Description

Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. We invite you to help us shape the future of agriculture. At Syngenta, we believe every employee has a role to play in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet.

Finance operations lead Maghreb & West Africa

• Manage timely and accurate financial group, statutory and tax accounting processes , and financial compliance for countries connected to the area.

• Represent Syngenta to key tax, legal, and audit stakeholders.

• For countries connected to the area: represent Syngenta Finance towards internal clients

• Manage Finance staff working in the area including remote management of staff working with external service providers.

• Implement an effective governance model in countries driving full compliance of activities and processes for group and local purpose

• Ensure implementation of and alignment with global and regional finance initiatives

Location :

• This role will be based in Rabat – Morocco

Accountabilities

Operational responsibility

• Take accountability and ownership for financial matters of the legal entities in the area.

• Full accountability of local statutory, group reporting, and tax books: - Sustain high standards on verification of assets and liabilities in the balance sheets, review and approve financial tax & statutory accounting schedules, ensure compliance to standardised accounting, reporting, and financial systems as well as policies and procedures. First point of contact for senior stakeholders regarding Finance operations matters.

• To ensure governance models are working and related processes are fully compliant with the group and local policies/regulations.

• Financial Compliance, ensuring a good internal control framework & ultimately accountable for following through on all relevant compliance issues (from internal audit, Sox, Letter of Assurance) including Letter of Assurance.

• Play key-role in the activation of the new operating model: Transformation of the Finance function and establishment of new Finance Services organization (incl activation of country Finance Leadership Team)

• Accountable to coordinate Tax audits and external audits. Facilitating role for internal audits

• Ensure operational management of legal entity is fully updated on legal entity financials.

• Provide functional expertise in key projects within BAs or specific regional projects

• Lead financial processes across P&L scope connecting with various stakeholders:

• Lead the annual budget preparation process

• In collaboration with the Finance Operations team, act as Company assets custodian, ensure proper accounting policies, effective process governance, and Control Framework maintained in the area of responsibility

• Be a sound and responsive face to local legal, tax, and external audit bodies, including facilitating tax audits.

• Lead/participate in projects either from a license to operate or operational excellence perspective

Critical success factors & key challenges

• Meet all local statutory ans tax requirements

• No significant external and tax audit issues

• Delivery of Finance operations according to defined quality & service levels

• Effective governance model in place facilitating effective group and local compliance

• Strong communication and relation with local management and other stakeholders

• Assure timely and accurate implementation of the target operating model

• Assures good working relationships and process alignment between country teams, EFO team, local business partner organisation, procurement and external services providers and suppliers

• C ollaboration and agility mindset

Qualifications

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

Critical knowledge

• Good understanding of local Generally Accepted Accounting Policies

• Good understanding of legal entity governance framework (roles / accountabilities of BOD, LELT)

• Good understanding of business end to end processes and internal controls necessary to safeguard the Company’s assets.

• Local tax rules

• Experience in working in multi national organizations (ideally with matrix structure) with emphasis on communicating and decision making with demonstrated ability to work under pressure

Critical experience

• A finance professional with 10+ years of experience in different areas of business finance and controlling, Stat & Tax and Finance Operations activities

• Experience in working with cross functional teams and ability to work with all levels of the organisation

• Experience in influencing key stakeholders towards adopting and aligning to relevant procedures and tools

• Experience in working with multi-cultural and virtual teams; coordination of work of others without a direct reporting line

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities

• Wide knowledge of finance (financial analysis, investment analysis, valuation analysis, risk management, budgeting/planning).

• Influencing, teamwork skills

• High focus and energy with a pragmatic mindset and solution-oriented approach

• Strong collaboration mindset and ability to work in a matrix organization

• Technology savvy, drive for digitalization

• Keen demonstrated strengths in unquestionable integrity and trustworthiness.

• Experience in working in multinational organizations with emphasis on communicating and decision making with demonstrated ability to work under pressure. Must be motivated by interdependency.

• Appreciates cultural differences.

• Can manage teams in a virtual environment

Critical leadership capabilities

• Manages Performance to ensure high standards

• Service Mindset

• Ability to communicate with diverse senior stakeholder groups

Interested ?

• We look forward to receiving your online application including all relevant documents (cover letter, CV).