Data Scientist Finance

Your new work environment

As Data Scientist you will be part of the reporting & analytics pillar of Digital Services. Digital Services is part of the broader European Business Services (EBS) Finance group, a shared services organization dedicated to helping Ahold Delhaize’s great European brands achieve their strategic goals. The impact on the organization is tangible: we provide insights that enable our colleagues to offer the right guidance and targets for the business, and drive innovation and change in different domains of the company. All our teams are filled with smart, high-performing professionals who enjoy pioneering and taking ownership of their work. 

European Business Services Finance is taking the next step in strengthening its organization to enable and help realize the ambitious Brand strategies, the global ESG reporting objectives and the ongoing automation and digitization roadmaps. Digital Services is there to unlock data potential, to elevate reporting & analytics and leverage our engineering and design capabilities. Digital Services will both focus on further strengthening RPA as well as set up a reporting excellence center by bringing closely relates capabilities together. Digital Services will be fully organized on an EU level supporting all EBS functions. 

Key responsibilities of your role

Your role is highly diverse and encompasses various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:

•             Data analytics & visualization: Use advanced analytical techniques to drive deeper, actionable and relevant insights. Enable self-service analytics through the creation and deployment of actionable, reports and dashboards

•             Digital integration: Identify, deliver and apply smart ways of working to automate dataflows and improve the finance operations

•             Data strategy & management: Build and deploy data models according to the data governance framework and ensure data quality

•             Process improvement: Setup of robust and efficient (financial) reporting

 Requirements

We think you’ll be best geared for success if you meet the following requirements:

 •             Have a relevant bachelor or university degree in a related field

•             At least 2-5 years of relevant working experience in large corporate and global organizations, preferable retail

•             Have knowledge of Power BI and/or Databricks (Spark)

•             Working proficiency with limited sets of structured/unstructured data

•             A self-starter who delivers high quality work and can adapt to new challenges, either on their own or as part of a team

•             Excellent Dutch and English communication skills (verbal and written)