(USA) Senior Manager, Supplier To Serve

## Position Summary... About Walmart Finance A career in finance at Walmart offers endless opportunities to make a difference on a global scale. As the world's largest retailer, Walmart relies on its finance team to provide insights, analysis, and guidance on everything from new product launches to operations in emerging markets. If you're looking for a challenge, there's no shortage of opportunities here. You'll use your analytical skills to evaluate new products, identify risks, and develop financial models. You'll also have the chance to work on strategic projects that will help Walmart continue to grow. No matter what role you play on the finance team, you'll make a difference in the lives of millions of people around. Position Summary... The Senior Manager will lead advanced analytics, automation, and AI-driven transformation initiatives across the Supplier to Serve (STS) and Finance Operations ecosystem. This role is responsible for designing, building, and scaling data driven and AI enabled solutions that reduce financial leakage, automate dispute and claims processes, and improve end to end supplier payment accuracy. This role sits at the intersection of finance, supply chain, analytics, and AI, with direct ownership of building scalable solutions that materially reduce manual effort, improve payment accuracy, and unlock capacity across Supplier to Serve operations. The ideal candidate blends strong business acumen, hands-on analytics and automation skills, and the ability to rapidly prototype and deploy solutions using modern AI, GenAI, and “vibe coding” techniques in partnership with technology and operations teams. ## What you'll do... **Automation, AI & GenAI Enablement** - Lead automation initiatives across disputes, claims, invoice exceptions, and supplier reconciliation using **AI, GenAI, and rule-based automation** - Rapidly prototype solutions using **vibe coding / low‑friction development approaches** (Python, SQL, notebooks, GenAI-assisted coding, prompt-driven workflows) - Design and deploy **AI-assisted decisioning** for root cause identification, claim validation, and exception classification - Partner with Tech, Genpact, and internal automation teams to move prototypes into **scalable production solutions** **Advanced Analytics & Data Science** - Lead enterprise‑scale **analytics and data science programs** across Supplier to Serve and retail finance operations - Develop predictive, diagnostic, and forensic analytics to identify leakage, systemic defects, and control gaps - Build reusable analytics frameworks and dashboards using **SQL, Python, Dataiku, Tableau, Power BI**, and cloud platforms - Drive anomaly detection and trend monitoring across AP, claims, shortages, and carrier collections **Retail, Supply Chain & Financial Forensics** - Perform forensic analysis of high‑value disputes, shortages, and claims to determine true root cause - Analyze physical and financial flow of goods across suppliers, DCs, carriers, and stores - Partner with US and global teams to recover funds, prevent repeat issues, and improve upstream controls **Process Transformation & Governance** - Identify opportunities to **eliminate manual work** through automation and AI-driven workflows - Establish governance, controls, and success metrics for automated and AI-enabled processes - Support policy, audit, and compliance requirements through transparent and explainable analytics **Leadership & Stakeholder Management** - Lead and develop a high-performing analytics and automation team - Translate complex analytics and AI outcomes into **clear, executive-ready insights** - Partner closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Tech, and external partners - Drive adoption of new tools, capabilities, and ways of working **What You’ll Bring:** **Core Skills & Experience** - 10+ years of experience in **analytics, data science, automation, or finance transformation**, with leadership responsibility - Proven ability to **build and s…