Director – Finance – Sam’s Finance Transformation

Director – Finance – Sam’s Finance Transformation

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 5 years’ experience in accounting, finance, or relevant area OR 7 years’ experience in accounting, finance, or related area.
• 2 years’ supervisory experience.
• 2 years’ experience leading and completing cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a multi-year transformation roadmap focused on foundational data, automation, planning tools, and GenAI use cases.
• Prioritize short-term wins that build momentum while keeping a clear eye on long-term vision and value creation.
• Align initiatives to enterprise transformation goals, while preserving a strong segment-specific voice and ensuring relevance to business partners.
• Lead large-scale initiatives across Finance, Merchandising, Operations, eCommerce, and Supply Chain.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to senior Finance and business leaders, including regular engagement with the segment CFO and other executive stakeholders.
• Guide the work of several associates without formal people leadership—coaching, unblocking, and elevating outcomes.
• Champion the development of finance-owned data assets that enable self-service analysis and automation.
• Partner with engineering and product to deploy new data assets and tools for Finance users.
• Stay curious about emerging technologies and test their relevance in real-world applications—especially those that reduce low-value work.
• Partner with change management efforts including stakeholder communication, training, process redesign, and adoption.
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, encouraging experimentation and learning across the team.
• Model resilience, listening, and adaptability, recognizing that transformation is iterative, non-linear, and requires trust-building.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of experience in Finance, Strategy, Transformation, or related fields; Retail or Consumer Goods experience strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional programs and influence without direct authority.
• Strong grasp of finance operations, planning processes, and data architecture.
• Expertise in or strong exposure to tools like SAP, Power BI, SQL, and finance-specific tech solutions.
• Demonstrated executive communication skills, with comfort preparing materials and presenting to senior leadership.
• Strong strategic thinking paired with a bias for action and agile execution.
• MBA, CPA, or equivalent advanced degree a plus.