(USA) Senior Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis

Position Summary...The Senior Financial Analyst will play a critical role in supporting financial planning, forecasting, and strategic analysis across multiple business units. This position partners closely with Accounting and cross‑functional stakeholders to deliver timely, accurate financial insights, support month‑end close, and enable data‑driven decision making. This analyst will primarily be supporting our advertising sales business on Platform .

What you'll do...

• Reviewing contracts with our content and media partners
• Advertising monetization across home screen, programmatic, and managed services
• Partner with business leads for strategic decision making
• Platform‑level P&L ownership, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Maintain detailed cost structures to support and forecast Platform
• Monthly forecasting, strategic analysis, variance analysis, and ad‑hoc financial projects for multiple business units to support our advertising business.
• Prepare and analyze P&L actuals versus forecast, identifying key drivers and actionable insights for stakeholders
• Partner closely with Accounting during month‑end close to ensure accuracy, alignment, and timely reporting
• Support and maintain the revenue share calculation system (Whip Media), ensuring data integrity and consistent application of business rules
• Act as a finance business partner by supporting multiple business units, responding to inquiries, and translating financial results into clear narratives
• Develop and maintain financial models, dashboards, and reporting tools to improve forecasting accuracy and operational efficiency
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Accounting, Sales, Data/Analytics, and Operations to support ongoing financial initiatives.
  
  

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience in a Financial Analyst or Senior Financial Analyst role
• Strong experience in forecasting, variance analysis, and P&L management
• Prior experience in entertainment, media, or advertising environments strongly preferred
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high‑quality analysis in a fast‑paced environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present financial insights to non‑finance stakeholders
  
  

Preferred Systems And Tools

• Advanced Excel (financial modeling, large datasets)
• PowerPoint (executive‑ready presentations and storytelling)
• Alteryx for data preparation and automation
• Tableau or other BI visualization tools
• Business Intelligence platforms and reporting environments
• SQL for querying and validating large datasets
  
  

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 $70,304.00 - $114,000.00

Additional Compensation Includes Annual Or Quarterly Performance Bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

• Stock
  
  

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Primary Location...

35 Tesla, Irvine, CA 92618-4603, United States of America

Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.