Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst

Glanbia 

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey 

The Opportunity 

The Financial Analyst will play a support role in helping to drive the financial/operational performance of the GPN Product Supply Team. As a Financial Analyst at GPN supporting the Product Supply organization, your work will be used throughout the organization to drive improvements in cost, process improvements and understanding the company. This role will perform complex finance operations tasks and monitor the day-to-day relationships between the Finance, Freight and Warehouse, and Operations teams to ensure financial goals are being met and in compliance with required policies and procedures. The job’s core deliverables rely on influencing or negotiating with internal contacts. Relationships typically involve successful collaboration on routine matters and/or with peer level clients and/or internal customers.

This permanent position will report to the Sr. Finance Supply Chain Manager.

• Weekly Freight/Warehouse KPI analysis.
• Monthly  Stock losses and inventory provision analysis.
• Productivity/Value Engineering savings analysis for manufacturing, Freight and Warehouse.
• Forecast and budget creation for Product Supply team OpEx and CapEx
• Monthly report creation and review including project savings (manufacturing, supply chain, procurement)
• Support Productivity Improvement teams.
• Continuously Improve the Finance Operations team.
• Ad Hoc requests as needed supporting report of:
  • Productivity
  • Inflation
  • Freight
  • Warehouse
  • Operations
  • Inventory

The Skills you will bring to the team 

• Bachelors Degree and/or Professional Accountancy Qualification
• Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, sumif, v-lookup, etc.)
• Self-starter
• Good communicator
• Ability to dissect reports and recommend changes.
• Review capital projects to justify ROI.   Ad-hoc analysis for Sr. Management.

• SAP experience is a plus.
• Team player – Will be working with various functional owners at the plants and at corporate.
• Manufacturing plant experience is a plus

If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please apply! 

Where and how you will work 

The opportunity will be based in Downers Grove, IL with hybrid working arrangements available through our Smart working model which allows you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance. 

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 $65,000-$80,000.

What we would like to offer you! 

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K. 

About Glanbia 

The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritional's, and Joint Ventures. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 6,000 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading products in 130 countries worldwide. 

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, 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 celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.