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Job ID : 1597271 Date Updated : June 16th, 2026

Accounting Leader / Manager Candidate

Hiring Company Growing Software Company
Location Kanagawa Prefecture
Job Type Permanent Full-time
Salary 5 million yen ~ 9 million yen

Job Description

We are hiring an Accounting Leader (or Leader Candidate) for the accounting team. Working closely with senior management, you will help drive the company's growth from a finance and accounting perspective.

Why this role

  • Work directly alongside top management and see the business transform firsthand
  • Real influence: a growth and transformation phase means genuine scope to propose and lead change across the whole company
  • Clear path beyond accounting into finance, management accounting, and business planning
  • Own the monthly and annual close and take on broader responsibility fast
  • Stable, well-funded backing combined with the energy of a scaling business

Key responsibilities

  • Journal entry registration and approval
  • Monthly, quarterly, and annual closing, including adjusting entries
  • Preparing financial reporting materials
  • Full tax filing package, including group consolidated taxation and size-based (pro forma) enterprise taxation
  • Liaising with audit firms, tax accountants, and banks
  • Budget and performance management, and preparing management reports
  • Business process improvement
  • Guiding and training accounting team members

General Requirements

Minimum Experience Level Over 3 years
Career Level Mid Career
Minimum English Level Basic (Amount Used: English usage about 10%)
Minimum Japanese Level Native
Minimum Education Level Technical/Vocational College
Visa Status Permission to work in Japan required

Required Skills

  • Around 5 years covering daily accounting through to financial closing
  • Accounting and financial reporting experience
  • Bookkeeping (Boki) Level 2 or equivalent, at a level usable in practice
  • Basic tax knowledge
  • Strong Excel (functions, pivot tables) and comfort with accounting software and IT tools

Job Location

  • Kanagawa Prefecture
  • Minatomirai Line, Minatomirai Station

Work Conditions

Job Type Permanent Full-time
Salary 5 million yen ~ 9 million yen
Job Division Finance
Industry Software

Job Category

Company Details

Company Type Large Company (more than 300 employees)
Non-Japanese Ratio Majority Japanese