Senior Finance Business Partner (Performance Steering)

Aldi UK; Atherstone; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work (2 days remote)

Private medical insurance

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Career development

Employee discounts

Job summary

Aldi UK is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner (Performance Steering) to drive business success through data-driven insights, strategic financial planning and stakeholder collaboration. In this role, you’ll work with senior leaders to support decision-making and shape Aldi UK’s future direction.

Based in the UK with hybrid working, you’ll partner with regional and national directors, lead KPI governance, and develop robust regional reporting under IFRS/UK GAAP.

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounting or financial planning.
• Strong reporting, budgeting and forecasting knowledge.
• IFRS and UK GAAP familiarity.
• Cross-border collaboration experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with local controlling teams and national stakeholders.
• Provide financial insights to boost regional results via performance steering.
• Act as trusted business partner to Directors, delivering ad hoc analyses.
• Lead regional performance management: current, forecast, and planned KPIs.
• Support Business Performance Cycle processes for future years.
• Maintain region-specific governance and reporting frameworks.
• Participate in national financial target discussions with advisory input.
• Drive performance in regional steering team and continuous improvement.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Independent working

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Tableau

ERP systems

Job description

Are you a commercially minded finance professional looking to make a real impact? At Aldi, we're seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner (Performance Steering) to help drive business success through data-driven insights, strategic financial planning, and strong stakeholder collaboration. In this influential role, you'll work alongside senior leaders to support decision-making, improve performance, and shape the future direction of the business, all while developing your career with one of the UK's most successful retailers.

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.
• Provide financial insights to boost regional results using performance steering and governance of KPIs.
• Act as a trusted financial business partner to National and Regional (Managing) Directors facilitating transparent communication on financial performance and delivering tailored ad hoc analyses and decision support, enabling effective execution of strategies and operational control.
• Lead comprehensive regional performance management processes including accurate preparation, consolidation, and analysis of current, forecasted, and planned financial and non-financial KPIs.
• Support 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 governance and reporting frameworks that enable performance steering via data-driven decision making and address any emerging regional issues.
• Participate actively in national financial target discussions, providing expert advice and recommendations to improve business performance steering.
• Drive performance in the regional steering team, displaying a high-performance culture focused on continuous improvement.

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
• 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
• Experience analysing KPIs in the context of performance steering
• Experience supporting strategic decision making
• Experience with cross border collaboration
• Collaborative team member and working with other functions to improve performance
• Evidence of strong business partnering skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Proven track record of problem resolution and process improvement
• Experience in implementing a strategy to work towards company objectives
• Experience in writing company guidelines
• Experience in presenting to different groups of people / chairing meetings
• Evidence of strong project management skills
• 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
• Permanent contract
• 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
• In office flexi-time
• Full training provided
• Private employee medical insurance after 4 years
• 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.