Financial Analyst II - Finance & Risk Management

About the role

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

Job Summary

The FP&A Expert is responsible for delivering high-quality financial planning and analysis to support business decision-making. This role involves developing financial models, analyzing trends, and providing insights that influence operational and strategic initiatives. The FP&A Expert collaborates with business leaders to ensure financial targets are met and resources are optimally allocated.

This job profile is intended for recognized subject matter experts in a job area. Required to manage large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager. Coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level professionals.

The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) professional is responsible for driving financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis to support strategic decision-making in close alignment with the local controllers. Leveraging advanced data analytics and insights, the FP&A Controller role ensures the accuracy and integrity of financial information.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and consolidate the annual budget
• Refresh predictive financial forecasts periodically
• Conduct profitability and performance reporting
• Perform plan analytics and risk management, managing and continuously improving the financial planning and analysis processes
• Provide recommendation to the business based on in depth financial analysis
• Manage collections reporting and analytics, ensuring accurate and timely information to support decision-making
• Provide comprehensive reporting and analytics on procurement activities, contributing to informed purchasing decisions
• Oversee the period end close processes, generating accurate and insightful period end financial reports and analytics to ensure financial integrity
• Handle period end closing, and related analytics, ensuring thorough and precise financial tracking and reporting for projects
• Oversee CAPEX planning, forecasting, investment strategy, period-end close activities and reporting
• Ensure all financial reporting and processes comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Ensure internal controls are in place for the processes performed by this role
• Comply with relevant QESH regulations
• Monitor net working capital of all companies in the region, identifying and investigating weaknesses and suggesting ways of improvement.
• Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and dashboards.

What we offer you

• Company provided insurance
• Company transport
• We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.