Finance Costing Manager, Corn Production and Supply

About Us
We invite you to help us shape the future of agriculture. At Syngenta, we believe every employee has a role to play in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. To support that challenge, the Seeds Finance team is currently seeking a Finance Business Partner, focused on Corn Production and Supply, in Ames, Iowa, or Midwest region, United States. As a Finance Business Partner, you will support North America (NA) Seeds Operations with a focus on Syngenta’s Corn business.

You will help shape the future of agriculture by:

• Influencing the business strategy and decision making, by providing financial expertise and challenging business views
• Building and effective and collaborative partnership with NA Seeds Operations to ensure that financial needs regarding daily operations, budgets, and risks and opportunities are met
• Developing relationships with related regional and global business manager and finance business partner to allow for optimal communication flow and visibility of results and issues onsite 

Accountabilities 

• Lead the preparation of annual budgets and monthly rolling forecast upates
• Provide weekly and monthly analysis of variances including, grower and tolling Product Price Variance, conditioning, rework, cost center spend, and yield and production order variances
• Identify, validate, and drive productivity initiative activities while supporting field and plant operations as needed, through site visits
• Prepare and support capital requests and business cases as needed
• Support the annual Seeds Production Planning process by maintaining and updating the financial model

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or Engineering; Master’s degree or CPA, preferred
• 7+ years of finance or accounting experience
• Demonstrated experience in preparing company budgets and forecasts as well as long term strategic planning
• Demonstrated experience in building Business Partnerships with multi-site, complex logistics, and manufacturing environments
• SAP, Microsoft Excel, Hyperion, and Business modelling experience

Preferred Requirements

• Knowledge of accounting principles and financial analysis 
• Experience generating and communicating ad hoc financial analysis
• Ability to use analytical and business case development skills to identify and drive process improvement
• Demonstrated ability to plan and coordinate annual standard costing updates and ongoing standard cost updates as needed for NA Seeds
• Demonstrated experience leading and coordinating initiatives to design and implement new ways of working across the Seeds Finance team 

What We Offer:

• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts the same day you do
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution
• Open Vacation Policy with a minimum of 15 days of vacation and up to 30 days with manager approval, 9 Paid Holidays
• Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts among others
• A culture that promotes work/life balance, celebrates diversity, and offers numerous family-oriented events throughout the year

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Syngenta Seeds is one of the world’s largest developers and producers of seed for farmers, commercial growers, retailers and small seed companies. Syngenta seeds improve the quality and yields of crops. High-quality seeds ensure better and more productive crops, which is why farmers invest in them. Advanced seeds help mitigate risks such as disease and drought and allow farmers to grow food using less land, less water and fewer inputs. Syngenta Seeds brings farmers more vigorous, stronger, resistant plants, including innovative hybrid varieties and biotech crops that can thrive even in challenging growing conditions. Syngenta Seeds is headquartered in the United States.