Accounting Manager Hyogo

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Job details

Company overview

Our client is world's largest construction machinery manufacturer.

Responsibilities

The Operations Accounting Manager will manage two teams which are inventory accounting and fixed asset accounting to have accurate financial information and to provide insight and accurate data with business units of domestic and oversea effectively. Manages a team of supervisors and staff members to provide guidance on complex business issues and leads continuous improvement. Provides leadership and direction to supervisors with both technical and administrative responsibilities for a team staff. Local accounting practice and procedure have been integrated with Corporate standard, but there still be a continual need to align with Corporate policy and procedure.
Job Duties/Responsibilities may include but are not limited to: 

• Managing inventory accounting and fixed asset accounting Operation, such as month end closing journal entries, fixed asset shared service(Placed in service, disposal etc..) and inventory and fixed asset balance management
• Leading the team to focus on process simplification and standardization and digitalization as well as productivity improvement by challenging traditional methods
• Managing business risk and governance including Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls
• Project management – Assist corporate initiative and own process improvement
• Managing the team of staff personnel and their workload by setting expectations and prioritizing the work and projects
• Evaluating staff performance, participating in hiring process, providing career guidance, and training direction, and promoting teamwork and rewards to ensure employee engagement to meet corporate strategic goals
• Collaborating with internal and external parties as appropriate

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent or non-accounting bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 18 hours accounting or business coursework
• Excellent English (TOEIC 850 or above) and Japanese language skills (speaking and writing)
• Good IT skill (Accounting sys, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI, or other specialized skills in data automation)
• Accounting work experience of 5 years or more
• Professional Certification (Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or equivalent) or in process of obtaining one
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional, cross-cultural peers while maintaining an enterprise perspective
• Demonstrate high levels of initiative, leadership, good judgment, and superior communication skills
• Strong analytical, process improvement, problem solving and human relations skills
• Understanding of accounting and business processes, and enterprise operation Excellent analytical skills on financial information

Desired skills & qualifications:

• Accounting system experience with SAP.
• In-depth knowledge of our accounting practices and systems
• Experiences in professional accounting firm
• Supervisory experience
• Employee benefit details

Salary

8 - 10 million yen

Location

Tokyo