Senior SAP Business Consultant

As a Senior SAP Business Consultant, you will be part of the Finance Process and Technology Analyst Team and be accountable for ensuring that business change initiatives follow relevant process design and strategies. You will be also responsible for the Change Management process and ensuring the communication between the regional FP&T Team and the stakeholders of the Finance processes and Finance teams. You will own and contribute to a process framework (Syngenta Process Design) and design box.

Senior SAP Business Consultant combines a high expertise in Finance and Controlling processes as well as cross-functional process know-how with an expert knowledge of IT/SAP solutions to advice the business in best-practice processes.

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

• Act as single point of contact for stakeholders to receive information on programs, projects, and process activities
• Drive the implementation of the strategic direction for each of the process areas together with stakeholders and provide a view in the creation of a 3-year process improvement roadmap
• Provide process leadership and expertise in order to challenge, support, enable and improve business performance
• Identify changing business needs that may lead to the requirement for change or improvements to processes
• Identify opportunities resulting from situational changes such as new regulation, data insights, new business situations to shape new business processes
• Provide process expertise to deliver change and support the early phases of projects
• Ensure the global approach to business process management is firmly embedded

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.

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:

• University degree in Finance or Economics degree with strong experience in IT projects and solutions
• 5+ years’ experience in SAP consulting and Business Process Management alongside engagement in projects for Finance, Controlling and Business / Commercial initiatives
• Expert know-how of Finance and Controlling processes incl. FI and CO modules of SAP and of integration of Finance and Commercial processes (FI-SD integration)
• Hands-on experience and exposure from Finance perspective to E-Commerce, Commercial Business Model solutions and implementations
• Insight in identifying core issues in complex business problems with many contributing factors and uses data, logical analysis, and insight to pinpoint the underlying issues
• Ability to articulate goals for business based on an understanding of capability and readiness to change
• Ability to adapt communication style and content to the needs of the audience and sell concepts and solutions to business leaders to transform the organization
• Expertise in process design methodologies, techniques, value stream mapping and project management
• Fluent language skills in English

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 

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.