Target
Sr. Manager Data Analytics - Finance Data Validation & Tool Strategy
$115K–$206K
7000 Target Pkwy N,NCD-0375 Brooklyn Park,MN 55445 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Education
- Four-year degree or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target.
About the job
Leads Finance’s end-to-end data validation strategy for modern data solutions, while setting technical standards and advocating for Finance requirements across platform and engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Define validation frameworks, acceptance criteria, reconciliation approaches, evidence expectations, and issue-management practices for data flows from source applications through GCP.
- Set priorities and technical expectations for independent contractor validation resources, review their work, and help resolve complex data-quality issues.
- Review technical designs and establish scalable patterns and guardrails for Finance’s adoption of data and analytics tools.
What they ask for
- Four-year degree or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years in a technical data role within Finance, Accounting, or another data-intensive enterprise function.
- Experience designing or leading data validation, reconciliation, testing, or data-quality frameworks across complex datasets and systems.
- Strong SQL and analytical problem-solving skills; ability to assess technical designs and lead matrixed technical resources.
Nice to have
- Experience in SOX-controlled or similarly regulated environments.
- Experience with Microsoft Power BI, Google Looker, BigQuery, or equivalent tools and platforms.
Pay
$115,000.00 - $206,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Google BigQuery, Microsoft Power BI, Google Looker, GCP, SQL
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