Director, Financial Planning Technology

Walgreens Co.; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens Co. seeks a seasoned Director to own the strategy, implementation, and optimization of our financial planning technology.

You will partner Finance, Technology, and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable planning solutions for enterprise forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and decision making. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in software implementation, strong financial planning acumen, and a track record of leading cross-functional teams across Merchandising, Accounting,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience in finance or accounting.
• 6+ years in accounting, finance, or audit with senior-level responsibilities.
• Experience implementing financial systems and designing strategy.
• Strong no-nonsense problem solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategy for enterprise-wide financial planning and reporting.
• Lead and coordinate IT and FT&I projects for General Accounting.
• Collaborate with CFOs to ensure delivery of reporting requirements.
• Oversee access controls, system changes, and data governance.
• Mentor staff and build high-performing teams across functions.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial analysis

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Hyperion

MS Office Suite

Anaplan

Power BI

SAP Tools

Planning Analytics

Cognos

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Director to lead the strategy, implementation, optimization, and ongoing product ownership of our financial planning technology. This role will act as the primary liaison between Finance, Technology, and Business stakeholders to deliver scalable planning solutions that support enterprise forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and decision making.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in software implementation and administration, strong financial planning acumen, and extensive experience partnering across multiple business functions including Merchandising, Accounting, Pharmacy, and Capital Planning. This individual will be responsible for defining product roadmaps, driving technology enhancements, data architecture, improving planning processes, and delivering actionable business insights through integrated reporting and analytics solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing the strategy for the Service Delivery Model working with customers enterprise wide and establishing best practices to drive continuous improvement across the general accounting processes.
• Responsible for developing the vision of financial data hierarchy to support Accounting, Finance, Tax, and Legal teams and for driving all aspects of IT and FT&I (Financial Transformation & Innovation) strategic projects for General Accounting.
• Partners through collaboration within the Accounting division and Chief Financial Officers to ensure financial reporting requirements are met through the use of efficient and effective reporting solutions.
• Ensures internal accounting controls are part all system design and hierarchy and through evaluates procedural changes
• Identifies and recommends process and systems improvement and Service Provider and Accounting Division action plans and leads implementation of approved projects.
• Creates strategy, implements recommendations and provides oversight of user access/security levels and systems changes according to WAG procedures and policies.
• Develops system usage training materials for all employees. Trains WAG end users on general ledger systems usage including journal entries, reporting requirements and other related processes. Helps deliver end-user satisfaction with the process
• Provides integration support and strategy for newly acquired businesses and related accounting processes
• Develops, monitors, coaches and manages staff ensuring the development of employees through orientation, training, establishing objectives, communication of rules, constructive discipline. Builds employee morale, motivation and loyalty.

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 6 years of experience in accounting, finance, business management or audit or a High School Diploma/GED and at least 9 years of experience in accounting, finance, business management or audit.
• At least 3 years of experience in financial system implementation or strategy design.
• Experience in diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems
• Experience utilizing reporting tools and implementations, such as Hyperion.
• Experience with MS Office Suite
• 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 15% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior Anaplan Model Builder, Solution Architect, or relevant Anaplan certifications highly preferred.
• Experience with enterprise BI and reporting platforms such as:
  • Power BI
  • SAP Tools
  • Planning Analytics
  • Cognos
• Experience integrating Anaplan with ERP, data warehouse, and enterprise reporting environments.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms, data architecture, and financial systems integrations.
• Retail, healthcare, pharmacy, or consumer-facing industry experience preferred.

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $150000 - $240625 / Salaried