Commercial Analyst Jobs in Illinois

Job Summary

The Commercial Insights and Analytics Sr. Analyst serves as a key liaison between Finance and Commercial teams, delivering actionable insights that drive profitable growth and informed decision-making. This role translates complex data into clear business narratives, supports financial planning, forecasting, and demand alignment, and partners cross-functionally to evaluate commercial performance, pricing, GTN, and investment decisions.

The position leads performance reporting, profitability analysis, and scenario modeling while ensuring data integrity and governance across all analytics. Leveraging tools such as SAP, TM1, SAC, and Qlik, the role enhances forecasting accuracy, optimizes margins, and drives process improvements to enable efficient, data-driven business outcomes.

This is a hybrid position, and the selected candidate will be required to work onsite in the Lake Zurich, Illinois office 3 days a week.

Salary Range: $85,000 - $105,000 per year

Position is eligible to participate in a bonus plan with a target of 6% of the base salary. Final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to experience level, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities. Our benefits and programs are comprehensive and thoughtfully crafted to ensure our colleagues live healthy lives and have support when it matters most.

Responsibilities

• Financial Planning: Contribute to the financial forecasting, budgeting, and long-term strategic planning processes, ensuring insights are translated into measurable outcomes.
• Forecasting & Demand Planning: Partner with Finance and Supply Chain teams to enhance forecast accuracy and demand planning, ensuring alignment with financial and operational targets.
• Deliver Strategic Insights: Communicate key findings, financial trends, and strategic recommendations clearly, both verbally and in written reports, to senior management and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Business Partnering: Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, and Product teams to evaluate new product launches, promotional investments, and commercial performance.
• Profitability Analysis: Evaluate pricing strategies, assess the financial impact of commercial decisions, and provide data-driven guidance to optimize margin and revenue outcomes.
• GTN (Gross to Net) Analysis: Review and monitor gross to net calculations in relation to the forecasting process.
• Performance Reporting & Analytics: Develop and manage financial and commercial reporting templates that enable data-driven decisions across sales, marketing, and operations.
• Data Integrity & Governance: Ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability of all commercial and financial reports and analytical outputs.
• Ad Hoc Financial Analysis: Design and execute complex financial models and scenario analyses to support pricing, investment decisions, and business cases across multiple functional areas.
• Commercial Decision Support: Provide actionable recommendations based on comparative and cost-benefit analyses, incorporating factors such as market trends, competitive dynamics, and customer behavior.
• Process Optimization: Identify and lead process improvement initiatives; develop tools and dashboards that enhance business visibility and efficiency in forecasting and performance management.
• Systems & Tools: Leverage advanced analytics platforms such as SAP, SAC, TM1, Qlik, and other BI tools to extract, analyze, and visualize data for decision-making.
• Completes all training requirements, including all department-specific, compliance training, etc.
• All employees are responsible for ensuring compliance to company documents, programs and activities related to the Health, Safety, Environment, Energy, and Quality Management Systems, as per your roles and responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required (Advanced degree is a plus).
• 5+ years’ related experience (i.e. Finance, Pricing, Marketing, etc.).
• Strong ability to think analytically, execute to a goal/vision, influence, problem solve, and impact/drive change in a heavily matrixed global environment.
• Demonstrates independence and must be self-driven.
• Work with cross functional teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both oral and written.
• Must be able to think innovatively and strategically and have a desire for learning.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to work on multiple complex projects and demonstrated time management skills and to work independently.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, SAP, Qlik, and TM1.
• Ability to travel, including international travel. Able to manage and prioritize multiple complex projects with demonstrated time management skills as well as the ability to work independently.
• Ability to work effectively with all employees and external business contacts while conveying a positive, service-oriented attitude.
• Ability to maintain complete confidentiality and discretion in business relationships and exercise sound business judgment.
• Ability to work flexible hours and weekends to meet business/customer needs.

Additional Information

We offer an excellent salary and benefits package including medical, dental and vision coverage, as well as life insurance, disability, 401K with company contribution, and wellness program.

Please note that joining our team does not create a guaranteed or permanent employment arrangement. All employment is at-will, meaning both the employee and Fresenius Kabi have the right to end the employment relationship at any time, in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.

Fresenius Kabi is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, immigration status, disabilities, or protected veteran status.