Chief Financial Officer

**General information**:
**Organisation**:An agricultural cooperative and an international seed group owned by French farmers, Limagrain is driven by its purpose: cooperating for the progress of agriculture everywhere, for everyone. Focused on the genetic progress of plants, Limagrain breeds, produces and distributes field seeds, vegetable seeds and agri-food products
HM.CLAUSE, Business Unit of Group Limagrain, is an innovative global leader in the development, production, and commercialization of vegetable seeds. HM.CLAUSE belongs to the top 5 vegetable seed entities in the world. With over 2,000 varieties in more than 20 vegetable crops, HM.CLAUSE provides innovative solutions to growers worldwide. HM. CLAUSE is a company committed to diversity and inclusion.

**Reference**:2025-10265

**Location**:

- PORTES LES VALENCE**Position description**:
**Employment Type**:
Regular Full Time

**Contractual hours**:
Full-time

**Function**:
GENERAL MANAGEMENT - GENERAL MANAGEMENT

**Main Goal**:
Reporting to the CEO of HM.Clause and with a dotted line to the Head of Finance Limagrain Vegetable Seeds (LVS), your role mainly consist in:

- Implement the strategic orientations of LVS within the BU, in collaboration with the Global Strategic Team (GST) of HM.Clause.
- Support the CEO on all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to budget management, cost benefit analysis, forecasting needs and the securing of new funding
- Organize and lead FP&A team, accounting team, treasury team, internal control, and procurement, to achieve the short, medium and long term profitability and cash objectives of the BU in complicance with local regulatory rules and IFRS rules
- Provide accurate financial reporting and steering needed at BU, at Limagrain Vegetable Seeds and Limagrain Group level, and analysis for decision making.
- Spread financial culture within the BU and be a key advisor on all financial aspects or projects.

**Job description**:
The CFO will be an Executive of Limagrain Group and will be engaged in developing and attaining the goals of Ambition 2030 at Group level.

He/She will interface with the counterparts of the LVS division BU's to contribute to the financial strategy of LVS.

Member of HM.CLAUSE Global Strategic Team (GST) he will contribute in collaborative and transversal way to the strategy of HM.CLAUSE.

**Strategic leadership**
- Contribute and implement the strategic direction of the LVS division and HM.CLAUSE in their financial aspects and organization. As such, lead the consolidation of financial data needed to provide an overview budget, forecast and Mid-Term Plan (MTP) process.
- Act as a strategic and analytical thought partner and strategic advisor to the BU CEO / GST, the leadership team and the board of directors on a wide range of financial, strategic issues by measuring the financial impact of each decision. Support on financial topics, provide scenario and simulations to support in decision making.
- Contribute financial expertise to the company's external growth operations and assesses investments.

**Measure of financial performance**
- Communicate relevant financial indicators and dashboard to the BU and to LVS, with action plan and concrete initiatives to improve business performance
- Develop and oversee strategic long-term planning, cost controls, KPIs, objectives, goals and policies for the company
- Maintain and enhance a reliable cash flowprojection process with a focus on adequate working capital to both meet operating needs and cash management.

**Management**
- Lead Finance team located both in France, USA and subsidiaries, and set up an organization that allows:

- to provide accurate financial reporting according to the Limagrain guidelines (IFRS, GAAP)
- to ensure compliance with local rules and Group principles
- Be a mentor to develop key financial countrerparts within a matrix organization
- Own recruitment, development and overall management of Finance employees, leading an engaged and high-performing team
- Motivate a strong financial team through trust and mentorship. Be a bridge-builder, collaborating and managing hands on to enhance the capabilities and drive organization excellence
- Support the deployment of IT tools: ERP, respecting local rules, but also advanced tools such as BI, EPM, IA...

**Business partnering**
- Counsel and influence senior management staff in a matrix organization on all areas related to financial and asset management
- Interact and influence with other managers to provide consultative support to initiatives through financial and management information analysis, reports and recommandations

**Stakeholders relationship**
- Participate, with the CEO, to the Board of Directors to provide analysis and assessment of the company's performance
- Ensure the relationship with banks, within the framework of the Group agreements and delegation of authorities, and deals in the name and on behalf of the company

**Skills: what we expect of you**: