Senior Cost Accountant, Singapore

About Symrise AG

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food.

With sales of around €4.9 billion in the 2025 financial year, the company is one of the world's leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America.

Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.

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Senior Cost Accountant, Singapore

As a Senior Cost Accountant, you will be responsible for leading costing, inventory and related financial reporting processes for Singapore, SEA and Oceania operations. As a trusted senior member of the Singapore Finance team, you will provide analysis, review and business partnering support to ensure accurate product costing, robust inventory controls, timely month-end reporting and continuous improvement of costing processes and systems.

Reporting to the Costing Manager, the role works closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Regional Finance and internal and external stakeholders. This is a critical Singapore-based role, providing time-sensitive and seamless support to operations given Singapore's high cross-border transaction volumes. The role covers Singapore costing activities as well as selected regional costing and reporting responsibilities across SEA and Oceania.

The Position:

Singapore Trade Compliance

• Act as the key on-ground representative liaison for Free Trade Agreement (FTA) compliance matters in Singapore.
• Ensure timely renewal and maintenance of existing FTA schemes and related compliance requirements
• Lead and support system implementation or enhancement projects related to trade compliance including user testing, issue tracking, process updates and documentation.
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement, standardisation and alignment across trade compliance activities
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to resolve trade compliance issues, address queries and support new projects or initiatives

SG Costing & Inventory

• Provide timely and critical support to Operations on inventory-related matters including issue resolution and on-the-group support where required.
• Drive improvements in costing processes, controls, reporting quality and system reliability through proactive review, documentation and stakeholder engagement
• Perform monthly process order settlements and partner with Supply Chain to investigate unusual variances, master data issues and system setup discrepancies.
• Maintain material master data including new product cost releases and conduct periodic checks to ensure accuracy and completeness of system setup
• Execute and drive cost roll-up and inventory revaluation processes including analysis, reporting and stakeholder communication.
• Prepare and analyse monthly manufacturing variances, identify key drivers and work with stakeholders to resolve root causes
• Coordinate half-yearly and annual manufacturing rate reviews including data compilation, analytical review, stakeholder communication and recommendation of rate updates for planning and reporting purposes
• Own inventory control activities including inventory adjustments, SRMS analysis, third-party inventory reconciliations, stocktake coordination, cycle count follow-up and variance reporting.

SEA Costing & Inventory

• Provide shared service support to SEA and Oceania on costing, inventory and related reporting activities
• Guide and collaborate with local Finance costing team members by providing senior-level costing advisory support on ad-hoc business matters
• Support product cost analysis, toll product cost analysis, QC point change impact assessments and operational cost improvement initiatives
• Partner with local Finance, Supply Chain, Operations and Regional Finance teams to ensure costing matters are reviewed accurately and aligned with business requirements.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Degree in Accountancy, Finance or related discipline
• 6-8 years of relevant working experience, preferably within the Singapore manufacturing industry
• Strong experience in costing, inventory management, financial reporting and manufacturing variance analysis
• Hands-on experience with SAP is required
• Prior experience in FTA management/trade compliance would be an added advantage
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and business partnering skills
• Ability to interpret complex operational and financial data and translate findings into clear management insights
• High attention to detail with strong ownership mindset and the ability to manage multiple deadlines independently
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills across functions, countries and levels of seniority
• Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify control gaps, streamline processes and support change management
• Team player with a positive working attitude, strong learning agility and the ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment