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
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