Accounts Payable Professional(Korean)

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 an 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

• Process supplier invoices for Asia entities within the centralized FSC, ensuring timely and accurate posting in SAP.
• Ensure compliance with standard operating procedures, legal and tax requirements, and company accounting policies (e.g., 3-way match).
• Identify invoice discrepancies, issue exception notices, and proactively follow up to resolve issues.
• Act as the primary contact for Korean-speaking vendors and stakeholders, handling inquiries and complaints effectively.
• Build strong working relationships with operations teams and business stakeholders to support business needs.
• Review payment proposals and supporting documents, and process urgent or ad-hoc payments when required.
• Perform monthly account reconciliations, ensuring no outstanding unreconciled items and escalating aged issues promptly.
• Support internal controls and audit requirements, ensure SOX compliance, and contribute to process improvements.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Fluent in Korean (reading, writing, and speaking); strong English reading and writing skills with basic speaking ability.
• Strong communication skills with a customer service-oriented mindset.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Outlook.
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration or participation in projects.
• High attention to detail with strong accuracy and risk awareness.
• Strong time management skills with the ability to handle multiple tasks under pressure and meet deadlines.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience in Accounts Payable (AP) or within a Finance Shared Service Center (FSC).
• Hands-on experience with SAP or other ERP systems.
• Familiarity with vendor management, procurement processes (e.g., PO), or SOX/internal control environments.

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

For your awareness, IFF has announced its intention to sell its Food Ingredients Business to CVC Capital Partners. The sale is presently expected to close in the first half of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The Food Ingredient business unit will remain a part of IFF until close and, at such time, it will transition to CVC Capital Partners. In applying for this position, you acknowledge your awareness that the position is a part of the Food Ingredient business unit and has been identified to transition to CVC Capital Partners.

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