Snr Accounting Manager (#9066)

• Manages and leads the team, including any tax advisor and provides Record to report
controllership services across the Japan & Asia Pacific ensuring timely and cost effective delivery.
• Manages internal stakeholders (FP&A Finance, Group Finance and Business) and accompanying change management programmes to ensure that successful service delivery is ongoing.
• Ensures accounting transactions, balances and reports are appropriately prepared and reviewed for validity, accuracy and completeness.
• Ensures compliance with Group Policies, and supports relevant internal controls over statutory financial reporting and Group consolidation for Japan & Asia Pacific region are completed accurately.
• Responsible for ensuring all in scope regulatory submissions including indirect and direct tax reporting are completed accurately and in accordance with legal deadlines.
• Escalation point for customer complaints, service failures or adherence issues in Japan RTR.
• Manages the tax audit and customs audit as required by local tax law, liaising with Group Tax and Tax Advisor to deal with tax appeals to minimize the tax exposures for the country.
• Ensures a full set of documented policies, procedures, process maps and controls is maintained for local finance and RTR processes.
• Oversees the project’s implementation for new local tax and RTR initiatives. Ensures fixed assets and general ledger accounting transactions and cash flow forecast was prepared and reviewed per Group accounting policies.
• Sets future RTR Japan process and service direction and alignment to BBS customer and business strategies.
•Apply understanding of assigned business process to identify gaps and propose continuous improvement measures.
•Work closely with other BBS management, process owners and team leads to understand root causes and represent process procedures, practicalities and exceptions.
•Seeks feedback from the Finance specialists and the delivery team and uses this to inform future delivery of services. Works with other group functions to leverage potential upgrades or consolidate shared systems and processes.
•Maintains a strategic network of external vendors to understand global best practice, build and develop effective working partnerships and ensure an integrated approach for all functional transactions.
•Leverage the benefits of SAP and BPC ensure that the most efficient and effective processes are adopted across the group.
•Establishes the business case for consolidating, upgrading or implementing new RTR systems when applicable.

•Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
•Native-level Japanese and business-level English (both written and spoken)
•Qualified accountant or Professional accounting qualification in Japan or equivalent
•Strong technical background with experience in applying IFRS in retail environment is required.
•Strong accounting and leadership experience with 10 years working + in Accounting and Shared Services environment in Record to Report area in multinational company.
•Proven experience in managing RTR team, including history of hiring, training, motivating and retaining personnel.
•SAP related ERP working experience, knowledge and Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) or other finance consolidation tool for Record to Report is essential.
•Strong Japan GAAP and local compliance knowledge and experience
•Strong communication and stakeholder management
•Able to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure

- OVERTIME WORK (​時間外労働): Yes
- AVERAGE MONTHLY OT (残業月平均):10-20hrs
- BREAK TIME (休憩時間: 1hr
- SOCIAL INSURANCE (加入保険): 健康保険、厚生年金、雇用保険、労災保険
- HOLIDAYS (休日): 土、日、祝日
- OTHER (その他): Hybrid work which is flexible depending upon team and Flex time with core hours