Management Trainee (Finance)

• Core responsibilities include yearly planning processes, monthly reporting of data, preparing rolling forecast, providing comments for variances vs budget.
• Analyze monthly results, provide high quality management reports to all supported functions in building proper ownership of budgets.
• English: must be excellent, including ability to present in front of a larger audience (incumbent will operate from India whilst key stakeholders will be based around the globe).
• Able to work independently, under pressure and at high quality standard.
• Ability to effectively analyze numbers, present conclusions and recommendations, combine attention to details in a clear way.
• Ability to influence finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Good to have knowledge of Microsoft office package, Financial Accounting and Management Reporting systems (e.g. excel, SAP, EBI / BW, SBFC, SAC) or should be a quick learner to learn the technology and tools used by Syngenta.
• Able to analyze end to end processes to get transparent and reliable management information.
• Understands impact of multiple financial controlling tasks on business.
• Drive automation and standardization by creating the SOPs and workflows.
• Support Ad hoc analysis, projects and requests as necessary to enable decision support.

Preferred candidate profile :

• CA/ MBA Finance
• Ability to work under pressure while keeping high quality of output
• Conflict management and high level of collaboration
• Continuous improvement mindset and proven track record for standardization and automations

Experience to be gained in the job:

• 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
• Knowledge of financial systems