Business Controller

Our client, a global leader in the agriculture and seed industry, is seeking a Business Controller to provide strategic financial support and technical accounting expertise aimed at maximizing business value and minimizing risk. This role plays a critical part in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and business performance management. The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted partner to cross-functional teams, delivering financial insights to support investment decisions, cost efficiency, and long-term growth. The role includes stakeholder collaboration, scenario planning, audit support, and team capability development, reporting directly to the Country Finance Manager.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide financial views for business plans, process development, and appropriate financial insight
• Demonstrate key stakeholder engagement and business challenges
• Lead the forecast and budget forecasting, budgeting, and planning processes, working with stakeholders to ensure on-time, high-quality deliverables
• Develop a 3–5 years planning tool to aid scenario planning for the company
• Evaluate investments, expenditures, and financing of projects and provide recommendations.
• Be a Business Partner to the S&M, Operation (SPO and Plant processing), and Group function team, providing consistent and rigorous financial modeling and commercial challenge for a product, pricing decisions, cost efficiency, and its impact on value creation
• Provide insight and analysis into the Product/Channel financial performance and cost optimization.
• Work cross-functionally with other departments to support company goals, increase financial reporting accuracy and develop and improve internal control and productivity saving.
• Responsible for the preparation and delivery of management reporting, ensuring all major variances are investigated and explained and corrective action is taken as necessary to get expenses aligned to plan

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance and/or Business administration
• 10 years of working experience with 5 years of experience in Business or Operational controlling and 3 years in FP&A role
• Able to make a hard decision, drive the solutions to complex business problems
• Proficient in using MS Office – Excel and Big Data Analysis
• Experience in Cost Accounting, MS dynamic and ERP implementation will be an advantage.
• Good command of written and spoken English.
• Details-orientated and well organized and Strong analytical, problem-solving
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
• Solid networking and interpersonal skills
• Good presentation skills, able to explain concepts concisely and accurately
• Able to develop strong, cooperative relationships with internal and external parties
• Ability to have self-motivation for making change/improvement