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Role Description
- This position is responsible for cost accounting, monthly closing, and financial reporting.
- Support the Chief Accountant, with a strong focus on cost accounting.
- Maintain and improve financial reporting for the overseas parent company and group, including IFRS and consolidated reporting.
1. Accounting & Cost Accounting (Main Duties)
- Calculate and analyze manufacturing costs (materials, labor, overhead)
- Analyze cost variances and propose improvements
- Handle monthly, quarterly, and annual closing
- Check journal entries, manage account balances, and review accounting records
2. Financial Reporting & Closing
- Support accounting and closing based on IFRS
- Prepare and review consolidated reporting packages
- Report to the parent company and overseas offices, and respond to inquiries
- Support internal and external audits
3. Support for Chief Accountant / Accounting Manager
- Act as backup for the Chief Accountant when necessary
- Prepare reports based on instructions from the Accounting Manager
- Support accounting policies and internal rules
- Improve accounting processes and workflows
4. System & Process Improvement
- Handle accounting operations using the Fast Accounting System
- Support data management and system operations (other accounting systems possible)
5. Internal & External Communication
- Work closely with production, purchasing, and warehouse teams on cost and inventory matters
- Communicate in Japanese or English when required
- Respond to accounting and finance-related inquiries within the company
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree or above
- Language: English - Business-level
- Experience:
- Around 8-10 years of financial accounting experience in a manufacturing company
- At least 5 years of cost accounting experience
- Experience as an Accounting Manager, Team Leader, or Assistant Manager
- Skills
- Chief Accountant certification
- Experience in IFRS-based financial accounting
- Ability to prepare consolidated financial reporting packages
- Experience with ERP systems (especially Fast Accounting; SAP, Oracle, or other systems are also acceptable)
Job ID: 139763303