Finance Manager

Walgreens; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens in Deerfield, IL is seeking a Finance Manager to provide financial expertise, business support and oversight for a designated area. You will guide management on financial matters and lead monthly forecasts and budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.

In this role you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop business plans, analyze variances, present insights to leaders, and manage a motivated finance team to drive timely, accurate reporting and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of analytical finance experience, or 5 years with high school diploma.
• Experience identifying operational issues and implementing improvement strategies.
• Experience with analytics principles (Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Business Management, Economics or Finance).
• Project management experience required.

Responsibilities

• Partner with management to understand key drivers and strategic direction of the assigned area.
• Collaborate with management and support teams to ensure strong execution and value delivery.
• Lead cross-functional teams providing financial management support to all levels of the business team.
• Lead the preparation of financial forecasts and budgets, including identifying/quantifying risks and opportunities; facilitate agreement of key metrics and inputs.
• Perform periodic analyses of variances compared to plan, forecast and prior periods; prepare budget/forecast presentations.
• Develop and implement reporting and processes for consistent management reporting.
• Support monthly reviews and planning sessions; evaluate financial and operational results.
• Identify and analyze investments; substantiate rationale for projects via business cases.
• Directly manage team members including hiring, developing and directing people and coordinate across organizations.
• Participate in medium term and strategic planning for the assigned area.

Skills

Financial analysis

Leadership

Forecasting & budgeting

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or economics

High School Diploma/GED with equivalent experience

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Finance Manager

Address: 108 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05145-01108-2

Job ID 1908303BR

Job Summary

Responsible for providing financial expertise, business support and oversight for a designated business area to assist in achieving key objectives. Guides management on financial-related matters and decisions. Manages daily financial inquiries for a designated business area. Contributes to the development and execution of business team priorities by participating in joint issue identification, analysis and resolution.

Job Responsibilities

• Partners with business management to maintain a strong understanding of the key business drivers of the assigned area, specific business processes and priorities, and future strategic direction of the assigned area.
• Collaborates with business management and support teams to ensure strong execution, delivery of customer value and positive business results.
• Develops and fosters a cross-functional team approach, providing financial management support to all levels of the business team.
• Leads the preparation of the financial forecasts and budgets, including the identification/quantification of risks and opportunities; involves facilitating the negotiation and agreement of key operational metrics and inputs.
• Performs periodic analyses of variances as compared to plan, forecast and prior periods. Prepares presentations and documentation of budget and forecast information.
• Addresses issues with appropriate teams to develop plan of action. Identifies opportunities to improve processes and practices. Works with business and functional teams to develop consistent management reporting and processes.
• Supports monthly reviews and periodic business planning sessions. Involves evaluating financial and operational results, monitoring data and contributing to the development of key initiatives.
• Identifies and analyzes various investments and substantiates rationale for projects through business case developments.
• Directly manages team members including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people as they work, and manages teams indirectly across client and operational organizations (including assisting in the development, training and assignment of work/projects to other members of the team).
• Participates in medium term and strategic planning for the assigned business area.

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, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy 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 2 years of experience in an analytical role in finance, accounting, business management, quantitative analysis or economics OR High School Diploma/GED and at least 5 years of experience in an analytical role in finance, accounting, business management, quantitative analysis or economics.
• At least 2 years of experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve issues and problems.
• At least 2 years of experience in applying analytics principles (Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Business Management, Economics or Finance).
• At least 2 years of experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
• Experience working as the financial liaison on a business team.
• At least 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross- functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 5% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or MBA
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details andmeeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, settingcolumn 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 characterspacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizingslide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbersand tables and/or adjusting table columns).

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.

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Salary Range: $100000 - $175000 / Salaried