Invoice to Pay Finance Operations Business Partner Sr

Syngenta Group is one of the world’s biggest agricultural technology companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. With more than 59,000 employees, operating in more than 100 countries, the company strives to transform food production through Regenerative Agriculture - a science-driven, technology-enabled approach to improve soil, deliver high productivity and high-quality food, help fight climate change and restore lost biodiversity. Syngenta Group, which is registered in Shanghai, China, and has its management headquarters in Switzerland, draws strength from its four business units: Syngenta Crop Protection, headquartered in Switzerland; Syngenta Seeds, headquartered in the United States; ADAMA®, headquartered in Israel; and Syngenta Group China. Together, these businesses provide industry-leading ways to serve customers around the world.

As an Invoice to Pay Business Partner Sr, you will be responsible for ensuring seamless Invoice to Pay (I2P) service delivery for respective country/ies and providing an enhancing experience to end users of the process (finance function, non-finance functions, vendors, and I2P teams). We all have a critical role to play and add value. Here is how this role will help:

• Stakeholder management: Engage with stakeholders to gather insights on their needs and expectations, ensuring their alignment with strategic/project objectives. Communicate effectively with all stakeholders, maintaining transparency and openness in all interactions. Establish and maintain feedback mechanisms to continuously gather stakeholder input and address concerns promptly;
• Compliance: Ensure compliance and meeting Brazil’s country specific legal/regulatory obligations, in I2P transactions, processes & ways of working Implement corrective actions and enhancements to maintain compliance across all I2P processes;
• Projects / Continuous improvements: Engaging with Business Finance/requestors and finding smarter & more effective ways of working. Identify areas for continuous improvement within the I2P processes and lead initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Exploring cost optimization ideas / small projects that are not part of big strategic initiative. Support and contribute to strategic projects within the I2P portfolio and License to Operate (LTO) projects that align with organizational goals. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements and encourage positive changes in user behavior. Actively participate in center-related activities and encourage team involvement;
• Knowledge development: Create and maintain an accessible knowledge base for I2P processes and systems. Organize training sessions and knowledge sharing activities to enhance the expertise of the I2P users and end-users. Provide coaching and development opportunities for team members to build their capabilities and performance;
• KPIs: Ensure stringent focus & control on I2P KPIs (correctness & timeliness) by providing support, guidance and resolution to respective teams involved in the I2P process.

At Syngenta we are highly people focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Leaders are expected to communicate effectively, develop teams and lead by example. Our industry and our function are changing rapidly so we are looking for new team members with a strong desire to develop themselves.

You Will Be a Great Fit If You Have

• Accountant, Administration, Economics, graduate, or a related field;
• Advanced verbal and written English and Portuguese knowledge;
• Working experience in finance operations (shared services organization) with a focus on Invoice to Pay or Purchase to Pay processes;
• Experience in managing change, implementing new procedures, and re-engineering processes;
• Data Analytics: uses strong analytical skills and intuition to analyze data and interpret business insights and trends;
• Understanding Nfe, Service Invoices, tax requirements of Brazil and Accounting concept;
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills, able to communicate effectively with various levels within the organization;
• SAP ECC / S4 HANA knowledge; Invoice Automation like VIM preferred;
• Project Management tools, CI mind set are an advantage;
• Concur, SAP/Ariba, Ceolins process mining, Microsoft Power BI are an advantage;
• Can do attitude, able to work independently with minimal direction/supervision;
• Comfort in working in a global business environment that is undergoing process and technological changes.

Our efforts to become a really good place to work:

• Dynamic and international team with great atmosphere
• Possibilities to learn and grow
• High quality office environment
• Possibility of working from home