Finance Development Program
Finance Development Program
Company:
Walgreens
Category:
Accounting, Finance
Degrees Required:
4 Year Degree
Employment Type:
Full-Time
Manages Others:
No
Requirements:
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Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree with a major in Accounting, Finance or Economics earned prior to June 15th each year.
- GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale
- At least 3 months, but no more than 2 years of experience in Accounting, Finance and/or Economics, such as an internship
- Experience leading people and/or processes in school and/or work situations
- Experience analyzing situations and resolving problems in school and/or work situations
- Experience building and maintaining relationships
- Willing to travel up to 5% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
Preferred Qualifications:
- CPAs or in pursuit of CPA designation
- CFA or in pursuit of CFA designation
- CMA or in pursuit of CMA designation
- Experience holding a leadership position, such as student organizations, residence halls, fraternity/sorority or similar.
- Recipient of relevant achievement award or recognition Ð academics, sports, student organization contribution or similar.
Requirements:
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Walgreens is seeking highly talented and career-minded professionals who will begin employment at Walgreens Corporate Office in the ASPIRE Finance Development Program (FDP). FDP is a two year program in which Associates complete 4, 6-month rotations to develop cross-functional skills and expertise.
FDP focuses on further developing and growing Associates into well rounded business professionals gaining strong foundational education and training in Finance. The FDP is a highly visible program internally, supported by a Steering Committee of senior members of Management as well as the company's CFO. At the end of the two years as an FDP Associate, graduates are positioned to take future leadership positions within the company.
During the 24 month program, the associates will rotate through four rotations consisting of one or more of the following; a corporate business unit, a strategy project and a special project category of rotations.
The program offers extensive training focusing on development of associates' core competencies including; Leadership, Communication, Problem Solving,as well as technical competencies, including Financial Planning, Financial Modeling, Risk & Control, SEC Reporting, Contracting. The program has a robust performance management process focused on Associates' development including the assignment of a mentor and a buddy mentor for the entire duration of the program.
Job Responsibilities:
While meeting the program growth and development goals, assists business units and functions in achievement of Objectives, Strategies, Goals & Metrics (OGSMs), through the following tasks, where applicable:
- Assists management with financial planning, budgeting/forecasting, variance analysis and ad hoc business analysis.
- Assists management with development of complex business models and financial analysis applying concepts such as IRR, NPV, DCF etc.
- Assists management in assessment of risks and controls for one or more given business processes.
- Assists management in closing the books and or SEC reporting duties.
- Assists management with business research and S.W.O.T. analysis in support of formulating business strategies
- Assists management with identifying cost savings and process improvements.
- Assists management with evaluating business contracts.
- Assists management with ad hoc analysis, generating and analyzing management reports and communicating clearly the outcomes
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