SOT_Accounting & Reporting Specialist ( 会计及财报专员)
Finance, Banking & Legal · Accounting & Audit · Taxation
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Job ID: 22766CN
Date posted: 12/06/2026
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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