Operations Controlling Financial Analyst III

at  ALDI

As part of our National Finance & Administration Services department, you’ll help manage the critical resources and infrastructure that keep ALDI running smoothly. Your insights and skills will help every department make smarter decisions and ensure our retail divisions and executive leadership receive the support they need to run a successful operation. Within Finance, our teams include: Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Reporting, Tax and Treasury.
Position Type: Full-Time
Starting Salary: $95,000
Salary Increases: Year 2 - $100,000 | Year 3 - $105,000
Work Location: Naperville, IL
This role is eligible to participate in ALDI’s Hybrid Work Program, which allows remote work up to 3 days per week (i.e., work remotely up to 3 days per week; work in-office at least 2 days per week).

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field required.
• A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in Finance or Accounting required.
• Experience with data modeling, data extraction, analytics and visualization tools such as SQL, Alteryx, and Tableau preferred.
• Or, a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Work may be performed in an office, remote office or a combination of both where a computer and office equipment may be used as needed to perform duties.
• Regularly required to sit, reach, grasp, stand and move from one area to another.
• Constantly and repeatedly use keyboard/mouse.
• Occasionally required to push, pull, bend, lift and move up to 25 lbs.

Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Acts as a liaison between the National Operations Committee and National Finance groups.
• Collaborates with other teams such as Buying, Supply Chain, Operations and Finance as needed to answer business questions utilizing analytical approaches.
• Demonstrates subject matter expertise by providing extensive business and technical analysis based on National Operations Committee needs.
• Recommends process improvements for area of responsibility.
• Provides support with operation and financial KPI analysis.
• Provides support for financial planning, margin budgeting/forecasting, variance analysis and ad hoc business analysis.
• Performs complex analyses for operations team with actionable outcomes.
• Defines and drives business improvement projects based on collected data, determines and creates required project deliverables.
• Researches, analyzes and explains current and past operational activity, expected sales and margin trends, and potential effect of change. Supports findings and recommendations to clients.
• Maintains a high level of data integrity and takes appropriate action to investigate potential data discrepancies.
• Translates National Operations Committee needs into usable visualization of data interpretation.
• Builds and uses various data modeling methods for the implementation of new reporting and other initiatives.
• Builds and maintains effective relationship with key stakeholders across different functions.
• Shares knowledge and expertise with other team members to enable continued team skills development.
• Collaborates with team members and communicates relevant information to leadership.
• Upholds the security and confidentiality of documents and data within area of responsibility.
• Other duties as assigned.