Lidl & Kaufland Asia

Summary:

Are you a recent university graduate looking to kickstart your career in Business Controlling & Analytics? As a Graduate Trainee in Business Controlling & Analytics, you will play a key role in preparing, analyzing financial reports and operational measures, contributing to our decision-making process. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop kick start your career in Finance, Business Intelligence, AI and gain experience to tools such as Oracle BI/Strategy, Google Workspace and Python. If you are looking for a dynamic, entry level role, apply for our two-year graduate scheme, which commences in August 2026! 

What you'll do:

During your placement, you will work in our Singapore office and be exposed to the following areas within Business Controlling:

• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including variance analysis against budget and prior periods.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting by collecting data, building models, and consolidating inputs from various departments.
• Business Partnering: Work with different business units to provide them with financial insights and support their decision-making.
  Data Analytics: Use various tools to collect, clean, and analyze financial and operational data to identify trends, opportunities, and risks.
• Business Intelligence: Develop high visibility reports that enables organization wide self-service and data driven decision support.
• Data Science: Support development of AI/ML models that combine large datasets to predict future trends and unlocks productivity gains.
• Process Improvement: Help identify and implement improvements to our reporting and analysis processes to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Ad-hoc Projects: Participate in special projects as needed, such as cost-benefit analyses, profitability studies, and other strategic initiatives.

What you'll need:

• Graduates of 2026 or recent graduates with up to 1 year working experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with an Upper Second Class/higher or GPA score of at least 3.0 with major, including but not limited to: Business, Accounting, Finance or IT.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and team working skills.
• Creativity in problem-solving and strong analytical ability.
• An appetite for an ambitious career and ability to adapt to new situations within a fast-paced environment.
• The right to work in Singapore.

What you'll recieve:

• Excellent salary and benefits.
• Networking opportunities.
• External training sponsorship.
• Ongoing training and development.
• Continuing support with our buddy and mentor-ship programs.