Walmart Global Tech
(USA) Senior Manager, Creative - Business Strategy & Financial Planning
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Leads Walmart Creative’s business strategy and financial planning function, overseeing FP&A, business operations, strategic investment analysis, data strategy, analytics, reporting, and workforce planning. Establishes the team’s vision and operating model, manages budgeting and forecasting, develops executive recommendations, and connects operational, financial, resourcing, workflow, and performance data to investment and business decisions. Requires multidisciplinary leadership experience, strong financial acumen, and experience in complex matrixed organizations.
Position Summary...Role Summary:
The Senior Manager, Creative Business Strategy & Financial Planning leads the function responsible for transforming business, financial, and operational data into action that enables the Walmart Creative organization to operate more effectively, invest more intentionally, and scale for the future.
This role leads a multidisciplinary team spanning:
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Business Operations & Strategic Investment Analysis
Operational Data & Insights
The Senior Manager establishes the team's vision and priorities, integrates work across these disciplines, and ensures the organization has the information, infrastructure, and strategic guidance needed to make informed decisions.
About the Team
Walmart Creative is the in-house creative agency for Walmart. Our team develops breakthrough and distinctive design systems and creative conversations that drive business objectives and keep our brand in the culture. We use creativity and design to win hearts, minds, and wallets.
We are uniquely positioned as the internal creative agency of record to be hyper-focused on the customer experience across all channels, categories, and campaigns. We are relentlessly focused on:
Human truths
Insight-driven creative strategies
Integrated creative solutions
Our work is designed to:
Build the brand
Grow the business
Create meaningful brand experiences
Deliver impact beyond traditional advertisingWhat you'll do...
What you'll bring...
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.
Los Angeles, California US-10988: The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00
San Bruno, California US-08848: The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00 - $234,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock
The Senior Manager, Creative Business Strategy & Financial Planning leads the function responsible for transforming business, financial, and operational data into action that enables the Walmart Creative organization to operate more effectively, invest more intentionally, and scale for the future.
This role leads a multidisciplinary team spanning:
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Business Operations & Strategic Investment Analysis
Operational Data & Insights
The Senior Manager establishes the team's vision and priorities, integrates work across these disciplines, and ensures the organization has the information, infrastructure, and strategic guidance needed to make informed decisions.
About the Team
Walmart Creative is the in-house creative agency for Walmart. Our team develops breakthrough and distinctive design systems and creative conversations that drive business objectives and keep our brand in the culture. We use creativity and design to win hearts, minds, and wallets.
We are uniquely positioned as the internal creative agency of record to be hyper-focused on the customer experience across all channels, categories, and campaigns. We are relentlessly focused on:
Human truths
Insight-driven creative strategies
Integrated creative solutions
Our work is designed to:
Build the brand
Grow the business
Create meaningful brand experiences
Deliver impact beyond traditional advertisingWhat you'll do...
- Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team responsible for business strategy, data strategy and analytics, financial planning, reporting, and business operations.
- Establish the vision, roadmap, priorities, and operating model for the Creative Business Strategy & Financial Planning function.
- Develop and deliver executive-level presentations, recommendations, and narratives that simplify complex business, data, and financial information.
- Lead the end-to-end annual financial management and planning process for Walmart Creative, including:
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Reporting
- Lead strategic analyses related to:
- New capabilities
- Operating models
- Workforce strategies
- Technologies
- Tools
- Partnerships
- Investment opportunities
- Oversee the development of an integrated data strategy that connects:
- Operational data
- Financial data
- Resourcing data
- Workflow data
- Performance data
What you'll bring...
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Marketing, or a related field.
- MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of experience across:
- Financial Planning
- Business Strategy
- Business Operations
- Consulting
- Related disciplines
- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams and developing talent across:
- Strategic functions
- Analytical functions
- Financial functions
- Technical functions
- Experience operating within a large, complex, and highly matrixed organization.
- Strong business and financial acumen, including:
- Forecasting
- Scenario Planning
- Investment Evaluation
- Financial Modeling
- Resource Planning
- Demonstrated ability to connect data and financial information to actionable business recommendations.
- Experience defining and implementing:
- Data strategies
- Analytics strategies
- Reporting strategies
- Measurement strategies
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.
Los Angeles, California US-10988: The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00
San Bruno, California US-08848: The annual salary range for this position is $117,000.00 - $234,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock
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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 Design, Marketing, Creative Writing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field and 3 years' experience in editorial content management or related field OR 5 years' experience in editorial content management or related field.Preferred Qualifications...Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
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