Purpose-

- To provide financial analysis and support to country teams or other members of the finance team

- To support decision making by the provision of robust, timely financial information that is communicated in a clear manner

- To assist management in the development of budgets, latest estimates and forecasts including submission and reports

Accountabilities-

- Provide accurate, timely and relevant financial analysis and reports to Finance team in order to support key business decisions and validate results against KPI's.

- Produce, validate and analyse financial data and reports for country forecasting and Budget processes in order to ensure timely completion, accurate information and qualitative financial input.

- Prepare country financial performance in monthly reporting pack for Management Business Reviews (MBR's) and other relevant discussions.

- Support Cost Centre Owners and functional heads with relevant reports and analysis

- Support Ad hoc analysis, projects and requests as necessary to enable decision support Dimensions

Business Impact: 

- Budgets, Revenue, Gross Profit Functional Spend

People: 

Individual Contributor :

Geographic Scope: - Japan

Complexity:

- Interaction with internal stakeholders in Finance department and Stakeholders in the respective Geography Experience required for the job

- This explains the type and minimum length of relevant experience required to effectively perform the job. 

- Include experience/familiarity with particular processes or systems, dealing with certain products or services, and/or the experience of dealing with others both internally and externally 

- Include also previous jobs that are critical / desired to perform in the job

- Working experience of Financial reporting systems and tools

- Understanding of reporting, budgeting, forecasting and planning processes, ideally within a shared service environment

- Sound understanding of key financial concepts, solid theoretical background in finance and accounting

- Ability to work under pressure while keeping high quality of output 

Minimum education and critical knowledge required for the job:

- This describes the 'know-how' to perform the job, which may have been gained through academic study (degree, education, and certificates) or business qualifications. 

- Specify the type of knowledge required (e.g. of specific functional knowledge, languages and to what level), not the know-how of the employee mapped to the job

- Bachelor/Master/MBA in Economics or Finance

- Typically 3-5 years- experience in Business Controlling

- Holds professional Finance qualification i.e. CA, ICWA or equivalent or MBA Finance

- Fluent in English

- Good understanding of budgeting, forecasting and planning processes 

- Experience to be gained in the job Describe the relevant experience that can be gained whilst performing the job. 

- Include functional experience (like enhancing selling skills) as well as Business/Organizational experience (like working with Leadership Team)

- Basic understanding of Syngenta business and industry drivers

- Experience working with different finance teams in a given geography/ and absorbing business knowledge to understand what is behind the numbers

- Technical development in finance skills, especially financial planning and analysis

- Knowledge of financial systems