LATAM Seed Operations Finance Manager

Corteva is looking for an experienced Latin America Seed Operations Finance Manager. This individual is responsible for partnering with the Latin America Seed Operations team to manage over $1B of Cost of Goods Sold and Other Cost of Revenue.

Candidate should display ability to clearly articulate financial impact of business decisions while working collaboratively with business partners to evaluate multiple outcomes. Owner’s mindset and ability to influence are highly desired for this role.

This role reports to the Regional Finance Leader and serves as a strategic partner to the Latin America Seed Operations Senior Director and leadership team to provide timely, accurate and insightful financial information, understanding critical drivers and improvement areas for all cost of revenue buckets for the region.

Responsibilities – How will you help us grow?

• Partner with Latin America Seed Operations leadership team to drive efficient and effective use of assets and resources to manage Cost of Goods Sold

• Responsible for analysis of monthly actuals and forecast to ensure accurate reflection of expectations, including P&L and balance sheet

• Actively incorporate inventory implications are part of business decision evaluations

• Work collaboratively with Latin America seed controllership to anticipate and incorporate key assumption changes

• Act a finance lead in monthly supply review process

• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to drive productivity projects and ensure accurate financial impact

• Finance lead for varied strategic analyses to support the business including Asset Footprint, Make vs Buy, M&A, and Capital

• Active business partner to identify risks & opportunities and key actions to mitigate

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within Corteva Finance function

• Ensure controls compliance and ethical standards

• Collaborate with Global Supply Chain Finance and Production leaders to align regional performance with enterprise-wide strategy and drive consistency in financial and operational decision-making

​Key Skills

• Ability to collaborate and influence business partners

• Strong teamwork skills to amplify impact as an individual contributor

• Strong analytical capabilities

• Proactive attitude and desire to continually improve

• Ability to adapt in real time to match shifting demands in different situations

• Strong owner’s mindset displaying accountability and driving business results

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required

• MBA/CPA/CMA preferred

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in finance or accounting, with preference for:

• Manufacturing or supply chain environments

• Cost accounting or operations finance roles

• Advanced proficiency in Excel (required)

• Experience with SAP (preferred)

• Knowledge of Power BI or data visualization tools (a plus)

• Reports to – LATAM Regional Finance Lead

• Location – Brazil required

• Travel – <10% occasional travel to Plant Sites throughout Latin America

• Language requirements: Portuguese, English, Spanish

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