Global Finance Business Partner G&A at Syngenta Group

pune, maharashtra, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

02 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

02 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Financial Analysis, Budgeting, Cost Analysis, Variance Analysis, P&L Reporting, Stakeholder Management, Leadership, Problem Solving, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Communication, Digital Transformation, Financial Reporting, Scenario Planning, Team Management, Process Improvement, Technology Awareness

Industry

Farming

Description

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. Job Description Role purpose Finance Business Partner providing operational and strategic decision support for G&A Functions. Focused on enabling productivity through cost transparency, efficiency and savings through anticipation of internal and external business challenges. Accountabilities Global Finance Business Partnering for G&A functions Direct financial support to Global G&A Function Leadership in-order to support key business decisions and validate results against KPI's Generate business insight through data and financial analysis and provide recommendations to drive business outcomes To help develop, design and execute functional strategies from a Finance perspective To advise, guide and influence functional leads, senior managers and all kind of stakeholders within function on Finance subjects such as target setting, budgeting, business cases and projects and key trade-off decision Clearly communicate a cohesive and concise story around business drivers behind financial data and potential implications Partnering with business stakeholders for monthly/YTD performance review. Creating Outlooks for year and ensuring delivery of all departmental objectives Support global finance transformation, digitalization projects, Ad hoc analysis, projects and requests as necessary to enable decision support Ensure high quality month end closing activities: cost centre review, variance analysis, focussing on understanding root cause and driving actionable recommendations Work closely with Finance Teams in Regions, Finance Operations in Centres and in HQ Establish and drive adoption of best practices to improve processes/services to business / stakeholders Accountabilities Global Finance Business Partnering for G&A functions Direct financial support to Global G&A Function Leadership in-order to support key business decisions and validate results against KPI's Generate business insight through data and financial analysis and provide recommendations to drive business outcomes To help develop, design and execute functional strategies from a Finance perspective To advise, guide and influence functional leads, senior managers and all kind of stakeholders within function on Finance subjects such as target setting, budgeting, business cases and projects and key trade-off decision Clearly communicate a cohesive and concise story around business drivers behind financial data and potential implications Partnering with business stakeholders for monthly/YTD performance review. Creating Outlooks for year and ensuring delivery of all departmental objectives Support global finance transformation, digitalization projects, Ad hoc analysis, projects and requests as necessary to enable decision support Ensure high quality month end closing activities: cost centre review, variance analysis, focussing on understanding root cause and driving actionable recommendations Work closely with Finance Teams in Regions, Finance Operations in Centres and in HQ Establish and drive adoption of best practices to improve processes/services to business / stakeholders Planning Cycle Support the budgeting / latest outlook (LO) process Support business stakeholders in the preparation of the Budget / LO through analysis and guidance Support and work in coordination with Finance Lead and/or Finance Head to ensure full alignment with Function Strategy Support the scenario planning and target setting process People: • Direct reports: 3-4 Qualifications Critical success factors & key challenges Ability to work cross functionally and build partnering relationship with different business, finance and functional stakeholders across global and regions Attention to details without losing sight of the bigger picture Customer centric Strong leadership skills Team player Proactive planner – Strong accountabilty and sense of urgency around timelines Adaptable and flexible Technology awareness: Understands emerging technology platforms and services across industries, bringing innovation and taking risks in pursuit of valuable digital opportunities Critical knowledge / capabilities Bachelor/Master/MBA in Economics or Finance Holds professional Finance qualification i.e. CA, ICWA or equivalent will add advantage. Minimum 10 -15 years of experience in multinational environment / FP&A Controlling experience (Cost Analysis, Variance Analysis, MIS, P&L reporting and management) Experience in the understanding and effective communication of financial results to non-finance stakeholders Understanding of reporting, budgeting, forecasting and planning processes Sound understanding of key financial concepts, solid theoretical background in finance and accounting and reporting Ability to effectively analyse numbers, present conclusions and recommendations in a clear way Ability to influence finance and non-finance stakeholders Ability to work under pressure while keeping high quality of output Good at people management, networking and collaboration skill Problem solving to deliver unique or new solutions Familiarity working in an international environment in a complex matrix organization Operates independently with limited supervision in a complex environment Critical knowledge / experience required for the job Ability to deliver against objectives, deadlines. Ability to proactively work in a cross functional environment Good working knowledge of Financial Accounting and Management Reporting systems (e.g. SAP , EBI / BW, SBFC, SAC) or should be a quick learner to learn the technology and tools used by Syngenta Experience with FP&A tool (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI, Smartsheet) is an added advantage

Responsibilities

The role involves providing operational and strategic decision support for G&A functions, focusing on cost transparency and efficiency. The Finance Business Partner will generate business insights through data analysis and support key business decisions.