Sr. Commercial Financial Analyst

Glanbia•Chicago, IL

1d•$75,000 - $95,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior, Commercial Finance Analyst will lead financial planning activities, such as Budgets and Forecasts, and financial measurement and reporting of profitability for the business. The position will provide business support using financial analytics to manage delivery of sales and profit targets. In addition, the position will be directly responsible for periodic performance reviews and timely and accurate analysis of accounting information. The Senior, Commercial Finance Analyst is a key business partner to the Commercial and Product & Innovation functions for Nutrition/Premix, Bakery and Film & Glitter product segments.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of related experience.
Ability to effectively present financial information.
Ability to define problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions.
Ability to effectively time manage and prioritize tasks.
Advanced proficiency in Excel.
Ability to work to and meet deadlines.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact with all level of the organization.
Must be a self-motivated individual who can identify issues/opportunities for improvement and be proactive in addressing them.

Responsibilities

Analyze Gross Margin and Gross Profit to determine impact caused by volume, selling prices, material costs and/or production costs.
Prepare month-end report pack and presentation decks for Executive management, including accurate and timely financial reporting for the business unit and various weekly/monthly reports.
Track and report risks and opportunities facing the business, providing insights to support decision-making.
Compare actual results against business plan, forecast, and prior year, and prepare/distribute variance analysis to executive management.
Ensure consistency and simplicity of financial models/reports.
Assist in preparation of annual budgets and financial forecasts with input from Commercial, Supply Chain and Operations, including projections by major customers, product categories, and Account Managers.
Financial support of Budget roll-up using a bottom-up data approach.
Complete RFP’s and work with PSM on customer pricing, including assisting with product pricing and costing analysis as assigned.
Build understanding of standard costing system, and associated production overhead allocations.
Period-end close responsibilities, including monitoring of accruals, analysis of actual results versus budget/forecast, and assisting with closing tasks and reporting as assigned.
Serve as point of contact for all Commercial questions related to business unit financials.
Partner with the Commercial and Product Management on financial analyses for long-term product strategy.
Partner with PSM and commercial on day to day pricing requests, and annual RFP’s and support the work of the pricing/financial analyst onsite.
Build financial “what-if” type analysis to support leadership decision making.
Key role in SAP implementation, and the additional Glanbia systems rollouts: SAP Phase 2, JDA enhancements, new pricing system development, Integrated planning for budgets/forecasts.
Assist with resolving SAP and BI issues to facilitate reporting.
Responsible for process improvement and standardization in assigned areas.
Assist in the preparation of Internal and External audit requirements.