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Position Summary
Shape the future of global compliance at Walmart! As Director, Controllership – Global SOX & FCPA, you’ll lead the design and management of internal controls over financial reporting for a dynamic, people-led, tech-powered, omnichannel retailer. You'll play a pivotal role in transformation projects that safeguard Walmart’s business integrity worldwide—a rare opportunity to drive impact at scale.
About Global Internal Controls (GIC)
The Global Internal Controls (GIC) team is at the forefront of enabling Walmart’s retail growth by ensuring financial accuracy and regulatory compliance. Operating collaboratively across business, compliance, and technology functions, GIC empowers Walmart to serve customers anytime, anywhere. As a key leader in this group, you’ll shape robust processes that uphold trust and transparency across all Walmart segments.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead the design and implementation of internal controls for SOX and FCPA compliance, collaborating with key stakeholders across the company's largest initiatives to ensure that financial reporting and regulatory requirements are met throughout every business process.
- Oversee the development and rollout of business process and IT application-level controls for new systems, including facilitating test plans, managing transitions to business process owners, and integrating controls into ongoing projects to ensure effective risk mitigation.
- Drive process improvements and innovation by identifying opportunities to enhance compliance programs, implementing best practices, and continuously improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization’s SOX and FCPA compliance environment on a global scale.
- Manage multiple concurrent global projects by coordinating cross-functional teams, aligning project requirements, ensuring project governance, and providing strategic oversight to deliver solutions that support business transformation and regulatory compliance.
- Communicate complex findings, control issues, and project status to executive leadership, making informed recommendations and influencing company-wide compliance strategy to protect the organization and drive continuous improvement.
What You’ll Bring:
- A proven track record of expertise in SOX, FCPA, and business process controls, supported by at least 9 years of auditing experience in a Big 4 or regional public accounting firm, and deep knowledge of accounting, auditing, and IT concepts.
- Demonstrated ability to lead global compliance initiatives, drive process improvements, and effectively influence and partner with stakeholders within large, matrixed organizations, ensuring alignment and adoption of best practices.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with experience in evaluating complex control environments, identifying root causes of deficiencies, and implementing effective remediation strategies in a rapidly changing regulatory landscape.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey complex compliance requirements to a diverse range of stakeholders and present executive-level findings and recommendations.
- Required proficiency in Spanish and a bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting, with a passion for continuous learning and adapting quickly to evolving regulatory standards and business needs.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
Live Better U is a 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.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field and 5 years’ experience in finance, accounting, or related area OR 7 years’ experience in finance, accounting, or related area.2 years’ supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Certified Public Accountant designation, Leading and completing cross-functional projects, Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field, Using Essbase