Club helps make saving simple for families and small business owners.

Sam's Club employs about 110,000 associates in the U.S. The average club is 134,000 square feet and offers bulk groceries and general merchandise. Most clubs also have specialty services, such as a pharmacy, an optical department, a photo center, or a tire and battery center.

Sam's Club 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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.

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