Senior Accountant

Job Summary

• What’s next in your career? If it’s working on cutting-edge solutions in food, health, and sustainability, you’re in the right place.
• 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