(USA) Manager, Creative - Production Financial Planning Manager
About The Position
We are seeking a builder-minded Production Financial Planning & Operations Manager to help transform how a high-volume creative organization manages its production finances. This role also plays a critical role in ensuring production financials are accurately represented within the broader Creative organization, partnering closely with Financial Planning counterparts to drive alignment, consistency, and a unified financial view of Walmart Creative. This role sits at the intersection of production, finance, and operations, and is responsible for owning the systems, processes, and data that power financial planning across projects. You will replace manual, fragmented workflows with scalable, automated solutions that improve visibility, accuracy, and decision-making. This is not a traditional FP&A role. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker and operator who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys structuring complex processes, and builds tools that enable teams to work more efficiently.
Requirements
- 7+ years' experience in FP&A, business operations, or production finance
- Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and procurement lifecycle
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience with Airtable or similar tools
- Dashboard/reporting experience (Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
- Ability to turn manual processes into scalable systems
- Strong process design and documentation skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills
- Clear communication of complex financial concepts
- Experience or interest in automation and AI tools to improve workflows
Nice To Haves
- Builder & Problem-Solver Mindset
- Interest in Automation & Emerging Technology
Responsibilities
- Own and strengthen production financial operations by centralizing forecasting, budget tracking, reconciliation, and reporting.
- Build scalable systems, automated controls, and standardized workflows that improve data integrity, visibility, and accountability.
- Act as the source of truth for production financial data, identify risks, explain variances, and translate insights into action.
- Partner closely with Production, Finance, Resourcing, and Operations to align assumptions, resolve discrepancies, and create a unified financial reporting ecosystem that enables leadership to focus on strategic decisions.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption expense reimbursement
- Surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
