Corteva Agriscience™, the world's first dedicated agriculture start-up, serves to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come. Our employees fulfill this purpose everyday by building/participating in an inclusive culture where we encourage each other to stay curious, think differently, act boldly and do what's right for our customers, our co-workers, our partners and our planet. With over 20,000 team members from 130 countries, innovating in 140 world class R&D facilities, we have the resources, leadership heritage and partner ecosystem to make a meaningful impact now and into the future.
The Commercial Finance Leader will report directly to the Commercial Unit (CU) Finance Leader and will join the local leadership team. He/she provides financial analysis in Turkiye, records and monitors actual results of financial data against prior year/month actual results, budgets, plans and forecasts. Provides analysis to support business decisions. Performs responsibilities in compliance with all applicable guidelines, regulations and professional standards. A key element of this function is to act as the Finance/business partner for local leadership as well as other functions within the country.
Key Responsibilities:
Supports planning processes (estimates, budgets, multi-year plans) in assigned business area(s). Evaluates underlying assumptions and variance explanations and identifies areas of risk to the Company. Collaborates with other Finance staff to provide consistency and identifies relevant opportunities across various Finance and business teams.Analyzes monthly, quarterly, and annual financial actual results to ensure accuracy of financial statements (balance sheets, income statements, etc.). Provides analysis against prior year(s) actual results, budgets, plans, or forecasts to identify problems or issues and recommend ways to resolve problem areas.Supports critical business initiatives, various special projects, and business / market teams, committees. Serves as a Finance liaison within various business areas. Develops and improves the quality of financial information to enhance better decision making.Participates in development and implementation of financial strategies. Provides input to and / or support financial systems design and development efforts.Participates in monthly integrated business reviews (IR) and provides business relevant data to the Leadership TeamServes as a model to other team members and champions others in and around the team. Consistently takes action to ensure the effectiveness, morale and productivity of the team.Core Competencies:
Building sustainable customer relationships to respond quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problemsCommunicating with impact to deliver clear messages and to make complex issues meaningful and framed in line with audience's experience / backgroundDecision making to identify key issues and develop best course of actionMobilizing resources to manage staff and resources consistent with organizational goalsBusiness acumen to understand the organization’s business model, structure, systems, processes and to interpret relevant financial dataFunctional Competencies:
Influencing and negotiation skills.Networking, ability to work with a wide range of functions / rolesMultitasks, ability to navigate between different complex matters to be able to quickly identify, investigate and resolveOther qualifications
Ability to organize tasks and work independently with minimal supervisionAbility to prioritize multiple diverse activities at any given timePrior Assignment in at least one of the following areas: Internal or External Audit, Controllership, business analysisFluent in English (and Turkish) is mandatoryEducation:
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related areaTo know more about Corteva please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs3CpU29-1M