About Syngenta

At Syngenta Group, we're a global community of 56,000 innovators across 90 countries, united by a 250-year legacy of agricultural excellence. As the world's most local agricultural technology partner, we create tailor-made solutions that transform farming while protecting our planet, driven by our commitment to innovation, ethics, and integrity. Through our inclusive environment and diverse perspectives, we pioneer breakthrough solutions for farmers, society, and future generations. Join our worldwide teams of agricultural pioneers in creating a more resilient and equitable food system for all. 

At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta’s AMEA P&S Finance team is seeking a SE P&S Finance BP Analyst in Pune.

• Be a trusted finance business partner, supporting all activities in scope, on recurring and ad hoc finance topics
• Seamless engaging and interacting with finance communities and business stakeholders
• Add value to organization through providing business insight, understanding the numbers and challenging the status quo
• Provide finance skillset in project / ad hoc assignments
• Build relationships across multiple finance functional teams to share and align best practices
• Develop understanding of Syngenta's business and interaction between the different business units and functional reporting lines

Accountabilities:

Actuals: Month end closing:

• Analyze monthly production variances, internal and external seeds production spend, site COGP, capital investments and provide relevant commentaries and insights to finance and business stakeholders.
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• Based on discussions with business stakeholders and in collaboration with Accounting-to-Reporting teams, ensure production spend, variances and accruals are properly reflected in reported monthly results
• Participate in month-end closing processes

Financial analysis:

• Provide timely and insightful financial analysis to support business decisions, understanding business performance on a monthly / annual basis
• Leverage technology (SAC) to further develop (SAC stories) and fully utilize available reports (SAC, Power BI) to meet the needs of the various business owners, on time, with high quality
• Full accountability for the analysis and commentaries to business stakeholders for variance analysis of function cost reports (or relevant scope)

Master data management:

• Ensure proper master data maintenance (cost center structure, activity rates, delegation of authorities, headcount reporting)

Budgeting and Rolling Forecast processes:

• Provide reliable and timely budgets and latest outlooks for production area in scope
• Provide support and guidance to production cost owners on achieving budget targets
• Participate in strategic business planning and business processes by preparing financial budgets and rolling forecasts

Business review process:

• Support the site monthly review process
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• Prepare and collect insightful commentaries for robust reporting and analysis of variances
• Focus on reliable full year outlooks and risk/opportunity assessments

Digital capabilities:

• Contribute to development and use of business intelligence tools, data visualization and predictive analysis techniques

What we offer:

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. 

Onsite: #LI-Onsite

Required: 

• Bachelor/Master/Business School in Economics or Finance
• Understanding of IFRS accounting, budgeting, forecasting and planning processes
• Excel & SAP knowledge are a must, business intelligence systems an advantage (Power BI, SAC, Qlik)
• Understanding of Syngenta business, processes and industry drivers
• 3 years+ in Finance and Controlling is a must. Production controlling experience is an advantage

Desired:

• Analytical skills
• Financial and accounting acumen
• Communication and presentation skills
• English a must, other languages are a plus
• Ability to prioritise, especially to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Ability to work independently as well as within (cross-) functional teams
• High focus and energy, with a pragmatic mindset and solution-oriented approach