Production & Supply Business Controller

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all –while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Role purpose

As a Finance Business Partner for Crop Protection (CP) Production and Supply (P&S) and CP Development (CPD), this role will be a trusted partner to support Head of Supply, Bangpoo production site manager, Head of CPD for Thailand.

Critical responsibility for this position is to lead Budgeting and Standard costing process by facilitating cross-functional collaboration and own full accountability to local and Regional stakeholders on cost movement drivers. As a business partner, this role also supports various financial planning and analysis covering monthly function cost and COGS variance analysis & forecasting as well as financial simulation to optimize/absorb fixed cost of the plant for mid/long-term perspective.

Accountabilities

• Understand Syngenta Global P&S framework and standard costing process, work closely with stakeholders to lead annual standard costing and Budgeting process to review cost movement drivers and factor cost saving initiatives to meet Regional budget guidance. Prepare and run P&S Regional budget presentation for Supply and Production with Head of Supply and Production site manager respectively.
• Ensure proper COGS variance and other monthly/seasonal financial reporting by joint work with Finance reporting team and with Finance Operation Center in India.
• Responsible for monthly variance analysis and provide financial outlook for P&S and CPD to update both local and Regional stakeholders where necessary.
• Control and support Capex Budgeting, approval request, capitalization process in line with DoA and local/Global accounting standard.
• Support on-going new CPD site construction project, capitalization process and opex management & transition from current site. 
• Responsible for Inventory write-off risk assessment, semi-annual provision process, write-off approval & execution as joint work with P&S team and keep proper audit trail. Also monitor inventory level and take necessary action when needed with supply team.
• Ensure relevant Syngenta Internal Control Framework to be performed properly by this role as well as by business stakeholders in responsible area including stock count and fixed assets count.
• Understand complexity of VAT structure & treatment for domestic VAT exemption business and inter-company export to Control and properly report import VAT and duty. Also support Transfer Pricing set up/annual review process according to global TP policy and to understand local COGS and consolidated COGS.
• Understand high level Commercial strategy and progress to reflect financial implications for P&S and CPD and take necessary mitigation actions.
• Support strategic planning and decision making at the management level for responsible functions. Work on any ad-hoc agenda/project.
• Manage finance stakeholders as well – Share/report information on timely manner and consult properly to line manager. Manage inquiry/expectation from Regional P&S Finance team based in India.
• Drive transparency and consistency in all related financial aspects.

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in accounting & finance. Business Controller experience managing budgeting process and presentation in MNC is MUST. Manufacturing plant cost control or Supply chain finance in MNC is preferred. Standard costing experience is a plus.
• Audit background/Certified Public Accountant, MBA is a plus.
• Robust accounting knowledge and skills to enable to work on technical issue solving with accounting team, proper P&L, B/S control, manage ICF controls, give proper guidance to peers/stakeholders in P&S, CPD.
• Finance planning and analysis skills, tools, and techniques, with good balance of overview and detail-oriented approach. Deliver reliable and accurate financial and management information.
• ERP experience is MUST. SAP S4 HANA is a plus.
• Positive attitude at work, focused and composed during difficult discussion with stakeholders.
• Good in building relationship with stakeholders, fast learners, logical thinking
• Native Thai speaker, with strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• Good career development aspiration.

 

Geographic Scope:

 • Country – Thailand. Based in Bangkok office, but frequent travel to Bangpoo site