Assistant Financial Controller

Glanbia Performance Nutrition

Position Title: Assistant Financial Controller Americas

Reporting to: Financial Controller Americas

Location: Downers Grove, IL

The Assistant Financial Controller Americas for Glanbia Performance Nutrition is responsible for leading the accounting and financial reporting within the Americas region in the performance nutrition segment as well as implementing both long and short term strategic objectives of the organization. Reporting into the Financial Controller for GPN Americas.

• Lead the accounting and financial reporting of the Performance Nutrition segment across the Americas
• Provide leadership and development for continuous evaluation of short and long-term strategic objectives
• Ensure credibility of Finance group by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends, and forecasts
• Provide recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities
• Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulatory laws and rules for financial and tax reporting
• Identify opportunities for strategic refining of processes to drive efficiency and providing high quality service/deliverables
• Meet deadlines and to effectively partner with both internal and external stakeholders across the company
• Support business change as it relates to strategic initiatives, internal growth, as well as help manage and drive projects to completion
• Managing the close of the accounting and financial reporting of the Performance Nutrition segment across the Americas with the accounting team that supports the region.
• Main liaison for internal and external audits

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree with at least 7 years of experience. CPA preferred.
• Ideal experience includes a mix of public accounting and corporate accounting. Manufacturing industry preferred.
• Excellent understanding of the 3 financial statements and their relationship to each other (able to explain the number at a high level)
• Analytical, detailed and a good communicator
• Self-starter, quick learner, team player.
• Excellent understanding of financial planning, operations accounting and variance analysis and ability to explain the evolvement of business performance
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact at various levels of the organization
• Experience managing & leading a team
• Excellent time management and the ability to deliver to deadlines
• IFRS knowledge preferred
• SAP knowledge preferred

Compensation

Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience.  Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in IL. This range may not be applicable to other locations. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. The annual salary for IL based employees for this role is $120,000 - $150,000 with an annual bonus.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.