Senior Financial Planning Analyst

About the Role

This Senior Analyst role is based in Porto Alegre and supports budgeting, forecasting, closing, and financial analysis across the business. The position is focused on improving projection accuracy, tracking spend, and strengthening the quality of financial information used by stakeholders. You will work closely with partner teams across the company to consolidate the budget process, analyze variances, and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs. The role also includes building financial models, developing BI dashboards, and preparing executive materials for management committees and global reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the budgeting cycle, month-end closing, and forecasting through variance tracking and spend analysis.
• Consolidate and analyze the budget process with internal stakeholders to improve projection accuracy.
• Build and maintain financial projection models that are clear, consistent, and reliable for different audiences.
• Analyze spending and efficiency to identify cost reduction opportunities.
• Produce financial performance reports comparing actual results with budget and forecast.
• Propose and implement process improvements and automation to increase efficiency and reduce rework.
• Work with large financial and operational datasets, ensuring data consistency and reliability.
• Develop and maintain management dashboards and reports in BI tools.
• Prepare executive materials for management committees and global reporting.
• Partner with other business areas to align priorities and support value creation.

Required Skills

• Completed university degree.
• Strong experience in costing, controlling, FP&A, financial planning, or related finance areas.
• Strong working knowledge of Excel.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP FI, Oracle, or similar.

Preferred Skills

• Postgraduate qualification in a related field.
• Intermediate or advanced English, desirable for global interaction.

Cloud Platforms & Technologies

• Spreadsheets: Excel
• ERP Systems: SAP FI, Oracle, similar ERP systems
• Business Intelligence: Tableau, Power BI

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Dental plan
• Hybrid work model with a 60% on-site requirement
• Access to self-development programs
• Transportation allowance
• Meal voucher

Why You Might Be Interested

This role combines budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, automation, BI reporting, and executive communication in one position. It offers cross-functional work with multiple business areas and exposure to management committees and global reporting. The hybrid setup and self-development programs may also appeal to candidates looking for both flexibility and professional growth.