Financial Controller

FOSS; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 279,000 - 390,600; Full time

Job summary

A global analytics firm is seeking a Financial Controller in São Paulo. This role requires strong financial leadership and team management, overseeing the finance, HR, legal, and IT functions. Candidates should have higher education in Accounting or Finance and 3+ years of Controller experience, along with proficiency in English and Portuguese. Join a company committed to improving food systems and fostering an innovative environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years Controller experience required.
• Experience in financial strategy implementation essential.
• Strong analytical skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive a successful Sales & Service Subsidiary (SSS) through financial leadership.
• Oversee Finance, HR, Legal, and IT functions.
• Manage a team of specialists to ensure operational excellence.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Financial strategy implementation

Team leadership

Compliance management

Advanced Excel

Full working proficiency in English

Full working proficiency in Portuguese

Education

Higher education in Accounting, Finance, Economics

CPA and/or MBA preferred

Tools

SAP

Job description

Are you excited by the opportunity to shape financial strategy, lead a multidisciplinary team, and play a key role in running a successful Sales & Service Subsidiary (SSS)?

Do you thrive in a broad role spanning Finance, Legal, HR and IT? If you are motivated by impact, ownership, and collaboration at a global scale, this may be your next step.

As Financial Controller at FOSS, you will become a key member of both the local management team and the regional controller leadership team, working closely with the Managing Director, Service Director, and Regional Finance Director.

What you will do

You will lead and drive a successful SSS through financial leadership, compliance, and team development.

In this role, you will oversee Finance, HR, Legal and IT within the Brazil SSS. You will manage a team of specialists, ensure operational excellence, and drive strong financial performance. Together with the Management Team, you will support strategic and operational decisions and ensure the organization meets or exceeds its business growth and EBITA targets. You will be working out of our office in Sao Paolo.

Key responsibilities include:

• Day‑to‑day control and analysis of financial results, with recommendations
• Budgeting, forecasting, month‑end closing, cash flow, and strategic plans
• Cost and Net Working Capital management
• Contract analysis and drafting
• Compliance, safety, facility mgmt, and ISO audits
• HR onboarding/offboarding, payroll, compensation, and benefits
• ESG reportingCooperation with auditors, banks, insurance, and authorities
• Participation in global projects

Culture

At FOSS, you will join an ambitious global organization committed to improving the world’s food systems through intelligent, data‑driven analytical solutions. You will be part of a collaborative environment focused on development, innovation and building “Winning Teams”.

Professional and personal competences

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong analytical thinking, sound judgment, and high level of integrity and ethical standards, while consistently acting as a trusted business partner to senior leadership.

Further, we expect you to bring:

• Higher education in Accounting, Finance, Economics
• 3+ years Controller experience
• Experience in financial strategy implementation
• Strong analytical skills; advanced Excel; SAP ideal
• Full working proficiency in English and Portuguese
• CPA and/or MBA preferred

Do you want to pursue this great opportunity?

If you’re motivated by driving financial performance in a global environment, we encourage you to apply through the link below. We review applications on an ongoing basis, so please apply as soon as possible. FOSS is committed to maintaining an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. You can help us sustain an unbiased recruitment process by not including photo or age in your application.

FOSS

Today, more than 8 billion people around the world are dependent on nutritional food. Tons of food being produced in a million different ways and under varying conditions, creating challenges all the way from field to fork. One of them, obviously, being the effects it has on climate change.

FOSS helps the world’s 100 biggest food companies and more than 40,000 others around the world navigate exactly that with intelligent, data‑driven and innovative analytical solutions. We are making sustainability a better business and we’re doing so as global market leader in our field – improving food quality, minimizing food waste, ensuring food safety, and securing fair payment.

Join a pioneering and innovative company in the food and agriculture industry. A company on a mission, with offices all around the world and 1,750 talented colleagues across 34 different countries.