Financial Analyst, Operations

Glanbia has a unique portfolio of better nutrition brands and ingredients, addressing growing consumer demand in major health and nutrition categories. Combining innovation with strong end-use market insights, we help customers develop high quality products and drive growth in protein-led applications.

Job Summary – Financial Analyst

This position is an integral part of the Glanbia Dairy Operations Finance team, dedicated to the Colostrum bioactive business. Our team is responsible for operational financial modeling, performance and cost reporting, as well as planning and analysis for manufacturing facilities across the United States.

Essential Functions

• Periodic Outlooks, Budgeting and Forecasting: Develop and present periodic financial outlooks, forecasts, and the annual business plan for the Colostrum group. Conduct in-depth financial analysis and interpret results for leadership.
• Key areas of responsibility include:
• Develop and maintain the Colostrum financial planning model and mass balance.
• Conduct inventory planning and analysis.
• Plan and analyze raw supply volume and costs.
• Collaborates closely with plant leadership to establish annual KPIs and targets.
• Prepares budget and forecast causal analysis and reports, delivering clear insights to management.
• Monthly Financial Analysis: Prepare comprehensive monthly financial analyses and causal packs. Provide clear and concise commentary, articulating key drivers, for commercial and operations reports.
• Manage and maintain pricing/costing modules in SAP, including regular maintenance of accurate master data.
• Manage and maintain the supply and demand model, including inventories, as well as site mass balances for the Brookings, Phoenix, and Ripon facilities.
• Supervise dairy KPIs, ensuring data accuracy in the SAC KPI database. This includes monitoring cow count trends, supply tracking, throughput performance metrics, financial yield performance, and loss reporting.
• Prepare and track monthly revenue deviation analysis/cost of quality.
• Review work and test for reasonableness; identify questionable results and investigate root cause.
• Support analysis of data as well as development/refinement of financial models related to continuous improvement initiatives and internal growth.
• Calculate and monitor site GPS savings project initiatives, report progress against annual savings targets, and validate savings against the P&L
• Collaborate with finance and operations teams across Idaho, New Mexico, and Michigan to drive efficiencies and standardization of processes across the organization.
• Manage individual and team projects as assigned.

Education and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or similar and 0-3 years of experience in a financial role
• Intermediate-Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, formulas)
• Strong organizational skills with demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail
• Prefer: manufacturing industry and SAP or similar ERP experience

The teams engage in regular collaboration with multi-functional teams to ensure standardization and alignment of financial practices and processes across all locations, driving business efficiency and clarity. The role encompasses oversight of three manufacturing plants located in Phoenix, Arizona, Brookings, South Dakota, and Ripon, California and is a flexible hybrid working schedule from Pheonix, AZ.

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. 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. 

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.