Cash Planner – North America

Corteva Agriscience • Wilmington, DE

2d

About The Position

As the world’s only major agriscience company completely dedicated to agriculture, Corteva Agriscience is building a culture that stays curious, thinks differently, acts boldly and takes a stand on what’s right for our customers, our co-workers, our partners and our planet. Corteva Agriscience has an opportunity available for a Cash Planner - North America. Reporting to the Global Cash Manager, this position is responsible for NA cash management. This includes, but is not limited to: Overseeing the execution of regional liquidity strategy, including mid-to-long-term cash flow forecasting to provide a solid insight to sources and uses of funds and then collaborate with tax and controllership to execute the developed strategies. Leading cross functional discussions on proactively identifying the risks, taking appropriate actions based on cost benefit analysis of various risk mitigating actions considering hedging costs, opportunity cost of funds, borrowing costs, various tax elements and monitoring those actions. Keeping a vigilant eye on the developments around economic, regulatory, and geo-political matters. Key Relationships: Tax, Controllership, External Banking Partners, Commercial Finance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
• 10+ years of related treasury or finance experience.
• Expertise or broad understanding of cash management concepts and strategies to support funding mechanisms.
• Sound understanding of currency risks and various mitigation actions to reduce the risks like hedging & NMA concepts.
• Strong ability to integrate cash management initiatives to broader, company-wide strategies.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, organizational, analytical, project management, and communication skills.
• Proficient in use of financial reporting systems.
• Understanding of basic accounting best practices, fundamentals and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Cash Flow Management Essentials.
• Financial Statements.
• Chart of Accounts.
• Income Statement Forecast.
• Investments in Marketable and Other Securities, bonds.
• Risk management concepts – Hedging, NMA, Currency.
• Computer literate in the Microsoft Office Software programs (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access, and MSWord).

Responsibilities

• Assess North America short, medium and long-term cash position and make reliable predictions of legal entities cash needs in the future.
• Become a trusted advisor for legal entities and businesses in the region for cash related matters.
• Partner with the back office on the execution of daily cash positioning activities, including managing daily liquidity, cash position reconciliation, and bank reporting.
• Supporting global tasks and initiatives like managing global cash calls, collaborating with cash flow team to reconcile direct vs. indirect method, preparing required reports on high-risk countries for audit committee, and any other assigned tasks.
• Drawing cost benefit analysis of various risk mitigating actions considering hedging costs, opportunity cost of funds, borrowing costs, various tax elements.
• Keeping a vigilant eye on the developments around economic, regulatory and geo-political matters.
• Gathering consensus and driving decisions for any actions requiring leadership alignment.
• Coming up with creative ideas on managing difficult situations.
• Lead and/or support special projects as required.
• Support the treasury operations team, as needed.

Benefits

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior