ACCOUNTANT

JOB TITLE: ACCOUNTANT

Job Category:・ Indirect Labor ・ Direct Labor

Primary Location: ・ Tokyo ・ Toda ・ Osaka

Report to: Finance Manager

Dotted Line to: NA
Number of Subordinates: NA

JOBSUMMARY&PURPOSES

• Manage financial information by recording, researching and analyzing accounts, and preparing financial statements.

MAINRESPONSIBILITIES&DUTIES

• Prepare consolidated internal and external financial statements by recording, gathering and analyzing information from the general ledger system and other departments.
• Maintain and balance an automated consolidation system by inputting data; scheduling required jobs; verifying data.
• Analyze information and options by developing spreadsheet reports, verifying information.
• Prepare and confirm accuracy of general ledger entries by maintaining records and files, reconciling accounts.
• Prepare payments by accruing expenses; assigning account numbers; requesting disbursements; reconciling accounts.
• Develop and implement accounting procedures by analyzing current procedures, recommending changes.
• Answer accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data.
• Provide accounting support for mergers and acquisitions by reviewing financial information; converting data into a general ledger system; obtaining supplementary information for preparing financial statements.
• Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential and secure.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Accomplish accounting and Japan missions by setting and completing related goals and results.

REQUIREMENTS&COMPETENCIES

Education

• BA/BS degree (or equivalent)

Work Experience

• Over 3 years of accounting experience (US GAAP), and the ability to collaborate with a multi-department team, understand US GAAP.

Knowledge & Skills

• PC Proficiency (Especially Excel), master of excel functions and tables. Be able to use MS Office products and local accounting software. Excellent in analysis.
• Accounting: SFAS Rules, Reporting Skills, General Math Skills, Manage Outsourcing Company.
• General: Deadline-Oriented, Time Management, Attention to Detail, Confidentiality,
• Highly productive, highly detail oriented and organized in work.
• Verbal Communication, Business Level English (Written, Oral).

Other Job-related Requirements

• Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
• Must be able to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time; able to focus on work in an open office; able to perform general office administrative activities: copying, filing, delivering and using the telephone; able to occasionally lift and move record boxes.

Certificates

• Second grade certificate of Japanese bookkeeping