FLSmidth

Business Analytics Manager

Votorantim Full time

Business Analytics Manager – Project Execution

Location: Votorantim, Brazil
Function: Project Execution / PMO / Customer Delivery
Reports to: Marcelo Prates

Role purpose

The Business Analytics Manager will establish a reliable and standardized analytics framework that captures project execution data and translates it into project and financial KPIs. This role supports leadership decision-making by improving visibility into schedule performance, margin, revenue, cash flow, and forecast accuracy, while reducing manual reporting effort and data inconsistencies.

The position acts as a key interface between Project Execution, Finance, and Leadership, ensuring data integrity, consistent KPI definitions, and actionable insights across the project portfolio.

Key objectives

  • Create a single source of truth for project execution and financial KPIs

  • Standardize KPI definitions and reporting across regions

  • Improve forecasting accuracy and early identification of project risks

  • Enable leadership with clear, timely, and actionable performance insights

  • Reduce manual reporting effort and execution inefficiencies

Key responsibilities

  • Define, standardize, and monitor internal KPIs for project execution and financial performance

  • Identify and document data sources, ownership, and update cadence across projects and regions

  • Develop and maintain dashboards and recurring reporting packages (bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly)

  • Implement early warning indicators to proactively identify schedule, cost, margin, revenue, and cash risks

  • Support forecasting activities, including Estimate at Completion (EAC) and variance explanations

  • Perform root cause analysis on performance deviations and recommend corrective actions

  • Provide clear, structured insights to leadership to support decision-making

  • Train and support Project Managers on KPI interpretation, reporting discipline, and consistent data updates

  • Collaborate closely with Project Execution, Finance, and PMO teams to drive performance improvement

Required skills and experience

  • Experience in project execution analytics and data analysis

  • Strong understanding of project controlling and financial concepts

  • Proficiency in Business Intelligence tools, advanced Excel, and SQL

  • Ability to analyze complex data sets and translate them into actionable insights

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders

  • Leadership mindset with a structured and analytical problem-solving approach

Success measures

  • Consistent and reliable KPI reporting across all regions and projects

  • Improved forecast accuracy and earlier identification of project risks

  • Reduction in manual reporting effort and data errors

  • Increased leadership confidence in project execution and financial data

  • Measurable improvements in margin, on-time delivery, revenue, and cash predictability




FLSmidth is the leading supplier of engineering, equipment and service solutions to customers in the mining industries – for more information please visit FLSmidth.com/careers