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SOT_Accounting & Reporting Specialist

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  • Shanghai, China
  • Finance, Accounting & Tax

Job Description

  • Job ID: 22766CN

  • Date posted: 04/06/2026

    • WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE

    KNOWLEDGE
    Comprehensive understanding of the IKEA concept, its Brand identity, Culture & Values, and strategic directions
    • Comprehensive knowledge of IKEA business, its market, industry, and
    customer needs; knowledge of Ingka Group's core business operations and key
    interactions between businesses/functions
    • Broad understanding of Ingka’s financial and operational processes (the interdependencies and how to manage them)
    • Good understanding of measuring, processing and communicating financial
    information in compliance with internal and external regulations and ensuring
    value for money in reaching business objectives and profitable growth
    • Good understanding of Ingka’s accounting and financial reporting rules, standards
    and manuals along with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and
    General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
    • Good understanding of applying organizational policies and procedures to assess, mitigate, ensure appropriate internal controls and communicate risks to the organization
    • Good understanding of data science, analytics, data visualization tools, and new
    technologies to secure a predictive and value-adding finance and accounting function
    • Good understanding of procedures and tools for data management
    • Good knowledge of how to create and implement change initiatives and manage
    stakeholders in Ingka
    • Basic knowledge of project management processes, methods and tools including
    how to integrate them in everyday work
    • Good understanding of tax accounting, statutory and regulatory reporting as well
    as knowledge of how to provide support in an auditing process

    MOTIVATION
    • Passionate about creating an Ingka fit for the future
    • Energized by increasing customer value, driving business growth and contributing to overall success and results through people
    • Motivated by leading and developing people
    • Inspired by working together in an ever- changing multi-dimensional environment
    • Motivated by leading through cocreation with colleagues and other IKEA units
    • Motivated by sharing and living the IKEA Culture & Values

    CAPABILITIES
    • Attention to detail: Thoroughness and quality in accomplishing a task
    • Results orientation: Focus on meeting and exceeding the desired result
    • Collaborating in change: Ability to collaborate and build alliances in a constantly changing environment with many different stakeholders and demands
    • Critical Thinking: Ability to conceptualise, analyse and evaluate data and determine cause and effects to generate innovative, data-driven
    ideas
    • Learning agility: Ability to learn from experience, and apply that learning to
    perform successfully under new or first- time conditions
    • Data fluency: Ability to work with complex data and communicate insights to make more informed decisions

    YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Execute work to provide accurate and timely financial reporting in compliance with Ingka Group frameworks,
    applicable GAAP and relevant local regulations.
    • Execute internal and external audit tasks to meet relevant compliance and legislative requirements.
    • Collaborate with country and shared service Co-workers to review quality issues, organising remedial action.
    • Maintain effective internal control by reviewing and analysing relevant activities.

    TOGETHER AS A TEAM

    We see ourselves as influencers – we steer the IKEA business by finding the truth behind the figures.
    Together we secure compliance with local and international laws and reporting standards; we assure that accounting processes are efficient and that tax compliance meets business needs.
    We’re a diverse group of people driven by providing reliable financial data to a wide variety of stakeholders.
    At the end of the day, that’s one of the foundations to make IKEA even better!








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