Head of Accounting for Japan

Job Information

Job ID: 105520
Job Title: Head of Accounting for Japan
Recruiter: East West Consulting K. K.
Company Name: East West Consulting
Division: Accounting
Company Type: International Company
Non-Japanese Ratio: About half Japanese
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Tokyo - 23 Wards
Train Description: Shibuya
Salary: 7.5 million yen ~ 11 million yen
Salary Bonuses: Bonuses paid on top of indicated salary.
Work Hours: 9pm-5pm
Date Refreshed: August 28th, 2008 11:29

General Requirements

Minimum Experience Level: Over 6 years
Career Level: Mid Career
Minimum English Level: Business Level
Minimum Japanese Level: Native
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
Visa Status: Japanese national or permission to work in Japan required

Job Description

Dear Candidate,
My client is one of the most famous IT companies in the world and has an APAC support office ( 15ppl) in Tokyo that needs a head of Accounting and General Affairs. Please take a look at the information below and feel free to contact me at anytime with your questions. As this is an urgent search, please contact me ASAP if you are interested.

The person will be responsibile for overal accounting/human resources and logistic/administration for our office in Tokyo, with 12-15 employees currently on the site. The person will report to accounting manager in Korea directly, and dot-line report to the HR Director in Singapore.

Since the office is relatively small and we need a well rounded, self-efficient professional to work for us, we are quite open if the candidate require some work hour flexibility.

Below please find the selection criteria and job duties for your information.

The following are the criteria for this position.

1. University Graduate
2. 5 years work experience - understand US GAAP and JP GAAP
3. Good at accounting system, preferably Oracle
4. Good Command of English in both converstaion and writing. ( TOEIC 800 )
5. Good communication skills, matural in personality and hands-on.
6. Experience in MNCs is preferable.
7. Experiences in human resources administration and familiar with the personnel regulation in Japan.

Job duties:

1. Fixed assets management (handling purchase order, record the fixed assets, and asset counting).
2. Tax filing (including fixed assets)
3. Monthly closing and reporting
4. Manage the outsource to work on expenses reports , payroll, etc.
5. AP Bank transfer, vendor payment including employee benefit plan providers
6. Cash flow management
7. Provide ongoing Human Resources support on the site and ensure the compliance of local and Yahoo! practices.
8. Manage office facility

I am looking forward to hearing from you

Kind Regards

Shaun Sundberg
Manager, Professional Services
Career Management Partners
Dir: (03) 3222-6733 / Main: (03)3222-2960/
Cell: 080-3094-1385
Map: <http://www.ewc.co.jp/en/tokyo_hq/map.htm>
Homepage: http://www.cmpartners.co.jp/
Profile: http://www.ewc.co.jp/profiles/goldberg>

Required Skills

US GAAP, J GAAP

Company Description

Since 1987 East West Consulting has helped a broad array of international companies achieve success in the Japan market. We are widely recognized as Tokyo’s leading executive search firm. Our clients range from many of the most prominent Fortune 500 companies to dot-com start-ups and successfully emerging enterprises that we are proud to have helped through the establishment phase. East West’s unique recruiting system has been specifically designed for and honed in Japanese market conditions, by executive search professionals with many decades of cumulative experience here, and our clients can benefit from a number of distinctive advantages.

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