Senior Finance Analyst PH NWA & SEWA at Bayer CropScience

Role purpose

• Enables and support steering of the financial performance of the PH commercial operations for the Country Clusters North West and South East West Africa incl. planning, forecasting, commercial strategies and provides relevant reports, data and insights for planning and decision making.
• Primary point of contact to the Finance Business Partners as well as local Division Heads with focus on Anglo East & West as well as French Africa, active member of the Country Divisional Management team.

Key responsibilities and tasks

• Responsible for delivering on financial targets by providing reliable financial steering (alignment operational/financial planning, target setting, resource allocation, deviation analysis, mitigation plans) by supporting NWA & SEWA Finance Business partners
• Closely partners with the Division Head of the Country Cluster and his/her leadership team to ensure financial performance according to targets and driving strategic and operational agenda
• Sets clear standards how the business is to be steered and how to best support managers & stakeholders in sound decision-making
• Acts as a sparring partner by providing insights and challenging the organization through benchmarks, trend analysis, as well as external evaluations
• Identifies, pursues, manages business risks and opportunities
• Enables effective financial business steering and resource allocation in line with strategic objectives and provides basis for planning and decision making
• Executes operational controlling tasks including:
• Preparation and coordination of financial forecasts and financial planning (sales, cost, FTE)
• Regular reports (channel, margins), e.g. gross to net sales, marginal income analysis, deviation analysis (volume, prices, currency)
• Monitoring of financial incentive plans (STI, local sales incentives) d) Coordinating financial risk management
• Translates business strategy into operational planning (e.g. from StraCo to OPC) and ensure adherence to HQ standards and guidelines
• Develops & establishes state-of-the-art controlling concepts
• Drives and is strongly involved in efficiency projects, continuous improvement initiatives etc.
• Provides input for local FACT colleagues for financial planning and analysis

Work relations:

• Cluster Finance Business partners
• Finance Head EMEA II
• Country Cluster Division Head & management teams
• Global PH, RAD & R&D Finance Functions, local Marketing / Commercial Operations
• SCM&O2C, CFO Function, other FACT functions, Global Finance

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in economics or financial management
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in respective industry / Commercial Operations with increasing responsibility
• Advanced skills to analyze business and financial trends in order to make sound business decisions, anticipating future market developments
• Strong management, leadership, organizational and communication skills 
• Knowledge of the economic and business environment in subregion
• Analytical skills, structured approach, proactive and self-motivated
• Team spirit, good communication, and constructive facilitation skills
• Proven experience in motivating and influencing others in a diverse, multi-cultural, cross functional organization
• Capabilities to maneuver within the matrix organization, in particular between backbone functions and the division
• Well-developed level ("strong") of the following business partnering competencies: strategic mindset, courage, collaboration, drive results
• Professional level in English & French is mandatory