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Finance Manager - Distribution Center Finance
200 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015Posted 2 weeks ago
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Job Description
Job Summary:
The Finance Manager – Distribution Center Finance serves as the primary finance partner for Walgreens distribution center operations, providing financial leadership, operational support, and strategic guidance to drive performance across the network. This role is responsible for all financial aspects of distribution center operations, including labor, productivity, overtime, facility expenses, volume, and other operational related costs. The Finance Manager works closely with Distribution Center General Managers, Operations Directors, Human Resources, and Supply Chain leadership to identify opportunities, improve efficiency, and deliver financial results.
This role is based in our Deerfield, IL office and is on‑site four days a week.
Job Responsibilities:
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
The Finance Manager – Distribution Center Finance serves as the primary finance partner for Walgreens distribution center operations, providing financial leadership, operational support, and strategic guidance to drive performance across the network. This role is responsible for all financial aspects of distribution center operations, including labor, productivity, overtime, facility expenses, volume, and other operational related costs. The Finance Manager works closely with Distribution Center General Managers, Operations Directors, Human Resources, and Supply Chain leadership to identify opportunities, improve efficiency, and deliver financial results.
This role is based in our Deerfield, IL office and is on‑site four days a week.
Job Responsibilities:
- Partners with business management to maintain a strong understanding of the key business drivers of the assigned area, specific business processes and priorities, and future strategic direction of the assigned area.
- Collaborates with business management and support teams to ensure strong execution, delivery of customer value and positive business results.
- Develops and fosters a cross-functional team approach, providing financial management support to all levels of the business team.
- Leads the preparation of the financial forecasts and budgets, including the identification/quantification of risks and opportunities; involves facilitating the negotiation and agreement of key operational metrics and inputs.
- Performs periodic analyses of variances as compared to plan, forecast and prior periods. Prepares presentations and documentation of budget and forecast information.
- Addresses issues with appropriate teams to develop plan of action. Identifies opportunities to improve processes and practices. Works with business and functional teams to develop consistent management reporting and processes.
- Supports monthly reviews and periodic business planning sessions. Involves evaluating financial and operational results, monitoring data and contributing to the development of key initiatives.
- Identifies and analyzes various investments and substantiates rationale for projects through business case developments.
- Directly manages team members including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people as they work, and manages teams indirectly across client and operational organizations (including assisting in the development, training and assignment of work/projects to other members of the team).
- Participates in medium term and strategic planning for the assigned business area.
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.