The Role
Directs operational finance teams and partners with business unit leaders on long-range planning, capital planning, forecasts, KPIs, reporting, and transformational initiatives. Oversees financial insights, process improvements, staff development, recruiting, training, and performance management. Serves as the executive finance liaison for operational business units and ensures accurate, timely financial reporting aligned with company strategy.
Summary Generated by Built In
Manage Operational Finance teams, led by Business Unit Controllers. Serve critical function as executive liaison between the Finance teams and the business unit leaders supported by those finance teams. Evaluate areas that need additional support, and redirect efforts no longer necessary. Ensure communication and alignment with senior management on methods and processes for capturing and sharing insights and information. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.Responsibilities- Partner with business unit leaders to develop 3-5 year long range plans that align with overall company strategies, including capital planning, operating forecasts, and financial and non-financial KPIs
- Collaborate with Business Unit (BU) leaders to ensure BU finance teams are integrated appropriately and are optimally supporting the BUs.
- Ensure Operational Finance team provides timely, accurate, efficient and insightful reporting and insights for weekly progress reports, period projections, and annual business planning
- Serve as primary point of contact for Executive leadership on financial aspects of key operational business units
- Manage high priority transformational initiatives within the business units to ensure the projects deliver ROIC growth and meet company level goals and commitments
- Ensure consistently executed and broadly distributed coaching, teaching, and training is delivered to all operational finance staff
- Seek and deploy business process improvements within financial reporting process
- Develop and maintain a program to recruit, train, and promote the Operational Finance staff
- Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties, complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports
- Travel to meet with business unit leaders and other internal stakeholders
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
QualificationsMinimum
- Bachelor's Degree accounting or finance
- 7+ years extensive finance/accounting management experience
- Extensive working knowledge of financial systems, and accounting and business policies
- Highly analytical and detail-oriented with demonstrated success in identifying trends, results and outcomes
- Excellent communications skills; ability to effectively communicate with all levels of an organization
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Executive demeanor
- Strong technical skills
- Ability to manage a team and numerous projects at once
- Strong interpersonal and relationship development skills
- Outstanding organizational skills
Desired
- Master's Degree accounting, finance or business administration
- Any experience with the supervision of professional staff
- Any presentation experience
- Any previous Accounting/Finance related positions (i.e., assistant controller or controller)
- Any prior Kroger division experience
- CPA Certified Public Accountant
- CFA
- Collaborate with Business Unit (BU) leaders to ensure BU finance teams are integrated appropriately and are optimally supporting the BUs.
- Ensure Operational Finance team provides timely, accurate, efficient and insightful reporting and insights for weekly progress reports, period projections, and annual business planning
- Serve as primary point of contact for Executive leadership on financial aspects of key operational business units
- Manage high priority transformational initiatives within the business units to ensure the projects deliver ROIC growth and meet company level goals and commitments
- Ensure consistently executed and broadly distributed coaching, teaching, and training is delivered to all operational finance staff
- Seek and deploy business process improvements within financial reporting process
- Develop and maintain a program to recruit, train, and promote the Operational Finance staff
- Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties, complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports
- Travel to meet with business unit leaders and other internal stakeholders
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
QualificationsMinimum
- Bachelor's Degree accounting or finance
- 7+ years extensive finance/accounting management experience
- Extensive working knowledge of financial systems, and accounting and business policies
- Highly analytical and detail-oriented with demonstrated success in identifying trends, results and outcomes
- Excellent communications skills; ability to effectively communicate with all levels of an organization
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Executive demeanor
- Strong technical skills
- Ability to manage a team and numerous projects at once
- Strong interpersonal and relationship development skills
- Outstanding organizational skills
Desired
- Master's Degree accounting, finance or business administration
- Any experience with the supervision of professional staff
- Any presentation experience
- Any previous Accounting/Finance related positions (i.e., assistant controller or controller)
- Any prior Kroger division experience
- CPA Certified Public Accountant
- CFA
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- 7+ years of extensive finance or accounting management experience
- Extensive knowledge of financial systems, accounting policies, and business policies
- Analytical and detail-oriented with demonstrated success identifying trends, results, and outcomes
- Excellent communication skills across all organizational levels
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Executive demeanor
- Strong technical skills
- Ability to manage a team and multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong interpersonal and relationship development skills
- Outstanding organizational skills
- Master's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration
- Experience supervising professional staff
- Presentation experience
- Previous accounting or finance positions, such as assistant controller or controller
- Prior Kroger division experience
- CPA certification
- CFA certification
Kroger Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kroger and has not been reviewed or approved by Kroger.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage in many union divisions has been protected or improved in recent contracts, with some regions avoiding proposed cuts and others expanding spousal coverage and strengthening short‑term disability. Mental‑health resources and 24/7 access are also emphasized, supported by third‑party recognition in recent years.
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Retirement Support — Retirement options include a company 401(k) with a match and, in many union roles, access to pension or variable annuity plans that have been stabilized through recent agreements. Match levels and pension participation vary by division and role, so specifics require local confirmation.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Education assistance through “Feed Your Future” offers substantial tuition support for both part‑ and full‑time associates, alongside free financial coaching. Perks such as associate discounts and periodic Boost membership offers add incremental value to total rewards.
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The Company
What We Do
At Kroger, we believe no matter who you are or how you like to shop, everyone deserves affordable, easy-to-enjoy, fresh food. This idea is embodied in our simple tagline—Fresh for Everyone™. Kroger ranks as one of the world’s largest retailers. We are nearly half a million associates across 2,800 stores in 35 states operating two dozen grocery retail brands and 34 manufacturing and 44 distribution locations, all dedicated to living our Purpose: to Feed the Human Spirit™. Together, we serve more than 11 million customers daily in our stores and online through convenient e-commerce options like pickup, ship and delivery, serving America through food inspiration and uplift. Customers love Our Brands, including the popular Kroger®, Private Selection® and Simple Truth® brands. Our own manufacturing plants produce many of Our Brands products, including breads, dairy products, meat and thousands of grocery items. We also believe in and are committed to doing our part to create #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025.
