Glanbia Performance Nutrition Hiring For Senior Commercial Finance Analyst, CE at Dublin, County Dublin Full Time

Senior Commercial Finance Analyst, Continental Europe

Glanbia Performance Nutrition

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

The Opportunity

• Nordics and CIS Finance team lead for FP&A, responsible for leading the month-end process and production and coordination of all reporting deliverables to the Central FP&A team and International Leadership Team (including input into production of monthly business review presentations).
• Lead on business planning and mid-year forecasting processes, coordinating interfaces between the Nordics and CIS business teams, finance team and the Central FP&A team to produce fully appraised plans.
• Brand Finance lead for Optimum Nutrition and Nutramino, working closely with the commercial and marketing teams to develop value-additive expertise on brand health, distribution and investment opportunities and product / channel performance.
• Support the Head of Finance in building deeper insight into Trade Spend with retailers – accuracy of SKU margins, promo timing and ROIs, etc. – working closely with the Revenue Growth Manager to maximise spend effectiveness.
• Support the Head of Finance in working closely with the Europe Product Supply Finance team in Middlesborough to understand drivers of variances in Nordics and CIS Cost of Goods Sold, including production volumes, overheads allocations and supply efficiency targets.
• Lead on key reporting improvements, including opportunities for automation, new data and insights, and development of BI dashboards.
• Work proactively to improve business understanding of brand performance – across both Nutramino and Optimum Nutrition brands – including brand profitability, SKU margin performance, consumption analysis and marketing efficiency / ROI.
• Provide support to Project Flash – the integration of the new SAP forecasting system for GPN. Embed the JDA Collaborate demand planning system into financial forecasting processes for Nordics region, to ensure close alignment of commercial and financial forecasts.
• Provide support to the Head of Finance and the Revenue Growth Manager, as required, in areas such as new business evaluations and decision reports, new product value-chain analysis, marketing ROI appraisals and capex appraisals.
• Provide analysis, as required, to the Sales, Marketing, Customer and RGM teams to support strategic planning and spend decisions.

The Skills you will bring to the team

Essential

• Post Qualification Experience (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Evidence of delivering and developing high-quality FP&A within an organisation.
• Evidence of working within cross-functional teams in a commercial, market-facing, business environment.
• Advanced working knowledge of SAP and Business Objects.
• Advanced user experience in BI systems, notably SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Objects, and Tableau.
• In-depth knowledge of accounting and financial principles, as well as technical accounting skills.
• Advanced Excel user and strong PowerPoint skills.

Desirable

• Industry experience.
• Commercial finance experience.
• Ariba experience.
• Experience with Power BI, JDA, Vendor Central and Google Analytics.

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 Dublin 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.

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.

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, colour, 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.