Director, Data Analytics - Financial Services

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

172d • $110,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Join us as the Director of Data Analytics, where you'll lead transformative analytics initiatives across our financial services business. In this high-impact role, you'll turn complex datasets into actionable insights and partner with senior leaders to drive business strategy. This is a unique opportunity to shape data-driven decision-making and scale analytics practices in a dynamic, growth-focused environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Master's or MBA preferred).
• 8+ years of experience in analytics, with a focus on financial services or fintech.
• Advanced proficiency in Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn) and SQL (large datasets, optimization).
• Expertise in dashboard design and data visualization using Tableau or Power BI.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience with data quality assessment, data governance, and scalable data management.
• Ability to challenge business assumptions, quantify business impact, and influence data strategy across functions.

Nice To Haves

• PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics.
• Related industry experience (for example, retail, merchandising, healthcare, eCommerce).
• Successful completion of assessments in data analysis and Business Intelligence tools and scripting languages (for example, SQL, Python, Spark, Scala, R, Power BI, or Tableau).
• Supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large, complex financial datasets to identify trends, opportunities, and actionable insights.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, finance, and engineering stakeholders to inform business strategy.
• Oversee the design and execution of experiments, data pipelines, and scalable analytics solutions.
• Build and maintain executive dashboards using Tableau or Power BI.
• Identify and validate data sources, ensuring data quality and fit-for-purpose analytics.
• Formulate and solve business problems using advanced analytics, automation, and big data techniques.
• Mentor team members and engage with the external analytics community to advance best practices and innovation.

Benefits

• Health benefits including medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits including PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: General Merchandise Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree