Job Summary
IFF is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and health & biosciences. We deliver sustainable innovations that elevate everyday products.
Food Ingredients: Innovating improved nutritional profiles, better taste and texture, and greater cost efficiency to meet the needs of global food and beverage manufacturers.
The role is based in São Paulo, Brazil (remote). Be part of a collaborative, detail-oriented, and solution-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.
Where You’ll Make a Difference
- Own and maintain financial tracking activities, including budgets, forecasts, accruals, and actuals for the assigned function
- Monitor spend against approved plans, analyze variances, and proactively highlight risks or opportunities
- Prepare recurring financial reports, dashboards, and executive-ready summaries to support decision-making
- Support month-end and quarter-end close activities, including reconciliations and proper documentation
- Partner closely with Finance, Procurement, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure accuracy and compliance
- Develop and improve financial tracking tools, templates, and processes to enhance efficiency and transparency
- Respond to ad hoc financial analyses and data requests from leadership in a timely and structured manner
What Makes You the Right Fit
- 3–5 years of experience in financial analysis, financial operations, or budget management
- Solid understanding of budgeting, forecasting, accruals and financial reporting processes
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI; experience with SAP, Zycus, or other financial systems or reporting tools is an advantage
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of core financial processes
- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and data accuracy
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
- Clear communication skills with the ability to translate financial data into actionable insights
- Advanced proficiency in English is required; Spanish is a plus
How Would You Stand Out?
- Experience supporting global or cross-functional teams
- Continuous improvement mindset with an interest in process optimization or digital enablement
- Comfortable working with dashboards, reporting visualizations, or automation tools
Why Choose Us?
- Opportunity to work in a global, purpose-driven organization
- Collaborative and inclusive team environment
- Exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic decision-making
- Learning and development opportunities to support career growth
- Flexible working model aligned with local policies
Please attach your CV in English.
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
- 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis, financial operations, or budget management
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI
- Solid understanding of budgeting, forecasting, accruals and financial reporting processes
- Advanced proficiency in English
- Experience with SAP, Zycus, or other financial systems or reporting tools
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.
