The Role
A mid-level Payroll Specialist who can defend a number to an auditor and sell it to a board is rare; Walgreens is hiring exactly that. Look past the title and you'll see $61,000 - $85,000, an IL base, and a mid-level role that asks you to lead, not just execute.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct profitability analysis by product, region, and customer segment
- Build the close documentation a new mid-level hire could follow blind
- Hold the line on capitalization policy across every finance project
- Knit Management Reporting pipelines into the close so data lands pre-validated
- Own the $61,000 - $85,000 compensation accrual and the math behind every line
- Build cash-flow models that hold up under a hardworking stress test
- Stress-test the annual budget against three tinker-friendly demand scenarios
What You'll Bring
- Proven aptitude for Interpersonal Skills, ideally near Springfield, IL
- 5+ years putting Financial Reporting to work in a finance setting
- Hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning experience that survives a whiteboard interview
- An instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent
- Working knowledge of Internal Audit alongside transferable Financial Statements chops
- Real curiosity about why Walgreens customers do what they do
- A track record of unfussy delivery in a contract structure
From a Springfield loft, Walgreens has built a detail-focused reputation for solving finance problems others quietly gave up on. Slack threads here stay civil because we critique the Financial Statements work, not the human behind it.
This Springfield, IL role comes with $61,000 - $85,000, hybrid work, paid learning days, and a mentor focused on your Time Management growth.
Applications submitted this week are going straight into our current review cycle.
Send us your application and let's talk about how you can grow with Walgreens.
Skills
- Internal Audit
- Anaplan
- CFA Certification
- Management Reporting
- Account Reconciliation
- Workday Adaptive Planning
- Oracle NetSuite
- Financial Statements
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Reporting
- Time Management
- Interpersonal Skills
- Stress Management
Benefits
- Book Allowance
- Estate planning services
- Game Room
- Signing bonus
- Holiday Parties
- Community Service
- Disability accommodations
- Hybrid work schedule
- Public transit subsidy
- Wellness stipend
- Deferred compensation plan
- Gas and mileage reimbursement