Director, Financial Planning Technology

Walgreens•Deerfield, IL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Walgreens is seeking a Director to lead the strategy, implementation, optimization, and ongoing product ownership of its financial planning technology. The role serves as the primary liaison among Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders, delivering scalable planning solutions for enterprise forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and decision-making. The Director will define product roadmaps, drive technology enhancements and data architecture, improve planning processes, and deliver business insights through integrated reporting and analytics. The role partners with business functions including Merchandising, Accounting, Pharmacy, and Capital Planning. The position also leads the strategy for the Service Delivery Model and financial data hierarchy supporting Accounting, Finance, Tax, and Legal. It drives IT and Financial Transformation & Innovation projects for General Accounting, supports financial reporting requirements, and ensures internal accounting controls are incorporated into system design and hierarchy. The Director recommends process and system improvements, oversees user access and system changes under company policies, develops training materials, trains end users, and supports integration of newly acquired businesses and their accounting processes. The role manages and develops staff. The position is based in Walgreens' Deerfield, Illinois office and is on-site four days a week. Travel of up to 15% is expected for business purposes.

Requirements

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 those fields.
At least 3 years of experience in financial system implementation or strategy design.
Experience 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.
Willingness to travel up to 15% of the time for business purposes, within state and out of state.

Nice To Haves

Prior Anaplan Model Builder, Solution Architect, or relevant Anaplan certifications.
Experience with enterprise BI and reporting platforms such as Power BI, SAP tools, Planning Analytics, and 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.

Responsibilities

Lead the strategy, implementation, optimization, and ongoing product ownership of financial planning technology.
Serve as the primary liaison between Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders to deliver planning solutions for forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and decision-making.
Define product roadmaps, drive technology enhancements and data architecture, improve planning processes, and deliver actionable insights through integrated reporting and analytics.
Develop the Service Delivery Model strategy with enterprise customers and establish best practices for continuous improvement across general accounting processes.
Develop the financial data hierarchy vision supporting Accounting, Finance, Tax, and Legal teams.
Drive IT and Financial Transformation & Innovation strategic projects for General Accounting.
Partner with Accounting and Chief Financial Officers to meet financial reporting requirements through effective reporting solutions.
Ensure internal accounting controls are incorporated into system design and hierarchy, and evaluate procedural changes.
Identify and recommend process and systems improvements, develop action plans with service providers and the Accounting Division, and lead approved implementations.
Create strategy and recommendations, and oversee user access and security levels and system changes in accordance with company procedures and policies.
Develop system usage training materials and train end users on general ledger systems, journal entries, reporting requirements, and related processes.
Support end-user satisfaction with processes.
Develop integration support and strategy for newly acquired businesses and related accounting processes.
Develop, monitor, coach, and manage staff; support employee development through orientation, training, objectives, communication of rules, and constructive discipline.
Build employee morale, motivation, and loyalty.