Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is seeking a Finance Partner to support the Agriculture Division’s growth and profitability objectives. The role provides strategic financial guidance, oversees planning and analysis, supports operations finance and M&A activities, and serves as a trusted advisor to divisional leadership while ensuring governance and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
• Collaborating with division leadership to develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and financial plans aligned with strategy for the Agriculture Division
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to provide financial insights and guidance on business strategies
• Conducting risk assessment and management activities, identifying potential financial risks and developing mitigation strategies
• Linking R&D to offer launch and P&L impact
• Building a cash conversion and reoccurring revenue culture across the Division
• Gross margin accountability, in concert with supply chain, ensuring pricing models reflect market opportunity whilst covering cost
• Enabling supply chain optimisation through excellence in sales forecasting
• Building a culture of opex leverage, taking advantage of scale, systems, tools and playbooks to enhance profit through reuse of resources
• In concert with finance operations, developing and maintaining financial models to support decision-making and strategic initiatives
• Conducting ad-hoc analysis to support key business initiatives and identify areas for improvement
• Performing variance analysis and providing explanations for financial performance against budget and forecast
• Actively driving cash conversion performance
• Assisting in the preparation of management reports and presentations for senior leadership
• Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and internal policies and monitoring changes in regulatory requirements
• Championing internal controls as per Key Control area
• Acting as custodian of the reputed company Governance, Accountability and Autonomy Matrix for the Agriculture Division, ensuring divisional adherence to all applicable policies, standards, and regulatory requirements and that sub-delegations are maintained, filed, and aligned with Business Area functional dotted lines
• Acting as a trusted advisor to the Agriculture Division President and leadership team
• Prioritising stakeholder needs and enhancing their experience
• Building strong relationships with internal and external partners
• Ensuring alignment between corporate services and stakeholder expectations
• Working with the Global Finance Centres (GBS Accounting & Operations) to enable end-to-end harmonisation of business processes in line with the divisional strategy
• Providing recommendations for process improvements and efficiencies to enhance financial performance
• Environment, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) as required
• M&A closing and post close follow up aligned with PMI practices
• In concert with strategy, supporting the M&A pipeline from LOI through DD to PMI rigorously applying both commercial and financial logic
Skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; MBA or similar advantageous
• At least 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant FP&A, project accounting, and business partnering exposure
• International experience with a solid understanding of multi-jurisdictional finance operations and global shared services models
• Experience governing R&D accounting, logistics/operations finance, and project cost management
• Exposure to M&A, Due Diligence and Integration practices
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior divisional and SBU leaders (VP level and above) across complex, matrixed organisations, including collaboration with other FBP’s
• Experience operating within or stewarding governance and delegation authority frameworks (e.g. approval authority matrices, policy and controls environments) in a complex, multi-divisional organisation
• The ideal candidate should have a strong strategic mindset. They must be able to define and communicate a clear vision for the division’s growth and transformation
• The ideal candidate should have an excellent ability to build compelling and easy to understand stories in terms of performance, strategy and outlook
• Strong business acumen is necessary to make informed decisions, allocate resources effectively, and drive profitability. This includes financial analysis, market insights, and risk management
• The FBP will work closely with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and external partners globally. Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills are vital
• Ability to navig
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