Manager, Specialty Compliance and Ethics - Wage & Compliance

Position Summary

Join Walmart’s Wage & Hour Compliance team to operationalize a best‑in‑class program for the world’s largest retailer.

Walmart’s Wage & Hour Compliance team sets the standards, controls, and monitors the operational components to keep our people practices compliant, practical, and scalable across a complex, high‑volume enterprise. We translate evolving legal requirements into clear policies, training, and controls, and we partner with HR, Legal, Operations, and Technology to embed compliance by design into systems and processes—protecting associates and the company while enabling operational excellence.

• Support the Wage & Hour Compliance program pillars (Pay, Timekeeping, Scheduling or Benefits) identifying and driving change to align policy, systems, and practices to regulations and strategy. Create and test change activities in coordination with Legal and stakeholders ensuring deadlines are met.

• Update program documentation (policies, knowledge articles, job aids, operational procedures, etc.) to enable consistent execution and contribute to standards and controls.

• Drive end‑to‑end change execution, partnering to implement compliant solutions and monitoring to ensure ongoing adoption and mitigation of risk and/or roadblocks.

• Support audit and monitoring by developing scripts, evidence requests, track findings through remediation, root cause analysis and verification of effectiveness.

• Build and maintain KPI/KRI dashboards and monthly reporting to identify trends, surface risks, and inform prioritization; responsibly leverage AI tools to increase accuracy, speed, and scale.

• Hands‑on experience in wage and hour compliance, policy operations, or regulatory change management within complex, matrixed environments; retail or high‑volume operations experience preferred.

• Strong regulatory analysis skills with the ability to translate statutes, rules, and guidance into clear business requirements and actionable process changes.

• Proficiency in developing and maintaining policies, controls, and audit/monitoring artifacts; comfort with documentation rigor and version governance.

• Analytical fluency with dashboards, metrics, and data storytelling to drive decision‑making; demonstrated root cause analysis and issue management.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and drive alignment with cross‑functional teams.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. #LI-onsite

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  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.

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