Financial Analyst Senior

Arxada is a global leader in innovative solutions that protect our world. Our groundbreaking technologies, in-depth regulatory know-how, manufacturing and process development help our customers to safeguard nutrition, health and infrastructure efficiently through chemistry and biotechnology that enhance sustainability. We offer a broad portfolio of ingredients and services for multiple end-markets that include Human Health & Nutrition, Home & Personal Care, Professional Hygiene, Paints & Coatings and Wood Protection.

With customers in more than 100 countries, the company achieved 2 billion CHF in 2025 sales. Headquartered in Basel (Switzerland), Arxada employs 3,100 associates across 24 production sites and 14 R&D centers, all committed to our customers’ success.

As a Financial Analyst in Salto, Brazil, you will play a key role in supporting business and manufacturing performance through financial analysis, cost controlling, and cross-functional collaboration. You will partner with operations, supply chain, commercial, and finance teams to provide insights that support decision-making and improve profitability.

This is an exciting opportunity for a finance professional with experience in cost accounting, financial planning, or controlling who enjoys understanding business performance and working closely with different stakeholders.

Essential Job Functions:

• Analyze manufacturing costs, standard and actual costs, cost variances, and product profitability.
• Support product costing, inventory valuation, cost closing, and cost center analysis.
• Analyze business performance across sales, pricing, volume, product mix, costs, and operating expenses.
• Perform actual versus forecast and budget variance analyses and provide insights to stakeholders.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial projections across P&L lines.
• Evaluate profitability by product, customer, and market segment.
• Support business cases, financial feasibility, and profitability analyses.
• Manage financial reserves, including inventory adjustments, obsolete inventory, discounts, and other provisions.
• Partner with operations, supply chain, commercial, and finance teams to improve financial performance.
• Support accurate financial reporting and help identify and resolve data inconsistencies across ERP and BI systems.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in cost accounting, controlling, financial planning, manufacturing finance, or a related finance function.
• Experience with cost accounting and manufacturing costing, including exposure to standard costs, cost variances, product costing, and/or inventory valuation.
• Experience working with ERP systems; SAP FI/CO is preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, P&L analysis, and profitability analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with BI/reporting tools is a plus.
• Good working English, with the ability to communicate effectively with international teams. Fluency is not required.

Arxada has world class offering in two distinct areas:

• Microbial Control Solutions (MCS) focuses on threats posed by microorganisms to people and planet through five distinct business lines including Professional Hygiene, Home & Personal Care, Wood Protection, Paints & Coatings and Material Protection.
• Nutrition, Care & Environmental (NCE), meanwhile, provides materials used to manufacture composites for electronics, aerospace and other markets, as well as vitamins and nutritional ingredients, chemicals and performance intermediates, and raw materials for a wide range of high-performance applications.

Arxada is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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