Opex Analyst

Overview

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Responsibilities

The Opportunity

The Opex Sr Analyst will play a key role in direct profit planning, reporting, and control. This role is responsible for delivering world-class Opex Global Business Services (GBS) for Brazil. The position involves preparing Opex analyses, understanding actuals, and developing forecasts across the region, with a particular focus on inflation, productivity, and functional initiatives.

The analyst will work closely with the Market Unit (MU) Operations and FP&A teams, providing accurate and timely information to support decision-making and ensure fulfillment of Opex Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Your Impact

- Deliver excellent financial services to GBS Finance clients in alignment with SLAs, ensuring accuracy in commodities inflation, yield alignment, and productivity tracking.

- Quickly develop a strong understanding of the financial objectives and commercial plans of each Operating Unit (OU) to act as an effective business partner.

- Partner with the Procurement Finance team to align on commodities inflation and assess the inflation impact for Brazil.

- Perform detailed actuals analysis, identifying risks and opportunities to support performance improvement.

- Coordinate the bottom-up Opex Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process, monthly closings, and forecasts, identifying gaps and recommending corrective actions to GBS leadership based on market conditions, inflation, and business insights.

- Prepare FX sensitivity analyses to evaluate the impact of currency fluctuations on Opex performance.

Qualifications

Who Are We Looking For?

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.

- 3+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A), operational expense (Opex) analysis, cost control, or related roles.

- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel

- Experience with forecasting, budgeting, actuals analysis, variance commentary, and driving financial insights.

- Business partnering mindset: ability to interact with operations, procurement, FP&A, and other stakeholders; interpret business plans and support decision-making.

- Fluent in Portuguese

If this is an opportunity that interests you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements.

What can you expect from us:

- Opportunities to learn and develop every day through a wide range of programs.

- Internal digital platforms that promote self-learning.

- Development programs according to Leadership skills.

- Specialized training according to the role.

- Learning experiences with internal and external providers.

- We love to celebrate success, which is why we have recognition programs for seniority, behavior, leadership, moments of life, among others.

- Financial wellness programs that will help you reach your goals in all stages of life.

- A flexibility program that will allow you to balance your personal and work life, adapting your working day to your lifestyle.

- And because your family is also important to us, they can also enjoy benefits such as our Wellness Line, thousands of Agreements and Discounts, Scholarship programs for your children, Aid Plans for different moments of life, among others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We respect and value diversity as a work force and innovation for the organization.

Who Are We Looking For?

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.

- 3+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A), operational expense (Opex) analysis, cost control, or related roles.

- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel

- Experience with forecasting, budgeting, actuals analysis, variance commentary, and driving financial insights.

- Business partnering mindset: ability to interact with operations, procurement, FP&A, and other stakeholders; interpret business plans and support decision-making.

- Fluent in Portuguese

If this is an opportunity that interests you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements.

What can you expect from us:

- Opportunities to learn and develop every day through a wide range of programs.

- Internal digital platforms that promote self-learning.

- Development programs according to Leadership skills.

- Specialized training according to the role.

- Learning experiences with internal and external providers.

- We love to celebrate success, which is why we have recognition programs for seniority, behavior, leadership, moments of life, among others.

- Financial wellness programs that will help you reach your goals in all stages of life.

- A flexibility program that will allow you to balance your personal and work life, adapting your working day to your lifestyle.

- And because your family is also important to us, they can also enjoy benefits such as our Wellness Line, thousands of Agreements and Discounts, Scholarship programs for your children, Aid Plans for different moments of life, among others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We respect and value diversity as a work force and innovation for the organization.

The Opportunity

The Opex Sr Analyst will play a key role in direct profit planning, reporting, and control. This role is responsible for delivering world-class Opex Global Business Services (GBS) for Brazil. The position involves preparing Opex analyses, understanding actuals, and developing forecasts across the region, with a particular focus on inflation, productivity, and functional initiatives.

The analyst will work closely with the Market Unit (MU) Operations and FP&A teams, providing accurate and timely information to support decision-making and ensure fulfillment of Opex Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Your Impact

- Deliver excellent financial services to GBS Finance clients in alignment with SLAs, ensuring accuracy in commodities inflation, yield alignment, and productivity tracking.

- Quickly develop a strong understanding of the financial objectives and commercial plans of each Operating Unit (OU) to act as an effective business partner.

- Partner with the Procurement Finance team to align on commodities inflation and assess the inflation impact for Brazil.

- Perform detailed actuals analysis, identifying risks and opportunities to support performance improvement.

- Coordinate the bottom-up Opex Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process, monthly closings, and forecasts, identifying gaps and recommending corrective actions to GBS leadership based on market conditions, inflation, and business insights.

- Prepare FX sensitivity analyses to evaluate the impact of currency fluctuations on Opex performance.