【リモート可】Accounting Manager

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Job details

Company overview

We are a magazine publisher rooted in the United States. With valuable content and strong brand power as our foundation, we aim to drive our business across multiple platforms. We take pride in industry-leading titles that are high-quality and unique, viewing digitalization not as a final goal but as an inevitable evolution. The widespread adoption of the internet has transformed access to information, prompting us to actively evolve as a media company in an era where consumers themselves are sources of information. To achieve this, we strive to provide diverse media content, positioning ourselves as a "multimedia company" that serves as a crucial point of contact between businesses and consumers.

Responsibilities

きっとあなたも一度は耳にしたことがある“あの”世界的に有名／人気の
ファッション雑誌を出版する、
ファッションやライフスタイルに関するメディアを展開する企業です。

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• Financial Reporting & Compliance & Accounting:
  •  Support the JP Finance Director in preparation and coordination of Month-end-close (MEC) for purposes of management accounts including variance analysis.
  •  Review monthly profit & loss, balance sheet, and related key balance sheet reconciliations.
  •  Monitor agreed Controlling activities to ensure they are delivered according to country regulatory reporting requirements and according to CN Global standard processes, policies and controls (including US GAAP)
  •  Review of statutory financial statements under J-GAAP, and any associated regulatory filings, for Board approval.
  •  Responsible to support and execute the J-GAAP statutory audit process, including engaging with auditors to secure the process, timelines and consistency of the audit process.
  •  Manage and support any (other) external audit engagements (e.g. VAT, Tax) and internal audits (GIA)
  •  Responsible to review and approve tax computations and VAT returns and liaising with tax advisors, as required.
  •  Review of the cash flow forecast including monthly variance analysis.
  •  Review and approve any Low / Medium value manual journals and any judgement based manual journals. 
• Management:
  •  Overall responsibility of JP Market Controlling function activities, working closely with Corporate Finance, FP&A, Commercial Controlling Ops.
  •  Line management responsibility for market Controlling function (incl. OTC and Financial Reporting team); manage and lead the local Controllership team to meet both Global and local objectives and goals as well as develop the team.
  •  Oversight and support of controllership team to resolve queries and ensure timely MEC.
  •  Participate with the Global Controlling team to share opportunities to standardise and enhance service delivery wherever they are delivered.
  •  Liaison with Heads of Department and commercial teams to support FCF target and maintain lean AR Aging profile.
  •  Creation and production of account receivable and payable management reports.
  •  Maintain and manage the for establishing and communicating expense reimbursement.
  •  Manage the OTC Team with specific cash collection, including with 3rd party collection agencies where appropriate.
  •  Manage and supervise tax compliance, intercompany operations, transfer pricing policies, etc.
  •  Collaborate with the Treasury team and manage local Banking relationship.
• Process Improvement:
  •  Review the Balance Sheet reconciliation process performed by Controlling Operations team, assessing the quality of reconciliations, contributing to action plans to address unreconciled items and providing approvals for agreed Low or Medium priority reconciliations.
  •  Drive initiatives to improve Free Cash Flow and take ownership of the cash flow forecasts, contributing to the development of opportunities in the market and influencing stakeholders to support the achievement of cash flow targets. Identifying and implementing improvements to the balance sheet and cashflow forecasting and reporting processes.
  •  Provide input on the definition of reporting standards, policies, processes and internal controls with stakeholders including Controlling Operations and Corporate Finance, Tax and Treasury.
  •  Input to any Global and Market specific projects that are assigned, helping to ensuring projects are successfully delivered and embedded in the organisation.
  •  Support the Controlling Ops team to identify and implement opportunities to enhance and standardize processes and, technology, including taking part in initiatives that will lead to being able to retire legacy applications by moving to our global process and systems.
  •  Provide inputs and guidance to the Finance team to ensure that activities are performed in a timely and accurate manner.

■働く環境

• フレックスタイム制
• リモートワーク可
• 401k、ベビーシッター費用補助制度など充実した福利厚生

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Requirements

■必須

• 資格を有する会計士（CCAB、ACA、ACCA、CIMA）
• US GAAPおよび法定財務諸表のためのJ-GAAPの豊富な知識
• 内部および外部監査に関する強い理解と実務経験
• 法人税、付加価値税（VAT）、源泉徴収税（WHT）を含む直接税および間接税に関する知識
• 内部統制システムの実施および/または監視に関する実務経験
• 5人以上のマネジメント経験
• ビジネスレベル以上の英語スキル

■歓迎

• ファイナンシャルコントローラーの経験
• 監査経験

Salary

8 - 10.5 million yen

Location

Tokyo