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Walgreens · 1 day ago

Director of Finance

Deerfield, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$136K/yr - $231K/yr

6+ years exp

Walgreens is a company that serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores. The Director of Finance will be responsible for developing financial forecasts, resource allocation plans, and providing guidance on finance-related decisions to support business goals.

Consumer GoodsHealth CarePharmaceuticalRetail

Responsibilities

Develops financial forecasts and resource allocation plans in support of division goals

Provides subject matter expertise and guidance regarding all finance related decisions

Evaluates strategies and goals of the Company in order to effectively monitor progress against them. Leads cross-functional efforts within finance to improve reporting, planning and analysis capabilities. Analyzes the business unit’s performance to plan/forecast and recommends appropriate actions to ensure financial targets are met

Provides guidance and counsel in development of long range plans involving strategy development, resource allocation, work plans and timelines and financial outcomes

Oversees financial aspects of vendor negotiations, funding issues and related efforts

Develops financial models, forecasts, proposals, presentations and performance measures to provide confidence to executives regarding financial decisions

Oversees Financial and/or other support staff as necessary for department operations

Qualification

Financial forecastingBudgetingFinancial modelingGAAPFinancial statement analysisLeadership experienceMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordCapital expenditure justificationAnalytical role experienceMBAMaster's degreePublic Accounting certificationCross-functional team leadership

Required

Bachelor's degree and at least 6 years of external experience in an analytical role in finance, accounting, business management, quantitative analysis or economics OR a High School diploma and at least 9 years of experience in an analytical role in finance, accounting, business management, quantitative analysis or economics

At least 5 years' experience participating or leading financial forecasting, budgeting, and financial model development processes

At least 3 years' experience developing justifications for capital expenditures

Experience with GAAP and financial statement analysis

Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling)

Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font)

Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns)

At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace

At least 3 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross functional team leadership

Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)

Preferred

Master's degree in Accounting or Finance, or MBA

Preferred certification in Public Accounting as granted by state Accounting Board

At least 3 years of experience participating or leading financial forecasting, budgeting, financial model development processes

Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table)

Company

Walgreens

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Walgreens is a pharmacy, health, and wellness service center that offers trained infusion nurses and pharmacists to treat patients. It is a sub-organization of Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Founded in 1901

Deerfield, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees