Senior Accountant Full Time

Job Reference: BWJ081

Salary: 6.0 – 7.0 mil JPY

Bonus: 500,000 JPY per year

Other: Remote Work Available, Good Work-Life Balance,

We are looking for a senior accountant to join our client’s finance team at Tokyo Office, Japan headquarter.

This position is responsible for:

• Daily operations including general ledger entries, payables, fixed assets, intercompany transactions
• Ensure timely and accurate month-end closes and monthly account reconciliations
• Recognizing and resolving general accounting issues
• Dealing with audits
• Preparing tax filing for areas in charge
• Ad-hoc reporting and projects assigned

The senior accountant will report to Accounting Lead and Finance Manager. He or she will also interact with multiple departments within the company. There is a possibility of a change of role or scope of work within the finance department to support the expansion of the company business and development of the department. The ideal talents are to enjoy new assignments or changes for their further career growth and to add pro-active value at every step of the business process and drive effective decision supports that enable us to make critical decisions timely and accurately.

Education/Certifications/Training:

Required:

• Minimum of Bookkeeping Level 2 (Boki 2 Kyu) knowledge in accounting
• More than 3 years of accounting experience in business entities or audit firms
  • Entry of monthly/quarterly/annual financial closing journals
  • Prepare BS reconciliation and prepare/review variance analysis

Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• SAP experience

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Review transactions and resolve issues for proper accounting treatment in accordance with US GAAP
• Manage AP bookings and payments including Concur T&E data audit
• Assist in providing cash flow reports to the treasury team
• Oversee and process intercompany transactions
• Manage fixed asset data for accounting and tax filing
• Assist Accounting Lead and Finance Manager with annual tax filing
• Enforcement of local procedures and rules in accordance with global policies
• Work closely with other members of the team to assist any ad hoc tasks necessary within the team.
• Take a role to deal with and complete projects assigned business knowledge, skill requirements, and desired attributes:
• Experience with large ERP systems required, such as SAP
• Knowledge of US and Japan GAAP/IFRS
• Tax filing preparation experience preferred
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work individually and as a team to accomplish company priorities and goals
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to identify and resolve issues
• Japanese language as native level (writing, reading, and speaking)
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English