Business Analytics Analyst II
Company: ALDI
Location: Naperville
Posted on: January 20, 2023
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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.
In this role the Business Analytics Analyst II will be responsible
for complex business analysis that support the Executive Leadership
Team and Business Unit Finance division at ALDI working with a
statistical Software (Applied Predictive Technologies) to run
advanced analyses including designing experiments to help measure
and manage the risk of key investments. The ideal candidate will be
proficient in Microsoft Suites applications with regression
modeling and SQL a plus and have an educational background in
finance, project management, business, statistics. The objective of
this role is to analyze, evaluate, and deliver analysis to improve
the financial performance, profitability, cash flow and return on
investment for key projects and initiatives.
Position Type: Full-Time
Work Location: Naperville, IL
This role is eligible to participate in ALDIs 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).
Duties and Responsibilities:
Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable
accommodation.
Researches, analyzes and explains current and past activity,
expected trends and potential effect of change to support findings
and recommendations to clients.
Recommends process improvements for area of responsibility.
Supports assigned analyses and projects, performs complex analyses
with actionable outcomes.
Interprets financial trends and identifies financial deviations
from expected performance.
Reports financial results to various business units within the
organization.
Utilizes financial techniques to proactively identify financial
opportunities to positively impact the business.
Reviews and analyzes the financial and operational data specific to
assigned analyses and projects.
Maintains a high level of data integrity and takes appropriate
action to investigate potential data discrepancies.
Prepares and reviews more advanced charts, tables, and other
exhibits for use in reports.
Prepares complex reports, statements, working papers, schedules and
summaries supporting assigned business projects.
Assists management with financial planning, budgeting/forecasting,
variance analysis and ad hoc business analysis.
Supports meetings that are integral to the success of the assigned
project and analytical workload.
Serves as liaison between business end users and the various
database teams.
Learns the underlying data attributes, metrics and calculations and
strives to become an expert of the data and metrics.
Helps solve business questions and analytical approaches with
internal client teams.
Initiates new and improved business reporting methods through
modeling of data.
Stays up to date on the various data repository systems used
throughout the business.
Serves as a subject matter expert by providing extensive business
and technical analysis based on client needs.
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.
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
Gives attention to detail and follows instruction.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Effective time management; maximizes productivity.
Prepares written materials to meet purpose and audience.
Develops and maintains positive relationships with internal and
external parties.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to analyze and report data in order to identify issues,
trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find
solutions.
Ability to identify operational issues, recommend and implement
strategies to resolve issues.
Knowledge of financial analysis strategies, financial modeling
concepts and profitability calculations.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Finance or a related field
required.
A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in an analytical
role or analytics required.
Or, a combination of education and experience providing equivalent
knowledge.
Experience using APT applications (Applied Predictive Technologies)
preferred.
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:
International & Domestic travel required.
Up to 5%.ALDI offers competitive wages and benefits, including:
ALDI is committed to equal opportunity for all employees and
applicants. As a proud Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), we do not
discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ancestry,
citizenship status, religion, sex, sexual stereotyping, sexual
orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age,
marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition,
genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy (which
includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to
pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other protected
characteristic. Employment may be contingent upon ALDI's receipt of
an acceptable and job-related drug test, motor vehicle report,
and/or reference check, as applicable and permissible by
law.Required
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