Vacancy title:
Commercial FP&A Analyst

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
Syngenta

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, June 30 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 20 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

We are seeking a highly analytical and technically proficient FP&A Analyst to join our team. This role will be instrumental in providing data-driven insights and supporting strategic decision-making across the Commercial Flowers Organization. The role will require dealing with big data and multiple systems and further improvement and enhancements to the current PowerBi Models already in place. As a result the successful candidate will need to possess strong financial modeling skills, a deep understanding of accounting principles, and the ability to leverage technology to enhance FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the FP&A Analyst for EAME commercial business functions
• Develop and maintain complex financial models:
• Build and utilize advanced financial models to forecast future financial performance, conduct sensitivity analysis, and support scenario planning. 
• Support with improvement and modelling of Current PowerBi Reports
• Conduct in-depth financial analysis:
• Analyze financial statements, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to management such as:
• Insights on sales trends, product mix impacts, price and cost variances
• Insights on customer and product profitability and drive strategic decision making
• Support Ad hoc analysis requests related to business case modelling; pricing analysis, rebate analysis, Sales / Cogs / Gross Profit variances
• Prepare and present financial reports:
• Develop clear and concise reports for the management, highlighting key performance indicators (KPIs) and variance analysis. 
• Reconcile sales data between the data sets (Currently – SAC, EDWH and MIO Tables)
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes:
• Assist in the development of annual budgets and forecasts, ensuring accuracy and consistency. 
• Loading of the budgets and forecasts onto the various systems
• Identify and implement process improvements:
• Streamline FP&A processes and workflows through the use of technology and best practices. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams:
• Work closely with other departments to understand their financial needs and provide relevant support. 
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices:
• Continuously learn and apply new tools and techniques to enhance FP&A capabilities. 

Qualifications

Knowledge, Experience & Capabilities

Critical knowledge:

• Bachelor and/or Master Degree in Accounting, Finance  or Data Analysis
• Understanding of IFRS accounting, budgeting, forecasting and planning processes
• Highly skilled/advanced in Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint), PowerBi, SQL or Dax language, SAP and SAC

Critical experience:

• 4+  years hands-on advanced analytics/visualization development experience in PowerBi (preferred), Qlik or other reporting tools
• 4+ years of experience with Python, SQL, or other transformation tools for data analysis, preparation, and modeling; including experience with large and unstructured data sets
• 4+ years of experience in a finance (or finance related) role, budgeting and reporting
• Experience of working and interacting across multiple locations and cultures

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Syngenta on jobs.smartrecruiters.com to apply

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