Job Description

Job Description

Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers with 2,300+ stores. The Albertsons Companies 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 Payments team is newly formed and will oversee the strategic and operational infrastructure required to support a consumer focused brand, in both a physical and digital world. In this role, you'll be joining a small team focused on driving the future vision of payments technology and building world class products. The ideal candidate will be someone with SQL and modeling experience, has an interest in working with large data sets and is looking to learn about payments. Furthermore, the candidate will be someone who is extremely thorough, and works well with ambiguity. This position is located in Pleasanton, California.

Position Purpose

The Payments Analyst will serve a critical role in working with business teams to help understand, monitor, reconcile, and model payments costs based on the current understanding of our fees. Additionally, the Analyst will be required to work with third party vendors to understand rate changes and how they impact our business. This position will provide the operational backbone for the newly formed group to drive business performance and optimization.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Understand core processes / data and lead efforts to develop monitoring and reporting framework
* Ability to work with large datasets
* Define, own, and drive the core metrics enabling payments success
* Develop KPIs and other metrics to report out current state of the business
* Build in-depth product expertise and business cases backed up by rigorous analyses
* Communicate, align, and obtain buy-in from functional owners
* Bring serious analytical horsepower for ad-hoc analyses

Qualifications:

* 4-year degree (Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, MIS or similar focus) and/or equivalent combination of education or work experience
* 1-3 years of work experience; payments, consulting, or investment banking experience and an understanding of the payments ecosystem is preferred
* SQL and MS Excel proficiency is required; advanced knowledge and experience with data science analytical tools, e.g. R, Python, etc. is preferred
* Ability to build financial models and conduct related scenario analysis
* Team player who can manage projects in a dynamic and quickly evolving environment

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 Companies. 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 Companies 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 -- some positions require applicants offered a position to pass a pre-employment drug test before they are hired.

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