Director, Tax – Governance and Compliance

About the role

The Director, Tax – Governance and Compliance will lead a high-performing team responsible for regulatory compliance, and advanced data analytics across state and local tax, merchandise contracts and royalties, and unclaimed property obligations. This role combines deep financial and regulatory knowledge with strong data, systems, and people-leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, manage, coach, and develop a team of finance and data professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Set clear priorities, performance expectations, and development plans aligned to business objectives.
• Provide strategic direction while remaining hands-on as needed during critical reporting, compliance, and audit cycles.
• Oversee state and local tax (SALT)-related analysis, reporting, and compliance activities across multiple jurisdictions.
• Provide leadership oversight for financial treatment and reporting of merchandise contracts and royalty arrangements, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Own and oversee compliance activities related to state unclaimed property regulations, including data reviews, reconciliations, and audit support.
• Ensure financial reporting outputs meet internal control standards, regulatory requirements, and leadership expectations.
• Timely complete reviews and approve various payments to states and other regulatory bodies
• Support various audits with relevant data and work with state and other entities
• Direct the use of large, complex data sets to support reporting, compliance, insights, and risk identification.
• Oversee team usage of SAP financial data to support reporting, reconciliation, and analytics.
• Guide the use of BigQuery and cloud-based data platforms to improve data accessibility, scalability, and reporting efficiency.
• Partner with technology and data teams to address data quality, automation, and system enhancements.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate reporting and compliance processes.
• Champion responsible adoption of AI and advanced analytics to enhance accuracy, speed, and decision-making.
• Drive standardization and documentation of processes to reduce key-person risk and improve scalability.
• Serve as a trusted partner to Tax, Merchandizing, Accounting, Legal, Audit, Technology, and business stakeholders.
• Communicate complex financial, regulatory, and data topics clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Manage competing priorities and deadlines while maintaining high quality and control standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field and 5 years’ experience in accounting, income tax compliance, payroll tax, or related area OR 7 years’ experience in accounting, income tax compliance, payroll tax, or related area.
• 3 years’ supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field and 5 years’ experience in accounting, income tax compliance, payroll tax, or related area OR 7 years’ experience in accounting, income tax compliance, payroll tax, or related area. 3 years’ supervisory experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Leading cross-functional projects, License to practice law in at least one state J.D., Masters: Accounting, Masters: Business, Masters: Economics, Masters: Finance, Masters: Law Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Certificate.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Performance-based bonus awards
• Other great perks including 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice.