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Senior Cost Accountant

Buckinghamshire, England, GB  
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Job ID 5502 Date posted 04/23/2025 Category Accounting

Who are we? Customer-focused experts. Entrepreneurial thinkers. Creative collaborators. Headquartered in the United States, Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading manufacturer of colors, flavors, and extracts. Our finance teams help to prepare our future by delivering data with an eye for detail and a hunger to take financial ownership for the businesses they serve.

Who are you? A meticulous thinker and team player with a passion for numbers. Working in our Finance teams will bring you new opportunities to deliver your best and grow your skills.

Who is Sensient Finance? We are a department in which opportunity meets results in a dynamic reporting structure. We believe in empowering our team members to make meaningful contributions from day one. We are innovative, diligent, and proactive thinkers who help shape the financial health of the organization. In our teams, your ideas are not only heard but also swiftly implemented, allowing you to see the direct impact of your work. We support and foster professional growth to shape your career.

  • Job Type: Full time
  • Job Level: Entry, Mid, Senior
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We are looking for new Finance team members who are:

  • Driven to win
  • Technical proficiency
  • Accountable
  • Strong communicators
  • Analytical skills
  • Attentive and responsive

Your journey

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Cost Accountant (multiple levels), Cost Controller (multiple levels), Shared Services Director, Business Finance Director, Group CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, Chief Financial Officer Finance Analyst (multiple levels), FP&A Manager (multiple levels), Shared Services, Director, roup CFO / Group Finance Director, Chief Accounting Officer (VP), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) AJD - Finance career path (1440) 1x

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The Sensient Six are the core values that drive us in our mission.

  • Entrepreneurial
  • Customer focused
  • Develop self and others
  • Collaborative
  • Results driven
  • Know your job
Since starting at Sensient, the opportunities for growth have felt endless. From day one, my career development has been supported by a team that is passionate in helping each other succeed. I love being able to get exposure to the business in different ways and see how the functions tie together.
Evelyn Sr. Finance Analyst, USA

Senior Cost Accountant

Buckinghamshire, England, GB  
Job ID 5502 Date posted April 22, 2025 Job Category Accounting

At Sensient Technologies, we are experts in the science, art, and innovation of colour and flavour. We are market savvy and visionary. We are problem solvers. And we will be better with you.

Sensient Technologies has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Cost Accountant in our Flavors division located in our offices in Milton Keynes, UK. This is a temporary 12-month role with scope to become permanent depending on business needs.


What you’ll do:

  • Serve as a key member of the Finance Costing and Manufacturing Team reporting to the EU Flavors Supply Chain Controller
  • Be responsible for all aspects of manufacturing and supply chain accounting for UK Savory Flavors. This includes financial accounting for month end, budget and forecasting and management reportings
  • You will be responsible for product costing and intercompany transfer pricing
  • Ensure effective control and reporting of expenditure, inventory and fixed assets
  • Work effectively with the Shared Service AP/AR, Financial Accounting and Management Accounting

What you’ll bring:

  • You are educated to degree level, and an Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) is desirable
  • You bring 5-10 years of experience working in finance within a manufacturing environment
  • You have a strong understanding of finance and manufacturing business, including ERP systems
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
  • Experience using JD Edwards (preferred)

What you’ll get:

  • Opportunity to collaborate with your colleagues, onsite 5 days per week in Milton Keynes, UK
  • An excellent salary and benefit offering
  • A thorough and effective training experience

About Sensient Flavors & Extracts

Sensient Flavors & Extracts Group develops, manufactures, and distributes flavor and extracts systems that are found in thousands of consumer products worldwide. The company's specialty systems are essential components of food, beverage, household, and personal care products. Sensient's value-added flavors and fragrances enable our customers to excel in highly competitive global markets. The Flavors & Extracts Group is located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

ABOUT SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION:

Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and fragrances. Sensient employs advanced technologies at facilities around the world to develop specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, inkjet and specialty inks and colors, and other specialty and fine chemicals. The Company's customers include major international manufacturers representing most of the world's best-known brands.  Sensient is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

As a dynamic and diversified global leader, we offer an excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package.  For more information, visit our website at http://www.sensient.com

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