Internal Reporting Analyst II

Company: Aldi
Location: Naperville
Posted on: June 6, 2021

Job Description:

To help save our customers green, we need an amazing team who knows all about it. Our National Finance & Administration Services department oversees the management of the critical resources and infrastructure that our people need to get the job done at every level. This service department is designed to make sure 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

Duties and Responsibilities:

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

• Communicates and informs leadership of issues, status, and results of assigned tasks in an accurate and timely manner.
• Recommends process improvements for area of responsibility.
• Conducts analysis of financial reports and Operational KPIs to ensure that activities are accurate and available to project owners in a timely manner.
• Determines and develops required project deliverables.
• Employs problem-solving techniques and performs special projects and analyses as required.
• Assists leadership in implementation and rollouts of large-scale projects.
• Researches and resolves reconciliation variances in financial statements.
• Helps to cross-train other members of the team.
• Collaborates with team members as well as assigned divisions and communicates relevant information to leadership.
• Upholds the security and confidentiality of documents and data within area of responsibility.
• Other project/tasks assigned.

Job Qualifications:

ALDI Acts Competencies:

Perform within ALDI Acts competencies as outlined below.

• Collaborates and Cooperates with Team: Commits to and supports a collaborative and high-performing working environment with peers and managers.
• Drives for Success: Seizes opportunities and proactively takes concrete actions to complete tasks. Goes the "extra mile" and persistently overcomes obstacles to improve outputs.
• Focuses on the Customer: Seeks to understand underlying customer needs to create value. Drives the team to maintain focus on customers.
• Focuses on Quality: Takes an efficient, analytical approach to solve problems or produce outputs in an accurate and timely manner. Ensures quality and accuracy of results.
• Plans and Prioritizes: Sets priorities and organizes information in order to efficiently and effectively get the job done.

Job-specific Competencies:

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to interpret and apply company policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of the process for recording, classifying, and summarizing financial transaction in accordance with company, statutory, tax, cost, and reporting requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Prepares written materials to meet purpose and audience.
• Thinks critically and analytically.
• Knowledge of financial analysis strategies.
• Works cooperatively and collaboratively within a group.
• Gives attention to detail and follows instructions.
• Ability to stay organized and multi-task in a professional and efficient manner.
• Ability to analyze information and accounts.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in Accounting or Finance required.
• Experience with financial reporting, variance analyses, and concept development of financial and KPI dashboards.
• Or, a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.
• Experience with SAP BW, SAP Lumira and Tableau a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Work is performed in an office environment where a computer, telephone and other office equipment are 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.

Travel:

• Domestic travel required.
• Up to 5%.

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