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 Field Crops P&S Finance Business Partner, you will perform Financial Planning & Analysis activities for Seeds internal and external production spend, site COGP, capital investments and production variances. You will be a trusted partner to respective finance and business stakeholders to provide insightful analysis and recommendations on the respective financials. Besides that, you will drive improvements and technology adaptations in Financial Planning & Analysis processes. You will also actively participate in the development and implementation of the relevant operational plans to ensure clarity of the financial impact, including support of evaluation of new businesses and models.

• 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
• 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, on time, with high quality
• 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 production area in scope
• Participate in strategic business planning and business processes by preparing financial budgets and rolling forecasts
• Support the site monthly review process
• Focus on reliable full year outlooks and risk/opportunity assessments
  Qualifications
  At Syngenta we are highly people focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Business partners 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.