Finance (Accounting) Manager - International FMCG Company

The Company

A US manufacturing company (no plant in Japan) in the consumer goods industry with strong brand recognition who are seeking an experienced and capable Finance/Accoutning Manager to lead the accounting team and manage one direct report.

The Role

• The core funtion of this role will be to lead the accoutning team in Japan whilst managing 1 direct report, with a key upcoming project being to lead the Japan team (and shared bsuiness service centres abroad) in modifying the ERP system for a new expense system implementation
• Reports to the Finance Director in Japan
• People management with a willingness and capability to be hands-on

The Successful Candidate

• Strong people and communication skills for internal (BP for customer service and logistics team) and external (banks, customs, tax office) communication
• Understanding of USGAAP, JGAAP, Tax, SAP
• Willingness to be hands-on
• High Japanese language proficiency and strong business English

Even Better if you have

• Experience of working for a foreign company
• Consumer goods accouting/finance experience
• System implementation experience

Location

• Tokyo 23

Salary

• 10-15m JPY