Finance Manager (Performance Steering)

Aldi UK; Atherstone; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary from £63,525 to £98,050

Hybrid work (2 days remote)

5 weeks' annual leave + Bank Holidays

Private medical insurance after 6 mo.

Long service rewards

Job summary

Aldi UK seeks an experienced Finance Manager to provide strategic financial leadership across the organisation, partnering with National and Regional Directors to shape performance and decision-making. You will lead regional planning, forecasting, reporting and KPI analysis, develop a high-performing team, and drive continuous improvement within international controlling standards.

The role offers hybrid work with 2 days remote, with strong exposure to senior leadership and opportunities to

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading a team and monitoring performance.
• Experience in management accounting or financial planning.
• Strong knowledge of management reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience with month-end close and financial controls analysis.
• Proven business partnering and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to work across borders and drive KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with local controlling teams and national stakeholders on cross-border initiatives and ensure consistent reporting.
• Drive in-country analyses to boost regional performance.
• Act as trusted financial partner to National and Regional Directors delivering ad hoc analyses.
• Lead regional performance management including consolidation and analysis of KPIs.
• Execute the Business Performance Cycle for current and following years.
• Maintain region-specific reporting per international standards and governance.
• Mentor the regional performance steering team.

Skills

Team leadership

Management accounting

Budgeting & forecasting

KPI tracking

Business partnering

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Communication skills

Tools

SAP

Job description

As a Finance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving business performance, providing strategic financial leadership and acting as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders across the organisation. Working closely with National and Regional Directors, you will deliver high-quality financial insight, challenge performance, and support key business decisions that contribute to the achievement of strategic objectives.

You will lead regional performance management activities, overseeing planning, forecasting, reporting, and target-setting processes, while ensuring financial data remains accurate, consistent, and aligned with international controlling standards. Through your analysis and commercial understanding, you will identify opportunities to improve performance and help shape financial strategies across the business.

This role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and international stakeholders, requiring strong business partnering skills and the ability to influence decision-making at all levels. You will also lead and develop a high-performing team, driving continuous improvement, enhancing reporting frameworks, and championing best practice across financial controlling and performance management activities.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional who enjoys combining strategic thinking, commercial analysis, stakeholder management, and people leadership within a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Your New Role

• Collaborate closely with local controlling teams and national stakeholders, contributing to cross-border financial initiatives, ensuring adherence to consistent controlling standards and reporting practices as part of National Controlling frameworks.
• Integrate global financial insights to own and drive in-country analyses to boost regional performance.
• Act as a trusted financial business partner to National and Regional (Managing) Directors driving transparent communication on financial performance and delivering tailored ad hoc analyses and decision support, enabling effective execution of strategies and operational control.
• Lead and own comprehensive regional performance management processes including accurate preparation, consolidation, and analysis of current and planned financial and non-financial KPIs.
• Execute the Business Performance Cycle (BPC) processes for current and following fiscal years maintaining accuracy and timeliness, aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Maintain detailed region-specific financial reporting in accordance with international controlling (IFA) standards. Develop and maintain region-specific reporting frameworks/governance that enable data-driven decision making and address any emerging regional issues.
• Participate actively in national financial target discussions, providing expert advice and recommendations.
• Collaborate with international stakeholders as part of Global Controlling and share best practices for efficiency and global harmonisation.
• Lead and mentor the regional performance steering team, fostering a high-performance culture focused on continuous improvement.

About You

• Extensive experience leading a team and monitoring performance
• Extensive experience in a management accounting or financial planning role
• Strong knowledge of management reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes
• Strong working knowledge of SAP or equivalent ERP
• Strong interpersonal, analytical and independent working skills
• Experience of month-end close and financial controls analysis
• Experience driving KPIs in the context of performance steering
• Experience aligning collaboratively across borders
• Financial modelling and scenario
• Strong analytical skills
• Evidence of strong project management skills
• Strong track record of business partnering skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Proven track record of problem resolution and process improvement
• Experience in developing and implementing a team strategy to work towards company objectives
• Experience strategically advising senior stakeholders
• Experience in presenting to different groups of people / chairing meetings

What You'll get in Return

• Salary from £63,525 rising to £98,050
• Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, with the opportunity of 2 days remote working
• 5 weeks' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• In office flexi-time
• Full training provided
• Private employee medical insurance after 6 months
• Company maternity and adoption leave from commencement and paternity leave 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.