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What you'll do...
Walmart is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Director of Data Analytics to lead our Intelligent Business Growth (IBG) initiative. IBG is Walmart's next-generation platform designed to enable connected business planning through two core functionalities: an enterprise-grade forecast of customer demand (Unified Demand) and a next-generation platform to model operational impacts of our business (Unified Financial Model). This role is pivotal in driving Walmart's growth and offers consistent exposure to senior leaders within Walmart Finance and the businesses we support.
Key Responsibilities:
- Business Representation: Serve as the Business representative within Walmart's 'Four in the Box' way of working, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and drive success.
- Financial Acumen: Utilize strong financial acumen and a deep understanding of Walmart's Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) process to guide decision-making and strategic planning.
- Technology Ecosystem Knowledge: Leverage knowledge of Walmart's internal finance technology ecosystem to enhance the functionality and efficiency of the IBG platform. This requires foundational skills across SQL, OneStream, and PowerBI.
- Stakeholder Influence: Effectively influence and collaborate with a large number of stakeholders across the organization to drive the vision and execution of the IBG program.
- Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of 2-3 direct reports, providing guidance, support, and development opportunities to ensure high performance and achievement of goals.
- End User Feedback Prioritization: Prioritize end user feedback and work with product partners to drive the development and enhancement of the IBG platform.
- Data Science Validation: Validate outputs from our Data Science team to ensure accuracy, reliability, and alignment with business objectives.
- Vision and Strategy: Guide the vision and strategic direction of the IBG program, ensuring it aligns with Walmart's overall business goals and objectives.
- Strong financial acumen and experience with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) processes.
- In-depth knowledge of Walmart's internal finance technology ecosystem.
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate with a large number of stakeholders.
- Experience leading and managing a team, with a focus on development and high performance.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with senior leaders and drive strategic initiatives.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to validate and interpret data science outputs.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment.
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.
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.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
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.
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.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Arts, Finance or related field and 5 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 3 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. Option 3: 7 years' experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. 2 years' supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Data science, data analysis, statistics, or related field, PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Related industry experience (for example, retail, merchandising, healthcare, eCommerce), Successful completion of assessments in data analysis and Business Intelligence tools and scripting languages (for example, SQL, Python, Spark, Scala, R, Power BI, or Tableau), Supervisory experience
Primary Location...
702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America
About Walmart
At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?
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, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.
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