Finance Business Partner Central Europe

Role Purpose

The Finance Business Partner role delivers strategic financial guidance to CP (Crop Protection) Commercial organization in Central Europe, leading comprehensive Financial Planning & Analysis activities across the region.

Working directly with the Head of Finance Central Europe, this position provides critical insights and recommendations to drive business performance and decision-making through robust financial analysis and commercial acumen.

Accountabilities

HOW:

• Be a trusted finance business partner, supporting all activities in scope, on recurring and ad hoc finance topics
• Seamless engaging and interacting with finance communities and stakeholders
• Add value to organization through providing business insight, understanding the numbers and challenging the status quo
• Provide finance skillset in project / ad hoc assignments
• Build relationships across multiple finance functional teams to share and align best practices
• Develop understanding of Syngenta's business and interaction between the different business units and functional reporting lines

WHAT:

• Actuals: Month end closing:
  • Analyse monthly sales and function costs, 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 accruals for sales deductions and function cost are properly reflected in reported monthly results
  • Participate in month-end closing processes, including lock meetings
• Financial analysis:
  • 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
• Master data management:
  • Ensure proper master data maintenance (cost centre structure, delegation of authorities, headcount reporting)
• Budgeting and Rolling Forecast processes:
  • Provide reliable and timely budgets and latest outlooks for P&L in scope
  • Provide support and guidance to business managers and function cost owners on achieving budget targets
  • Participate in strategic business planning and business processes by preparing financial budgets and rolling forecasts

• Business review process: Support the BPR process
• • Prepare and collect insightful commentaries for robust reporting and analysis of variances
  • Focus on reliable full year outlooks and risk/opportunity assessments
• Digital capabilities:
  • Contribute to development and use of business intelligence tools, data visualisation and predictive analysis techniques
• Commercial finance business partner support to CP Central Europe commercial team
  • 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)
  • Support local S&OP process as well as any other operational meetings with commercial team in Central Europe
  • 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 Central Europe CP commercial organization (sales, gross profit, function cost and working capital)

• Master Degree in Economics, Accounting or Finance
• At least 5 years in Finance planning and analysis is a must
• Previous experience in commercial finance will be considered as advantage
• Understanding of IFRS accounting, budgeting, forecasting and planning processes
• Strong knowledge of Excel, preferably good knowledge of Power BI
• Understanding of Agricultural business, processes and industry drivers will be considered as advantage
• Finance business partnering mindset
• At least Upper Intermediate level of English and fluent Polish 

Our company cares about employee well-being and offers attractive benefits, such as:

• Annual bonus based on position
• Retirement plan
• Cafeteria system
• Private medical care
• Group life insurance
• Co-financing for English or other foreign language learning
• Wide range of training, including personal development, technical training, and opportunities for higher education
• Multisport card allowing free participation in various sports activities
• Flexible working conditions to meet our employees' expectations

Syngenta provides equal treatment and is against any discrimination in recruitment, employment, training, and promotion practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, nationality, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other status protected by law.