Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Finance: Empowering strategic decisions through expertise; fueling sustainable growth by delivering insights, managing risk and driving value across global operations.
Team Description: Accurate, Resilient, Solution-oriented, Dedicated, Experienced
The role is based in Kunshan City, China. Be part of a AP team in GBS where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities for assigned legal entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with IFF financial policies and US GAAP.
- Prepare, review, and submit financial reports and reporting packages in accordance with corporate reporting requirements and established deadlines.
- Support statutory reporting activities, including the preparation of local financial statements and reconciliation between US GAAP and local GAAP requirements.
- Coordinate external audit engagements, provide supporting documentation, and partner with auditors to ensure timely completion of statutory and financial audits.
- Assist in the execution of internal audit activities and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance controls, maintaining a strong control environment across financial processes.
- Provide financial analysis and documentation support for tax audits, regulatory reviews, and government inspections when required.
- Partner closely with Global Shared Services teams to support Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) processes and resolve operational accounting issues.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, process standardization efforts, and finance transformation projects to enhance efficiency, compliance, and reporting quality.
What Makes You the Right Fit
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in accounting, controllership, financial reporting, audit, or related finance functions.
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP, local accounting standards, statutory reporting requirements, and tax principles.
- Hands-on experience with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities within a multinational or complex business environment.
- Solid understanding of internal controls, compliance requirements, risk management principles, and SOX frameworks.
- Strong systems proficiency and advanced analytical skills, with the ability to work effectively with ERP and financial reporting systems.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across finance, shared services, auditors, and business teams.
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal, with the ability to operate effectively in a global business environment.
How Would You Stand Out?
- Professional accounting certification such as ACCA, CPA, CMA, or CIMA.
- Previous experience with a Big Four accounting firm or a multinational corporate finance environment.
- Experience supporting Global Shared Services, Controllership, finance transformation, or cross-border statutory reporting activities.
Why Choose Us?
- Attractive profit, including free shuttle bus, lunch etc.
- Home office opportunity (2 days/week after probation)
- Work-Life balance
- Training opportunities
- Learning and development programs
- Great team collaboration
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related discipline
- Minimum 3 years relevant experience in accounting, controllership, financial reporting, audit, or related finance functions
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP, local accounting standards, statutory reporting, and tax principles
- Hands-on experience with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities in a multinational or complex business environment
- Solid understanding of internal controls, compliance, risk management principles, and SOX frameworks
- Strong systems proficiency and advanced analytical skills; experience with ERP and financial reporting systems
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Fluency in English, written and verbal
- Professional accounting certification such as ACCA, CPA, CMA, or CIMA
- Previous experience with a Big Four accounting firm or multinational corporate finance environment
- Experience supporting Global Shared Services, controllership, finance transformation, or cross-border statutory reporting
IFF Family of Companies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IFF Family of Companies and has not been reviewed or approved by IFF Family of Companies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in many roles and locations, and compensation is often described as good.
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Parental & Family Support — A global minimum of 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents is in place. This policy is positioned as a notable component of the overall package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Core offerings include paid time off, sick days, holidays, and sabbatical leave. Flexible scheduling options such as compressed workweeks and hybrid/remote arrangements are available where feasible.
IFF Family of Companies Insights
What We Do
Meet IFF: We boldly bring together science and creativity to create what the world needs. An industry leader in food, beverage, health and biosciences, we create essential solutions – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. Equal parts outspoken and analytical, our international collective of thinkers working with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products people crave. With 24,000 employees across 65 countries, more than 110 manufacturing facilities, 100 R&D centers, and 33,000 customers across the world, we’re poised to make a difference on an unprecedented scale. Without our boundary-pushing passion and end-to-end expertise, the future wouldn’t be the same. Visit us at www.iff.com to learn more about how our talented people and new technology are challenging the expected, championing creators and doing more good for people and planet. Explore what sets us apart.
