Junior Business controller

ROLE PURPOSE:

• Provide reliable and timely budgets and latest outlooks for P&L area in scope
• Provide support and guidance to business managers and function co
• Participate in strategic business planning and business processes by preparing financial budgets and rolling forecast
• 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 and manage key system monthly submissions
• Continuous improvement of cash flow forecasting
• Provide timely and insightful financial analysis to support business decisions, understanding business performance on a monthly / quarterly / annual basis
• Ensure proper master data maintenance in SAP (cost centre structure, pricing structure)
• Contribute to development and use of business intelligence tools (SAP Analytic Cloud, Power BI), data visualisation and predictive analysis techniques
• Financial analysis and credit risk opinion reporting of current and potential clients for further credit limit provision;
• Recommendation to business units on risk mitigation measures;
• Overdue management: dunning and collection;
• Customer visits;
• Monthly reporting for management (gross A/R, risk mitigation and bad debt provisions. Ad hoc reporting of collection forecasts and actions being undertaken to collect overdue debts).

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all –while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

Critical Knowledge:

• Bachelor/Master/MBA/Business School in Economics or Finance

• Good understanding and experience of International Financial reporting standards.

• Good level understanding of Syngenta business and industry drivers.
• Proactively challenging local business teams on financial issues.
• Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills (English is a must), including presentation skills.
• Naturally enthusiastic, displaying a can do attitude.
• Effective teamwork, resolving diverse controlling and analysis requirements.
• Ability to deputize for finance business partner when required.
• Best practices for the development of annual budgets, latest estimates and financial planning.

Critical Skills:

• • A finance professional with a minimum of 3-5 years of professional experience in reporting, planning and controlling, along with experience in different forms of business financial analysis.
• Proactive and pragmatic approach, demonstrate maturity to command respect, excellent interpersonal skills and cultural awareness, excellent communication skills.
• Creative and innovative, keen to improve, solution driven
• Highest ethical standards.
• Both strong team player and independent worker.