Job Summary
It's an exciting time at IFF!
The Manager – External Reporting and Technical Accounting is a pivotal role within IFF’s Corporate Accounting Group. This position ensures the accuracy of the Company’s periodic SEC filings, including quarterly and annual reports (10-Q and 10-K), and other external financial reporting requirements. The role also ensures compliance with US GAAP and provides technical accounting support, including research and memo preparation, while liaising with key stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the preparation and review of the company's quarterly and annual SEC filings, ensuring adherence to applicable regulations, accounting standards, and disclosure requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including accounting, finance, legal, and treasury, to gather and analyze financial and non-financial data for SEC filings.
- Lead specific technical projects such as divestiture accounting, stock-based compensation, revenue recognition, lease activity, and the adoption of new accounting pronouncements.
- Maintain a comprehensive understanding of relevant accounting standards, SEC regulations, and industry best practices related to external reporting.
- Manage the external reporting process, including timelines, review cycles, and coordination with external auditors.
- Utilize Workiva and other tools to streamline the SEC reporting process, enhancing efficiency and accuracy.
- Maintain and update accounting policies, and educate business units on these policies as needed.
- Prepare and review corporate journal entries related to technical accounting topics.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- Active CPA license is required.
- 4 to 8 years of experience in public accounting or a combination of public and private experience.
- Previous experience in external reporting for a large accelerated filer registrant is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, SEC reporting requirements, and FASB technical pronouncements.
- Experience with Workiva and SAP is preferred.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to discuss issues and work directly with senior management.
- Strong teamwork, interpersonal, and relationship management skills.
- Hybrid working environment; required to be in our New York City office two to three times a week.
Compensation ($120,000 - $130,000) is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and location.
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
Salary Ranges:
$84,000.00 - $156,000.00
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.
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