Company Description

At the Syngenta Group, our 56,000 people across more than 90 countries strive every day to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for the benefit of farmers, society and our planet – making us the world's most local agricultural technology and innovation partner.

Website address - https://www.syngentagroup.com/

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Job Description

Role Purpose 

Performing Financial Planning & Analysis activities for seeds internal and external production spend, site COGP, capital investments, production variancesBeing a trusted partner to respective finance and business stakeholders to provide insightful analysis and recommendations on the respective financialsDriving improvements and technology adaptations in Financial Planning & Analysis processes.

Accountabilities

HOW:Be a trusted finance business partner, supporting all activities in scope, on recurring and ad hoc finance topicsSeamless engaging and interacting with finance communities and business stakeholdersAdd value to organization through providing business insight, understanding the numbers and challenging the status quoProvide finance skillset in project / ad hoc assignmentsBuild relationships across multiple finance functional teams to share and align best practicesDevelop understanding of Syngenta's business and interaction between the different business units and functional reporting lines

 

WHAT:Actuals: Month end closing:Analyse monthly production variances, internal and external seeds production spend, site COGP, capital investments and provide relevant commentaries and insights to finance and business stakeholders.Based on discussions with business stakeholders and in collaboration with Accounting-to-Reporting teams, ensure production spend, variances and accruals are properly reflected in reported monthly results.Participate in month-end closing processes.Financial analysis:Provide timely and insightful financial analysis to support business decisions, understanding business performance on a monthly / annual basisLeverage technology (SAC) to further develop (SAC stories) and fully utilize available reports (SAC, Power BI) to meet the needs of the various business owners, on time, with high qualityFull accountability for the analysis and commentaries to business stakeholders for variance analysis of function cost reports (or relevant scope)Master data management:Ensure proper master data maintenance (cost centre structure, activity rates, delegation of authorities, headcount reporting)Budgeting and Rolling Forecast processes:Provide reliable and timely budgets and latest outlooks for production area in scopeProvide support and guidance to production cost owners on achieving budget targetsParticipate in strategic business planning and business processes by preparing financial budgets and rolling forecasts

Business review process:

Support the site monthly review processPrepare and collect insightful commentaries for robust reporting and analysis of variancesFocus on reliable full year outlooks and risk/opportunity assessmentsDigital capabilities:Contribute to development and use of business intelligence tools, data visualisation and predictive analysis techniques

 

Critical success factors & key challenges

Ability to apply professional knowledge of accounting and financial reporting in supporting the businessAbility to handle multiple stakeholders, priorities and deadlinesWorking in virtual teamsSound professional judgement and effective influencing skills

 

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

Critical experience

3 years+ in Finance and Controlling is a must. Production controlling experience is an advantage

 

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities

Analytical skillsFinancial and accounting acumenCommunication and presentation skillsEnglish a must, other languages are a plusAbility to prioritise, especially to work under pressure and tight deadlinesAbility to work independently as well as within (cross-) functional teamsHigh focus and energy, with a pragmatic mindset and solution-oriented approach

 

Qualifications

Critical knowledge

Bachelor/Master/Business School in Economics or FinanceUnderstanding of IFRS accounting, budgeting, forecasting and planning processesExcel & SAP knowledge are a must, business intelligence systems an advantage (Power BI, SAC, Qlik)Understanding of Syngenta business, processes and industry drivers

Additional Information

Note: Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

Website address - https://www.syngentagroup.com/

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