Finance Specialist

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.

About the Unit

Yara grows knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet, to fulfill our vision of a collaborative society, a world without hunger and a planet respected. To meet these commitments, we have taken the lead in developing digital farming tools for precision farming and work closely with partners throughout the whole food value chain to develop more climate-friendly crop nutrition solutions. In addition, we are committed to working towards sustainable mineral fertilizer production. We foster an open culture of diversity and inclusion that promotes the safety and integrity of our employees, contractors, business partners, and society at large. Founded in 1905 to solve the emerging famine in Europe, Yara has a worldwide presence of about 17,000 employees and operations in over 60 countries.

Responsibilities

Perform consolidation and analysis for monthly financial and annual business plan for Asia Pacific countries, with aim to drive business optimisation
Monitor Asia Pacific performance at country level, with challenge to drive improvements in the countries and BU Asia
Active business partner to support improvements projects (Operational Excellence, Procurement Excellence and Commercial Excellence) in Asia Pacific, to improve sales while reducing costs and working capital
Review and monitor capex investments proposed by countries and provide recommendation to the management
Consolidate countries’ currency sensitivity and exposure to support treasury activities in BU Asia
Support countries on the DCF modelling for impairment testing
Close collaboration with BI team on managing Dashboards to support performance management & decision making
Identify and drive continuous improvements in performance management process
Any ad-hoc tasks whenever required.

Profile

Degree in Finance, Accounting and/or CPA certified
Team player with a positive attitude
At least 5 years of experience from auditing (with commercial experience), accounting, management consulting, business controlling or similar MNC experience
Excellent numeric and knowledge of Excel (including Macro functions)
Good knowledge of SAP and/(or) SUN system

Additional Information

Ambition and drive – willingness to assume increasingly broad or complex
responsibilities/scope
Self-driven with ability to work independently
Generates feasible and efficient solutions to solve problems and capitalize on new opportunities and makes timely decisions and takes action in complex and difficult situations
Demonstrate good logical and critical thinking skill while resolving issue
Outstanding analytical skills and documented strong academic performance
Strong communication skills
Business interest and acumen
Seeks development actively and has the capacity to learn quickly
Agile - adapts quickly and easily to different situations; responds well to new challenges

Contact details

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Knowledge grows through differences
Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.

As part of our recruitment process, where permitted by local law, we may conduct reference and background checks. These checks will only be performed when deemed necessary for the nature of the job. Candidates will be informed by HR before any background checks are initiated.