Director, Finance – Labor Planning

. Lead Walmart’s network-wide Fulfillment Center labor-planning organization .

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeBentonville • United StatesLead💰 $110,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Walmart’s network-wide Fulfillment Center labor-planning organization
Translate demand, capacity, staffing, productivity, and backlog into executable workforce and financial actions
Own labor-plan quality, operating definitions, assumptions, overrides, governance, and plan-versus-actual accountability across the FC network
Transition the current Excel-based process to the SCLO Platform
Design future-state processes, business requirements, readiness gates, adoption, support, and change management
Partner with Operations, Product, Data Science, Engineering, Forecasting, and People teams
Improve planning accuracy, automation, and usability
Strengthen bottom-up AOP planning and connect short-range labor decisions with longer-term hiring, productivity, capacity, and financial plans
Lead and develop a distributed team of Finance leaders embedded with FC divisions and sites
Quantify labor decisions’ impact on productivity, overtime, backlog, service, cost per case, and associate experience
Establish a future-state operating model defining business ownership, technical support, field adoption, and centralized SCLO responsibilities

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 5 years’ experience in accounting, finance, or relevant area OR 7 years’ experience in accounting, finance, or related area
2 years’ supervisory experience
2 years’ experience leading and completing cross-functional projects
Significant experience leading Finance, workforce planning, or operational decision support in a complex, multi-site environment
Strong understanding of demand, productivity, staffing, capacity, backlog, and scheduling interactions
Ability to lead a critical run-state process and a large-scale transformation simultaneously
Experience partnering with Product, Data Science, Engineering, Operations, and People teams
Strong analytical and financial acumen, including forecasting, scenario modeling, variance analysis, AOP, and business-case development
Ability to influence senior leaders, challenge unsupported assumptions, and translate complex analysis into clear operating decisions
Experience leading distributed teams, developing talent, driving change, and building adoption across diverse stakeholders
Comfort working through ambiguity while establishing priorities, decision rights, milestones, and accountability

Comp & perks

Performance-based bonus awards
Medical, vision, and dental coverage
401(k)
Stock purchase
Company-paid life insurance
PTO, including sick leave
Parental leave
Family care leave
Bereavement leave
Jury duty leave
Voting leave
Short-term and long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U Walmart-paid education benefit
Paid high school completion, bachelor's degree, English Language Learning, and short-form certificate programs
Tuition, books, and fees completely paid by Walmart
Additional stock compensation may apply