Statutory & Direct Tax Senior Accountant - French speaking

Relocation support will be provided if you are open to move to Hungary but you can also join us in Morocco.

As a Statutory & Direct Tax Senior Accountant, you will be the part of our Account-to-Report (ATR) organization, which supports the statutory financial statement preparations and direct tax filings across our legal entities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

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

• Prepare annual financial statements and support direct tax filing process in accordance with local GAAP (in this case country adopted IFRS), tax regulations
• Prepare and support completions of group reporting tax package 
• Prepare annual transfer pricing profit monitoring assessment and conclude on profit adjustment requirement based group transfer pricing policies 
• Own and coordinate the external audits with local & Hungarian auditors
• Coordinate background organizations, local business & finance stakeholders to supply information for the statutory closes
• Participate in internal audits where relevant
• Drive process improvements and engage in global digital initiatives to enable a very efficient, effective statutory closes for entities responsible for
• Supporting local tax, customs audits

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:

• 4-7 years of experience on the field of Finance and/or Audit 
• 2-3 years of experience in overall annual financial statement preparation in IFRS (Preparation of a full set of annual financial statement in critical for this role)
• Fluent English and French language knowledge
• Good understanding of IFRS 
• Experience in working in a multinational environment
• Experience with transfer pricing calculations
• Experience with completing tax computation and also completing tax schedules 
• Good understanding of general tax rules
• Experience in coordinating the work with external auditors
• Result oriented mindset, ‘driving’ attitude
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP experience preferred) 
• High Interest to digital projects in statutory accounting and reporting
• Ability to efficiently prioritize and drive for performance
• Seeks opportunities to gather feedback and modify behavior to enhance impact and improve performance

Our efforts to become a really good place to work

• Dynamic and international environment
• Long-term opportunities
• 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.

Syngenta Group is one of the world’s leading sustainable agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Our 53,000 people across more than 100 countries strive every day to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for the benefit of farmers, society and our planet – making us the world’s most local agricultural technology and innovation partner. Syngenta Group is committed to operating at the highest standards of ethics and integrity. This is a commitment that we are making to investors, customers, society and employees. Syngenta Group is also committed to maintaining a workplace environment free from discrimination and harassment.