Job Description:

At Aldi, we're passionate about making every investment count. As a Senior Finance Business Partner within our National Finance team, you'll play a key role in supporting strategic business decisions by evaluating major investment opportunities, analysing financial performance, and helping to shape the future direction of the business.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced finance professional to combine commercial insight with analytical expertise, working closely with stakeholders across national and international teams. From assessing business cases and forecasting future performance to driving portfolio optimisation and delivering meaningful recommendations, you'll have a direct impact on how Aldi invests for long-term success.

If you're a commercially minded finance professional with strong analytical skills, experience influencing stakeholders, and a passion for turning data into business decisions, we'd love to hear from you. Join an award-winning business where your expertise will help drive growth, improve performance, and support the continued success of one of the UK's leading retailers.

If you’re a hardworking individual that’s ready to kick-start your career with an award-winning employer, apply to join #TeamAldi today!

Your New Role

• Conduct critical evaluation of business cases for major investments, scrutinising financial assumptions and drivers, and assessing investment-related risks.
• Collaborate with national and international departments to harmonise investment controlling standards, ensuring integration and best practices.
• Develop detailed local investment plans, monitor project progress, and ensure benefit realisation to maximise asset profitability.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes for current and following fiscal years, maintaining accuracy and timely delivery according to strategic business objectives.
• Analyse the global store portfolio to identify optimisation opportunities, recommend improvements, and lead their deployment to enhance national business efficiency and value, while ensuring investment processes comply with internal policies and standards.
• Be actively involved in national financial target discussions and support special investment-related requests to maximise business impact and drive continuous improvement initiatives to adapt to changing market dynamics and business needs.

About You

• Extensive experience of monitoring performance and providing suggestions on how to improve performance
• Extensive experience in a management accounting or financial planning role
• Experience evaluating investment proposals and portfolio performance to execute business and financial objectives
• Strong working knowledge of SAP or equivalent ERP
• Experience of month-end close and financial controls
• Experience of portfolio optimisation analysis and benefits realisation
• Experience critically evaluating business cases and analysing investment outcomes
• Strong knowledge of management reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes
• Experience with financial modelling and scenario analysis
• Familiarity with IFRS and UK GAAP
• Working knowledge of PowerBI/Tableau
• ACCA / ACA / CIMA qualified (or equivalent) or qualified by experience

What You’ll get in Return

• Salary starting from £55,125 rising to £63,500
• Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm, with the opportunity of 2 days a week remote working 
• 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Private employee medical insurance after 4 years
• Company sick pay scheme
• Company maternity, paternity and adoption pay after 1 year
• Long service rewards
• Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs
• Access to a free,24/7, confidential virtual GP service for all Aldi Colleagues and their children (under the age of 16)

*You’ll need to live within 90 minutes of your main working location

*Please be aware that this role does not fulfil the requirements for visa sponsorship

Aldi is an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and are dedicated to promoting a culture of inclusion, providing an environment in which collaboration, respect and fairness are essential. We value diversity and are dedicated to treating all of our colleagues and prospective colleagues fairly and with respect.

If you’re ready to join a forward-thinking business with a focus on your development as well as the business’, apply today!