AMEA FC Commercial Finance Business Partner

Company Description

About Syngenta

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Job Description

Position Summary:

Be a trusted finance partner to Asia FC Leadership and AMEA Marketing, supporting financial planning, analysis and delivery of financial targets across AMEASupport regional financial consolidation and reporting, ensuring accurate, timely and consistent P&L, Working Capital and Cash Flow visibility across countriesActively contribute to the development and implementation of operational and financial plans (including Budget, Latest Outlook and 3–5-year plan), ensuring clarity and alignment of financial assumptions across marketsProvide management with reliable financial analysis and insights, highlighting key drivers, risks and opportunities related to economic and commercial exposuresEnsure data-driven decision making, supporting business teams with robust business cases and financial evaluationsDrive consistency, standardization and simplification of finance processes across AMEA, providing guidance to countries on tools, methodologies and best practicesFacilitate knowledge sharing and alignment across commercial finance teams, establishing best-practice exchange and supporting capability building across the regionSupport and contribute to regional initiatives and projects, particularly in areas of digitalization, reporting and process improvement

Accountabilities

AMEA Support – Consolidation, Governance & Processes (≈50%)

Support AMEA financial consolidation and reporting, ensuring accurate and timely visibility of P&L, Working Capital and Cash Flow across CU’s and countriesCoordinate Budget, Forecast and Actuals processes, ensuring consistency of assumptions, methodologies and submissions across marketsProvide guidance to countries on planning cycles (Budget, LP, LO), including timelines, templates and key financial assumptionsSupport consolidation of Latest Plan (LP) and Latest Outlook (LO), ensuring alignment of portfolio, COGS, inventory and other key assumptionsSupport Month-End and Year-End landing processes, coordinating inputs, consolidating results and providing performance insightsAssist in monitoring AMEA financial performance, highlighting key variances, risks and opportunitiesSupport management of AMEA HQ cost base (MS&D, G&A), ensuring transparency and alignment with business prioritiesDrive consistency and standardization of finance processes, promoting adoption of common tools and best practices (including SAC)Support development and enhancement of digital reporting and dashboarding (including use of AI and analytics tools)Foster knowledge sharing across commercial finance teams, establishing best-practice exchange and supporting capability development across CUs and countriesContribute to process improvement and simplification initiatives across AMEA finance

Business Partnering Support – Asia FC & AMEA FC Marketing (≈50%)

Support Asia FC Leadership and AMEA FC Marketing teams with financial planning, analysis and performance trackingPrepare and support business cases and financial analysis to enable data-driven decision makingSupport evaluation of pricing, campaigns, incentives and commercial policiesAssist in assessing financial impact of commercial initiatives and identifying risks and opportunitiesContribute to planning processes (Budget, LP, LO) for Asia FC and Marketing scope, ensuring alignment with regional assumptionsProvide support on portfolio analysis and performance tracking, including key drivers and variancesCollaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment between commercial decisions and financial targets

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

A finance professional with 7+ years of experience in business finance and controlling, preferably with exposure to planning, reporting and consolidation processesExperience in working with cross-functional teams and engaging with stakeholders across different levels of the organisation.Experience in supporting and influencing stakeholders, encouraging alignment towards defined processes, tools and methodologiesExperience in working with multi-cultural and virtual teams, coordinating activities across countries without direct reporting linesExperience in financial planning and analysis processes (Budget, Forecast, Latest Outlook) in a regional or multi-country environment is an advantage

Critical knowledge

Best practices for financial planning processes, including development of annual budgets, latest estimates and forecastsSound understanding of business and industry drivers, and their impact on financial performanceStrong proficiency in Excel and SAP; knowledge of business intelligence and reporting tools (e.g. SAC, Power BI) is an advantageGood knowledge of financial analysis and modelling, supporting business case development and decision makingUnderstanding of commercial finance topics, including pricing, commercial terms, and campaign planningGood knowledge of core finance areas (financial analysis, planning and budgeting, basic valuation and risk awareness)Ability to communicate financial information clearly and effectively, supporting business understanding and decision makingStructured and solution-oriented mindset, with strong attention to detail and focus on quality of outputsStrong collaboration mindset and ability to work effectively in a matrix and cross-country environmentAbility to manage multiple tasks and priorities, demonstrating reliability and accountability in deliveryComfortable working with financial systems and tools, with interest in digital solutions and process automationTechnology savvy, drive for digitalisation

Desired Qualifications

Critical leadership capabilities

Customer management: ability to interact effectively with stakeholders across countries and regional teams, building constructive relationships and supporting alignmentJudgment: supports timely and well-informed decision making by providing reliable data, analysis and involving relevant stakeholdersInsight generation: ability to consolidate data, identify key drivers and provide clear financial insights to support business understanding

Additional Information

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.