Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Bayer is a Life Science company with a more than 150-year history and core competencies in the areas of health care and agriculture. With our innovative products, we are contributing to finding solutions to some of the major challenges of our time. Bayer group An analysis by well-known branding agency Interbrand in 2015 valued the Bayer brand at €6.3...

Responsibilities or duties

Finance Business Partner – East Africa

Act as the Finance Business Partner to the East Africa leadership team, supporting commercial strategy, financial planning, and performance steering.

Provide forward-looking insights on business performance, market dynamics, and strategic initiatives.

Financial Performance Management

Lead financial planning and forecasting processes including sales, margins, cost, and resource planning.

Monitor financial performance and provide analysis on key drivers including volume, price, currency, and channel performance.

Strategic Business Insight

Act as a sparring partner to the business, providing financial insights, benchmarking, and scenario analysis to support decision making

Identify financial risks and opportunities and support mitigation actions when required.

SSA Credit Governance

Lead the development and implementation of consistent credit management frameworks across SSA.

Partner with the Finance Business Partners of Southern and West-Central Africa to ensure disciplined receivables management and credit risk governance across markets.

Support sustainable distributor credit structures aligned with the growth ambitions of the Seeds and Crop Protection businesses.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting or Business (MBA, CPA/ACCA or equivalent preferred).
• Proven experience in finance partnering roles within product-based, working-capital-intensive businesses.
• Demonstrated experience managing receivables or credit governance in high-growth environments.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate financial insights into business decisions.
• High integrity and ability to operate effectively in fast-scaling and ambiguous environments.
• Proficiency in financial systems (e.g SAP, Excel); experience with credit management tools an advantage.
• Fluency in English.

• Act as the Finance Business Partner to the East Africa leadership team, supporting commercial strategy, financial planning, and performance steering.
• Provide forward-looking insights on business performance, market dynamics, and strategic initiatives.
• Lead financial planning and forecasting processes including sales, margins, cost, and resource planning.
• Monitor financial performance and provide analysis on key drivers including volume, price, currency, and channel performance.
• Act as a sparring partner to the business, providing financial insights, benchmarking, and scenario analysis to support decision making
• Identify financial risks and opportunities and support mitigation actions when required.
• Lead the development and implementation of consistent credit management frameworks across SSA.
• Partner with the Finance Business Partners of Southern and West-Central Africa to ensure disciplined receivables management and credit risk governance across markets.
• Support sustainable distributor credit structures aligned with the growth ambitions of the Seeds and Crop Protection businesses.

• Strong commercial acumen
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate financial insights into business decisions
• High integrity
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-scaling and ambiguous environments
• Proficiency in financial systems (e.g SAP, Excel)
• Experience with credit management tools an advantage
• Fluency in English

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting or Business (MBA, CPA/ACCA or equivalent preferred).
• Proven experience in finance partnering roles within product-based, working-capital-intensive businesses.
• Demonstrated experience managing receivables or credit governance in high-growth environments.