AMEA FC Commercial Finance Business Partner

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Position Summary:

• Be atrusted finance partner toAsia FC Leadership and AMEA Marketing, supportingfinancial planning, analysis and delivery of financial targets across AMEA
• Supportregional financial consolidation and reporting, ensuringaccurate, timely and consistent P&L, Working Capital and Cash Flow visibility across countries
• Actively contribute to the development and implementation ofoperational and financial plans (including Budget, Latest Outlook and 3–5-year plan), ensuringclarity and alignment of financial assumptions across markets
• Provide management withreliable financial analysis and insights, highlighting key drivers, risks and opportunities related toeconomic and commercial exposures
• Ensuredata-driven decision making, supporting business teams withrobust business cases and financial evaluations
• Driveconsistency, standardization and simplification of finance processes across AMEA, providing guidance to countries on tools, methodologies and best practices
• Facilitateknowledge sharing and alignment across commercial finance teams, establishing best-practice exchange and supporting capability building across the region
• Support and contribute toregional initiatives and projects, particularly in areas ofdigitalization, reporting and process improvement

Accountabilities:

AMEA Support – Consolidation, Governance & Processes (≈50%)

• SupportAMEA financial consolidation and reporting, ensuring accurate and timely visibility ofP&L, Working Capital and Cash Flow across CU’s and countries
• CoordinateBudget, Forecast and Actuals processes, ensuring consistency of assumptions, methodologies and submissions across markets
• Provideguidance to countries on planning cycles (Budget, LP, LO), including timelines, templates and key financial assumptions
• Support consolidation ofLatest Plan (LP) and Latest Outlook (LO), ensuring alignment of portfolio, COGS, inventory and other key assumptions
• SupportMonth-End and Year-End landing processes, coordinating inputs, consolidating results and providing performance insights
• Assist in monitoringAMEA financial performance, highlighting key variances, risks and opportunities
• Support management ofAMEA HQ cost base (MS&D, G&A), ensuring transparency and alignment with business priorities
• Driveconsistency and standardization of finance processes, promoting adoption of common tools and best practices (including SAC)
• Support development and enhancement ofdigital reporting and dashboarding (including use of AI and analytics tools)
• Fosterknowledge sharing across commercial finance teams, establishing best-practice exchange and supporting capability development across CUs and countries
• Contribute toprocess improvement and simplification initiatives across AMEA finance

Business Partnering Support – Asia FC & AMEA FC Marketing (≈50%)

• SupportAsia FC Leadership and AMEA FC Marketing teams with financial planning, analysis and performance tracking
• Prepare and supportbusiness cases and financial analysis to enable data-driven decision making
• Support evaluation ofpricing, campaigns, incentives and commercial policies
• Assist in assessingfinancial impact of commercial initiatives and identifying risks and opportunities
• Contribute toplanning processes (Budget, LP, LO) for Asia FC and Marketing scope, ensuring alignment with regional assumptions
• Provide support onportfolio analysis and performance tracking, including key drivers and variances
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensurealignment between commercial decisions and financial targets

Required Qualifications:

• A finance professional with 7+ years of experience in business finance and controlling, preferably with exposure to planning, reporting and consolidation processes
• Experience in working withcross-functional teams and engaging with stakeholders across different levels of the organisation.
• Experience insupporting and influencing stakeholders, encouraging alignment towards defined processes, tools and methodologies
• Experience in working withmulti-cultural and virtual teams, coordinating activities across countries without direct reporting lines
• Experience infinancial planning and analysis processes (Budget, Forecast, Latest Outlook) in a regional or multi-country environment is an advantage

Critical knowledge

• Best practices forfinancial planning processes, including development of annual budgets, latest estimates and forecasts
• Sound understanding ofbusiness and industry drivers, and their impact on financial performance
• Strong proficiency inExcel and SAP; knowledge ofbusiness intelligence and reporting tools (e.g. SAC, Power BI) is an advantage
• Good knowledge offinancial analysis and modelling, supporting business case development and decision making
• Understanding ofcommercial finance topics, including pricing, commercial terms, and campaign planning
• Good knowledge ofcore finance areas (financial analysis, planning and budgeting, basic valuation and risk awareness)
• Ability tocommunicate financial information clearly and effectively, supporting business understanding and decision making
• Structured andsolution-oriented mindset, with strong attention to detail and focus on quality of outputs
• Strongcollaboration mindset and ability to work effectively in amatrix and cross-country environment
• Ability tomanage multiple tasks and priorities, demonstrating reliability and accountability in delivery
• Comfortable working withfinancial systems and tools, with interest indigital solutions and process automation
• Technology savvy, drive for digitalisation

Desired Qualifications:

Critical leadership capabilities

• Customer management: ability to interact effectively with stakeholders across countries and regional teams, building constructive relationships and supporting alignment
• Judgment: supports timely and well-informed decision making by providing reliable data, analysis and involving relevant stakeholders
• Insight generation: ability to consolidate data, identify key drivers and provide clear financial insights to support business understanding

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. 

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