Senior Financial Analyst

 Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN) is the number one sports nutrition company in the world, with leading brands in performance and lifestyle nutrition. Our mission is to inspire people everywhere to achieve their performance and healthy lifestyle goals. Our award-winning performance and lifestyle brands include Optimum Nutrition, Isopure, BSN, think bars, Amazing Grass and more.  Whether you want to build muscle, reach peak performance, eat more protein-rich foods, or lose weight, we have a product to match.

The Sports Nutrition Senior Financial Analyst position will be focused on the Sports Nutrition brand segment consisting of brands Optimum Nutrition and BSN, although will work closely with the rest of the commercial finance team and other parts of the finance organization.

• Detailed monthly gross sales reporting and variance analysis with a focus on understanding and explaining the underlying drivers of brand and product performance.
• Detailed budgeting and forecasting across the various parts of the P&L, including Sales, DD&A, COGS, Overheads and Marketing.
• Ownership & key finance contact for various elements of the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process.
• Working directly with cross functional teams to understand key drivers of the financial performance and to maintain rolling forecasts to help project and estimate future business performance.
• Supporting the commercial teams, including but not limited to, consumption analysis, pricing analysis, data analytics and insights, reporting and explaining business results and forecasting future business performance.
• Creating new reports and analyses to help deepen our understanding of our brand performance across key customers and brands.
• Preparing P&L models, profitability analysis, and price/volume analysis at a granular level.
• Maintaining integrity of master data associated with brand and product detail.
• Supporting ad-hoc projects and analyses within the Commercial Finance or broader Americas finance team.
• Support commercial teams around promotional planning and decision making.

The Skills you will bring to the team 

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting (CPA preferred)
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in a finance function, preferably in a commercial finance or FP&A role
• CPG experience preferred
• Strong business acumen and understanding of financial planning and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel and experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP and Business Objects.

Role is hybrid from Downers Grove, IL.   Apply now and make a difference in the world of health and wellness Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in IL. The annual salary for IL based employees for this role is $85,000 - $110,000 plus an annual bonus. 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. 

 Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 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 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. 

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. 

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.