Director, Operations, Earnings Excellence

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bentonville, AR

Director, Operations, Earnings Excellence at Walmart, focusing on global contractor earnings operations, financial disbursements, compliance, and data governance within the Spark Driver Program. This role involves designing and implementing strategies, systems, and standards for accurate, timely, and compliant payments, leveraging automation and emerging technologies. It requires strong leadership, cross-functional partnership, and operational excellence methodologies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Oversee all aspects of global contractor earnings operations, designing and implementing strategies, systems, and standards that ensure payments are accurate, timely, and fully compliant with regulatory requirements across multiple markets.
  2. Drive process standardization and operational excellence by developing comprehensive SOPs, establishing performance metrics, and leveraging automation and emerging technologies to improve efficiency and reduce errors at scale.
  3. Partner cross-functionally with technology, finance, and compliance teams to ensure that earnings processes are fully aligned with organizational strategy, maintaining a proactive approach to industry and regulatory changes.
  4. Implement robust data governance by defining master data strategies, setting metadata standards, and collaborating to ensure contractor earnings data is accurate, transparent, and secure.
  5. Provide inspirational leadership and direction for a high-performing team, focusing on coaching, development, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and service excellence for both internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Required

  • 12 years of progressive experience in contractor earnings operations or financial disbursements
  • 5 years in a senior leadership capacity managing large-scale, complex operations
  • Deep expertise in contractor compliance (U.S. and global reporting)
  • Experience implementing or optimizing technology solutions for operational scalability and regulatory adherence
  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving data governance, compliance, and technology
  • Strong operational excellence mindset
  • Hands-on experience using methodologies like Lean or Six Sigma
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills

What the JD emphasized

  • contractor compliance
  • U.S. and global reporting
  • regulatory adherence
  • data governance
  • compliance