Job Description

Job Description

Albertsons-Safeway Company is one of the largest food and drug retailers with 2300+ stores. The Albertsons-Safeway family of brands includes some of the most prominent brands in food retailing, with a growing base of loyal shoppers. Thanks to the professionalism, diversity, spirit and friendliness of our people, we have locations across the U.S.

The Corporate eCommerce FP&A Department has an opening for two Senior Financial Analysts. This position reports in Pleasanton, California.

Position

The Senior Financial Analyst will assist in providing financial guidance, analytical support, key insights, and trends within the eCommerce organization, which is fueling growth for Albertsons Companies, Inc (ACI) over the longer term. You will play a role to gather, organize, analyze, report, and present information for both routine and special adhoc assignments under varying amounts of guidance and direction. This role will interface with all levels of Division and Corporate staff in addressing financial questions, results, variances, and overall processes and procedures. Additionally, this position will build models and act as the finance business partner to the Shopper Experience team. You will play a pivotal role in analyzing and reporting data used to drive growth initiatives, business performance, and improved shopper experience.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Reporting and Analysis -- work closely with Director of Finance and key stakeholders to develop and prepare key performance tracking reports that highlight performance results vs. plan and forecast, analyze key performance indicators, articulate key insights and trends, and identify risks and opportunities.
* Drive a data-driven, data-mining analytical process of identifying variances from actual trends and planned/forecasted results, creating actionable steps to course-correct and prepare presentations.
* Source data from primary or secondary data sources, create and maintain multifaceted databases to generate reports and financial tools.
* Build financial models, business intelligence and dashboards, and evaluate complex financial analysis of strategic initiatives to identify and measure sales and financial impact to the P&L.
* Investigate and conduct deep dives into data across marketing channels (e.g. digital advertising, social media, email, web, events, etc.) to understand customer engagement.
* Continuous improvement activities impacting people efficiency, process effectiveness, technical tool utilization, and automation.
* Provide analytical support to management on ad-hoc projects and value-added improvement initiatives.
* Prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, following through on issues in a timely manner.
* Prepare monthly business reviews and actionable analyses.
* Acquire solid understanding of ACI businesses and proactively look for ways to provide analytical solutions to business opportunities.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related quantitative field. MBA a plus.
* Minimum of 4+ years of experience in data analysis, financial modeling, finance, accounting, or related fields.
* Retail or CPG company experience preferred.
* Strength in ability to analyze, interpret, and report on large financial data sets.
* Ability to identify, prioritize, and solve problems using analytical frameworks to streamline the process.
* Strong data-mining skills and statistical software expertise (e.g. snowflake analytical data SQL warehouse, tableau ideal, excel, visual analytics, oracle, PowerBI, other business intelligence) and ability to interpret results.
* Flexible self-starter who can work well within various situations (from well-defined to unstructured) and proactively identify business improvement areas.
* Possess good communication skills, both oral and written, and have the ability to interact with all levels of management from executives to staff to business partners.
* Ability to work collaboratively with and through others to achieve desired results.
* Customer service focused, organized, and able to work independently as well as lead/supervise.
* Excellent presentation skills; able to present complex issues in a simple, succinct manner.
* Advanced PC skills in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint for data manipulation, analysis and charting), including Essbase; knowledge working with syndicated data sources (e.g. Nielsen, IRI) and competitive dynamics.

Travel:

* Some travel may be required, up to 5%-10%.

How to Apply: Interested candidates are encouraged to submit a resume by visiting https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/careers/en/home.html

Diversity is fundamental at Albertsons-Safeway. We foster an inclusive working environment where the different strengths and perspectives of each employee is both recognized and valued. We believe that building successful relationships with our customers and our communities is only possible through the diversity of our people. A diverse workforce leads to better teamwork and creative thinking, as well as mutual understanding and respect.

The Albertsons-Safeway policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion and other conditions of employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, medical condition, marital status or any other legally protected status.

We support a drug-free workplace -- all applicants offered a position are required to pass a pre-employment drug test before they are hired.

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