Company Overview 
For over 20 years, FoodChain ID has been a leader in the New Food industry, helping food, feed, and agricultural companies navigate food safety, regulatory compliance, and sustainability requirements. Through testing, certification, advisory, and technology solutions, we help customers bring safe, compliant, and trusted products to market. More than 30,000 companies in over 100 countries rely on FoodChain ID to support transparency and integrity across the global food supply chain. 

Position Summary 

The Senior Financial Analyst serves as a financial business partner to Technical Services Americas leaders, supporting operations in the United States and Brazil. The role analyzes financial and operational performance, leads forecasting and financial modeling, and turns data from multiple entities and systems into clear insights and recommendations. Through regular engagement with business leaders, the analyst helps explain results, assess assumptions, and inform planning and business decisions. 

Core Responsibilities 

Financial Planning and Performance 

• Prepare and analyze monthly financial results against budget, prior year, and forecast 

• Support month, quarter, and year-end close activities and explain significant variances 

• Own and maintain the full-year financial outlook, incorporating current performance, bookings trends, and updated forecast assumptions 

• Develop financial models for forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range planning 

• Participate in annual planning discussions and assess targets, assumptions, and trade-offs 

• Prepare for and participate in Monthly Business Reviews, presenting financial results, trends, risks, and opportunities 

Business Partnership and Decision Support 

• Partner with Technical Services Americas General Managers and business leaders across the United States and Brazil 

• Maintain regular communication with business leaders and provide timely financial updates and analysis 

• Translate financial and operational data into clear recommendations that support business decisions 

• Identify performance drivers, risks, and opportunities; constructively challenge assumptions and recommend practical actions 

• Coordinate financial analysis and planning with Finance and operating teams across the Americas 

• Build understanding of the division’s services, customers, and markets to strengthen financial analysis 

Data, Reporting, and Process Improvement 

• Combine and validate financial and operational data across legal entities and disconnected systems 

• Reconcile inconsistencies and produce reliable management reporting 

• Develop and improve Power BI dashboards, Excel analyses, and monthly KPI trackers 

• Identify opportunities to improve reporting transparency, automation, and visibility into financial and operating performance 

• Apply appropriate AI tools and process improvements to increase the quality and efficiency of finance work 

What Success Looks Like 

The Senior Financial Analyst gives Technical Services Americas leaders a clear, reliable view of business performance and the financial outlook. They turn data from multiple entities and systems into useful analysis, explain key variances and assumptions, and surface risks and opportunities early. Their reporting and recommendations help leaders make informed decisions, while ongoing improvements to dashboards, models, and finance processes strengthen visibility and planning across the division. 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field 

• Minimum 3 years of relevant finance, accounting, or FP&A experience 

• Experience with forecasting, budgeting, full-year outlooks, variance analysis, financial modeling, and management reporting 

• Advanced Excel proficiency and hands-on Power BI experience building or maintaining dashboards, models, and performance trackers 

• Experience using ERP and financial planning systems, combining data from multiple sources, and improving manual or inconsistent reporting processes 

• Ability to explain financial insights to non-finance leaders and discuss analyses and assumptions with business stakeholders 

• Hands-on experience applying AI tools to financial analysis, modeling, reporting, or workflow improvement, with sound judgment in reviewing outputs 

• Strong analytical judgment and attention to detail, including the ability to work independently with incomplete or fragmented data 

• Ability to manage shifting priorities and work across functions and geographies