Seeds Field Crops Finance Business Partner North West

at  Syngenta Seeds

Company Description
Syngenta Group is one of the world’s biggest agricultural technology companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. With more than 59,000 employees, operating in more than 100 countries, the company strives to transform food production through Regenerative Agriculture - a science-driven, technology-enabled approach to improve soil, deliver high productivity and high-quality food, help fight climate change and restore lost biodiversity. Syngenta Group, which is registered in Shanghai, China, and has its management headquarters in Switzerland, draws strength from its four business units: Syngenta Crop Protection, headquartered in Switzerland; Syngenta Seeds, headquartered in the United States; ADAMA®, headquartered in Israel; and Syngenta Group China. Together, these businesses provide industry-leading ways to serve customers around the world.
Job Description
As a Seeds Finance Business Partner North-West, you will support to Seeds commercial organization in North-West and be a trusted partner to Seeds Commercial Finance Lead North-West & France to provide insightful analysis and recommendations on the respective financials. You will also drive improvements and technology adaptations in Financial Planning & Analysis processes.

• Analyze monthly sales and function costs, and provide relevant commentaries and insights to finance and business stakeholders
• Provide timely and insightful financial analysis to support business decisions, understanding business performance on a monthly / annual basis
• Leverage technology (SAC) to further develop (SAC stories) and fully utilize available reports to meet the needs of the various business owners
• Full accountability for the analysis and commentaries to business stakeholders for variance analysis of function cost reports
• Provide reliable and timely budgets and latest outlooks for P&L in scope
• Participate in strategic business planning and business processes by preparing financial budgets and rolling forecast
• Contribute to development and use of business intelligence tools, data visualization and predictive analysis techniques
• Co-create and review commercial terms and policies (price model, i.e. discounts / rebates / incentive plans), contracts, support of commercial processes (e.g. Battle Plans, in-season commercial terms tactics) and new business models (financial consideration and frameworks for strategic business projects)
• Provide commercial team with sound risk-based analysis on potential impacts, implications and propose potential ways to improve risk management on key economic exposures
• Manage relevant financials of Seeds commercial organization (sales, gross profit, function cost and working capital)
  Qualifications
  At Syngenta we are highly people focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Leaders are expected to communicate effectively, develop teams and lead by example. Our industry and our function are changing rapidly so we are looking for new team members with a strong desire to develop themselves.