Business Partner of Finance

The Business Partner Finance is responsible for regional coverage. He/she is the key interaction point for the business in order to provide high-quality consulting and insight-related and knowledge-based services from a functional perspective and to improve decision making. He/she facilitates the supporting role to the Lead of Business Partners. Within this role the Business Partner connects, challenges and monitors the business as well the GF-Lead(s) all the while ensuring that the chosen business strategies deliver the highest financial value at an acceptable level of risk”, ensuring quality and efficiency of processes and services while being compliant. Focusing on adding benefits and benchmarking a future-oriented finance function.Additionally, the Business Partner Finance is appointed as the Managing Directors for the legal entities in the countries that he/she is responsible for, with joint Directorship responsibilities with the Country Manager.

 

Job Duties:

• First point of contact and interface between function and Business for knowledge-based activities,
• Proactively consults and works with the business to solve complex issues and to develop adequate solutions. Acts as advisor and integrator,
• Supports business in the decision making process with adequate information, reports and analytics,
• Manages and supports improvement projects,
• Ensures the definition and implementation of the functional KWS-wide strategy and regional strategic priorities
• Supports the implementation and monitoring of functional KWS-wide policies, standards, rules and guidelines,
• Ensures communication throughout all business and functional areas,
• Ensures local and legal deadlines are met in full on time,
• Ensures financial business analytics and data management,
• Ensures interfaces between GTC, EH & BU’s concerning local day-to-day account,
• Ensures cash-flow planning management, hedging, financial engineering, credit management and dividend payment,
• Ensures interpretation and comments of budget figures for local entities,
• Stands for finance Global Strategy in his/her region,
• Accountable and responsible to ensure accuracy and timeliness of the financial results as well as annual tax returns,
• Support the execution of audits (internal and external), as well as any tax related matters.
• Travel requirement up to approx. 25% (regional).

Requirements: 

•  Profound knowledge in Accounting, Financing, Credit Management and Taxes,
• Over 5 years of experience in the field of Finance/Controlling in a globally acting industry/environment (agribusiness preferable).
• Excellent level of customer orientation and entrepreneurial thinking,
• Excellent Analytical thinking and problem solver mentality,
• Excellent level of customer orientation and entrepreneurial thinking,
• Excellent communication skills and experience 
• Ability & willingness to engage in both strategic + tactical advantaged finance role towards business,
• Ability to analyze finance data to develop goals, drive key business needs and objective