.Job Summary At IFF, an industry leader in food, beverage, health, biosciences and sensorial experiences, science and creativity meet to create essential solutions for a better world – from global icons to unexpected innovations and experiences. With the beauty of art and the precision of science, we are an international collective of thinkers who partners with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients, and solutions for products the world craves. Together, we will do better for people and planet.Ingredients is the larger Segment in IFF, with over $3B in sales and 5 Business Units (BU). We are very excited to welcome a new Global Financial Analyst, Ingredients to our team, and we hope it's you!You will be part of the Ingredients Business Finance team, where we help our BU leadership teams to take better, more timely and data-driven decisions – through data visibility, in-depth analysis and process improvement - making our BU ´s and company more successful.As a Global Financial Analyst, you will support the Ingredients Finance Director and the Global Business Unit Finance Leads in areas such as but not limited to financial planning, commercial analysis, pricing design and execution, budgeting, capital investment projects, forecasting, working capital analysis and optimization, etc. in a way that contribute to the improvement of business performance, execution of business strategy and company ´s results overall.You will need to develop a thorough understanding of our financial reporting systems and of each BU specific characteristics. You will be responsible for coordinating data inputs and first level analysis. You will gain an ability to have a holistic view, whilst understanding the most appropriate level of detail needed for the different types of financial analysis.This role builds upon existing analytical and system knowledge and provides an opportunity in developing key competencies within our function:Business partneringBusiness acumenBusiness/Financial AnalysisInnovationIn Asturias we are working to create a Center of Excellence for IFF Business Finance.Join us in this exciting journey!Your key responsibilities:Coordinate weekly/monthly Sales, gross profit, RSA costs forecasts for the Business Unit, participating in the identification of key drivers and actions to help improving Business performance.Play a key role in building and continuously improving the overall forecast process and accuracySupport the preparation of the monthly Segment and BU business reviewsDrive the preparation of the yearly Budget and Strategy processes in an accurate and timely mannerUnderstand financial drivers influencing business performance and identify key improvement actions.Drive cost optimization and efficiency improvement initiatives.Develop necessary business financial models and capital investments assessment models