Chief Accountant

THE BASIC AND ADVANCED FUNCTIONS OF FINANCE MANAGEMENT

Accounting & Reporting

• Ensures that the accounting is correct transparent (within the organization and towards HQ) and complete (including appropriate accruals/deferrals). The financial statements must present a true and fair view of the financial position financial performance and cash flows of the reported period.
• Assures timely submission of accurate financial information to all external and internal stakeholders
• Assists the Finance Manager in proactively managing the Year-End-Audit process and the external auditors to secure an unqualified opinion.
• Ensures that the accounting operations are fully integrated from a process systems and control perspective
• Supports the Finance Manager in establishing an effective tax management in cooperation with the tax specialists in HQ and external tax advisors
• Supports HR department in payroll

Accounting - Bookkeeping

• Maintains the fixed asset register and supervises the asset accounting in the fixed asset ledger
• Manages the accounts payables ledger as well as the periodic payment runs while ensuring compliance with the rules and principles of the internal control system (e.g. segregation of duties)
• Controls the accounts receivable ledger and the dunning process
• Supervises the bank statement postings as well as the reconciliation of the bank accounts and petty cash
• Reconciliation of all tax accounts
• Guarantees the timely and accurate reporting to local authorities
• Maintains the general ledger

Accounting Period Closing

• Responsible for the timely compilation of the monthly and annual closings including the communication of the closing timetable within the organization
• Carries out depreciation runs posts all accrual and deferral entries as well as revaluations write offs and provisions
• Reconciles all clearing and intern company accounts
• Carries out any other period closing postings
• Prepares the annual statutory financial statements
• Conducts a thorough review of all monthly reports and financial statements prior to the submission to HQ or authorities in order to make correction

Internal Control Management

• Guarantees 100% compliance with all relevant local legislation (e.g.: statutory accounting standards tax law incl. transfer pricing civil law) and internal group accounting guidelines
• Develops and implements all policies according to the HQ guidelines and procedures
• Supports GM/FAM verify internal control application according to the HQ guidelines
• Ensures that policies and procedures are well communicated and applied

Optimization & Productivity

• While maintaining quality continuously drives efficiency by streamlining processes (within Accounting and beyond Accounting) and the use of available tools

People Management

• Assure sustainable development of the Accounting Department employees by effective and efficient recruitment sourcing of young talent and development of the strength of existing employees
• Assure the accounting team has clear written defined assignments and all employees have a clear and written Job Description; make sure that targets are not just defined they are agreed
• Assure a performance appraisal where you deliver honest fair and clear feedback on the performance of the employee
• Assure compensation is linked to performance and fair in comparison with market values to retain key people
• Assure that you have a team of highly engaged people since this drives performance

Project Management

• Local Management and support of Accounting projects (e.g. SAP FI projects implementation/updates of Accounting tools)

Qualifications :

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Holds a relevant accounting qualification (Certified Management Accountant)
• Working experience: Minimum of 5 years of relevant accounting experience
• Strong knowledge in Japan Tax legislation local GAAP and IFRS
• Mandatory SAP (FI CO COPA and BI) and ideally HFM user knowledge
• A structured and well-organized individual
• Result and performance oriented
• Fluent English communication on speaking writing and listening
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal customers cross functional teams and global technical teams
• Self-motivated self-directed flexible and be able to work under pressure in a fast-paced team environment

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time