Seeds Field Crops Digital - Costing Finance Business Partner

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.

We all have a critical role to play and add value. Here is how this role will help:

• Proactively provide finance expertise and advice to the businesses, supporting decision-making and driving performance.
• Active participation 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.
• Through appropriate balance of short, medium, and long-term financial planning and monitoring, drive effective and efficient delivery of business goals with sound financial analysis and advice.
• Drive the delivery of budgets and forecasts. Challenge the resource allocation and income generation pro-actively raising issues and driving resolution.
• Provide management with sound risk-based analysis on potential impacts, implications and propose potential ways to mitigate risks on key economic and commercial exposures.
• To drive productivity and simplification in finance and related business processes in the relevant functional scope.
• Proactively lead and coordinate changes leading to ways of working simplification and improvement eliminating inefficiencies.
• Promote data driven decision making culture across teams.
• Pro-actively drive and coordinate key financial analysis and planning processes (business delivery tracking, rolling forecasts, budgets, inventory forecasts, etc.) in accordance with regional and global procedures and deadlines.

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. 

You will be a great fit if you have:

• 5 years of experience in different areas of business finance and controlling
• BSc/MSc degree or equivalent qualification
• Experience in working with cross functional teams and ability to work with all levels of the organization
• Wide knowledge of finance (financial analysis, investment analysis, valuation analysis, risk management, budgeting / planning)
• Experience in influencing key stakeholders towards adopting and aligning to relevant procedures and tools
• Finance expertise and advice to business, support of decision-making process
• Driving use of financial modelling tools & techniques to support data driven decision making process (SAC, Power BI, Qlik)
• Strong digital skills and promoting digital ways of working across finance teams
• Sound knowledge of business and industry drivers
• Strong digital and analytical skills to be able to shape stakeholder’s data demand into a model
• Previous exposure to Manufacturing and Cost Accounting
• Influencing and teamwork skills
• Fluent English language knowledge

Our efforts to become a really good place to work:

• Dynamic and international team with great atmosphere
• Possibilities to learn and grow
• High quality office environment
• Possibility of working from home 

Discover more about Syngenta Budapest Center by visiting our official website: Link

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, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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