Manager II

Location BENTONVILLE, AR Career Area Accounting and Finance Job Function Commercial Finance Employment Type Regular/Permanent Position Type Salary Requisition WD What you'll do at What you'll do Position: Manager II, FinanceJob Location: 702 SW 8th Street, Bentonville, AR 72712Duties: Provides strategic input to the financial planning process by preparing financial analysis and modeling; recommending future expense targets; and planning and analyzing business performance in partnership with cross-functional areas. Communicates with functional areas to understand significant variations; documenting and preparing results for presentation; and providing follow-up or answering any questions regarding financial issues. Manages complex control structures to mitigate risk of financial misstatement by examining and monitoring at different stages; participating on cross functional teams to develop new processes; ensuring proper controls are present in new and existing financial functions; and working to enhance reporting transparency of company financial systems. Manages input for business decisions by producing financial models that incorporate assumptions, expectations, and known risks; preparing presentations and other supporting materials for recommendations; participating in business case presentations to senior and executive management; and communicating forecasts, assumptions, and variances to senior management. Collaborates with senior management to plan and analyze business performance by identifying gaps between business goals and corporate objectives; providing feedback to management regarding risks associated with financial projects; supporting business unit budget process; and providing insight on relevant historical trends, expected future events, and retail trends.Minimum education and experience required: Master's degree or the equivalent in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field OR Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field plus 2 years of experience in accounting, finance, or related experience.Skills required: Must have experience with: Power BI tools to analyze financial data; Designing Tableau financial tools; Understanding SQL Queries to extract data; Microsoft Excel to analyze financial data; Creating Hyperion queries to extract data; Designing a forecast tool using Macros; Designing a Budget tool in Real Time Accounting Software; Gathering Requirements for creating a Labor Analytics Tool for improving profitability, creating expense targets with cross functional areas; Creating an expense tool to manage MTD expense in Real Time accounting software to improve monthly cost efficiences; and Working with cross departments to set goals to improve department efficiencies, creating reporting to analyze the revenues and expenses and providing detailed reporting to department heads. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills. Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.