Global Finance Business Partner G&A

Role purpose

Finance Business Partner providing operational and strategic decision support for G&A Functions. Focused on enabling productivity through cost transparency efficiency and savings through anticipation of internal and external business challenges.

Accountabilities

• Global Finance Business Partnering for G&A functions

• Direct financial support to Global G&A Function Leadership in-order to support key business decisions and validate results against KPIs

• Generate business insight through data and financial analysis and provide recommendations to drive business outcomes

• To help develop design and execute functional strategies from a Finance perspective

• To advise guide and influence functional leads senior managers and all kind of stakeholders within function on Finance subjects such as target setting budgeting business cases and projects and key trade-off decision

• Clearly communicate a cohesive and concise story around business drivers behind financial data and potential implications

• Partnering with business stakeholders for monthly/YTD performance review. Creating Outlooks for year and ensuring delivery of all departmental objectives

• Support global finance transformation digitalization projects Ad hoc analysis projects and requests as necessary to enable decision support

• Ensure high quality month end closing activities: cost centre review variance analysis focussing on understanding root cause and driving actionable recommendations

• Work closely with Finance Teams in Regions Finance Operations in Centres and in HQ

• Establish and drive adoption of best practices to improve processes/services to business / stakeholders

Accountabilities

• Global Finance Business Partnering for G&A functions

• Direct financial support to Global G&A Function Leadership in-order to support key business decisions and validate results against KPIs

• Generate business insight through data and financial analysis and provide recommendations to drive business outcomes

• To help develop design and execute functional strategies from a Finance perspective

• To advise guide and influence functional leads senior managers and all kind of stakeholders within function on Finance subjects such as target setting budgeting business cases and projects and key trade-off decision

• Clearly communicate a cohesive and concise story around business drivers behind financial data and potential implications

• Partnering with business stakeholders for monthly/YTD performance review. Creating Outlooks for year and ensuring delivery of all departmental objectives

• Support global finance transformation digitalization projects Ad hoc analysis projects and requests as necessary to enable decision support

• Ensure high quality month end closing activities: cost centre review variance analysis focussing on understanding root cause and driving actionable recommendations

• Work closely with Finance Teams in Regions Finance Operations in Centres and in HQ

• Establish and drive adoption of best practices to improve processes/services to business / stakeholders

Planning Cycle

• Support the budgeting / latest outlook (LO) process

• Support business stakeholders in the preparation of the Budget / LO through analysis and guidance

• Support and work in coordination with Finance Lead and/or Finance Head to ensure full alignment with Function Strategy
• Support the scenario planning and target setting process

People:

Direct reports: 3-4

Qualifications :

Critical success factors & key challenges

• Ability to work cross functionally and build partnering relationship with different business finance and functional stakeholders across global and regions
• Attention to details without losing sight of the bigger picture
• Customer centric
• Strong leadership skills
• Team player
• Proactive planner Strong accountabilty and sense of urgency around timelines
• Adaptable and flexible
• Technology awareness:  Understands emerging technology platforms and services across industries bringing innovation and taking risks in pursuit of valuable digital opportunities

Critical knowledge / capabilities

• Bachelor/Master/MBA in Economics or Finance
• Holds professional Finance qualification i.e. CA ICWA or equivalent will add advantage.
• Minimum 10 -15 years of experience in multinational environment / FP&A
• Controlling experience (Cost Analysis Variance Analysis MIS P&L reporting and management)
• Experience in the understanding and effective communication of financial results to non-finance stakeholders
• Understanding of reporting budgeting forecasting and planning processes
• Sound understanding of key financial concepts solid theoretical background in finance and accounting and reporting
• Ability to effectively analyse numbers present conclusions and recommendations in a clear way
• Ability to influence finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Ability to work under pressure while keeping high quality of output
• Good at people management networking and collaboration skill
• Problem solving to deliver unique or new solutions
• Familiarity working in an international environment in a complex matrix organization
• Operates independently with limited supervision in a complex environment

Critical knowledge / experience required for the job

• Ability to deliver against objectives deadlines.
• Ability to proactively work in a cross functional environment
• Good working knowledge of Financial Accounting and Management Reporting systems (e.g. SAP EBI / BW SBFC SAC) or should be a quick learner to learn the technology and tools used by Syngenta
• Experience with FP&A tool (e.g. Tableau PowerBI Smartsheet) is an added advantage

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time