Purpose of Role
- Managing and overseeing the financial accounting of group
- Monitoring and analyzing business performance and financial reports of group companies
- Establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies and principles, internal control process and maintain accounting books and records properly
- Building relationships and interacting with business units to provide good solutions
Responsibilities
- Preparation of the monthly group's consolidated financial statements for management accounting
- Provide the monthly management report and financial analysis to parent company in Japan
- Preparation of the quarterly group's consolidated financial statements for group statutory reporting purpose
- Provide financial analysis to headquarter in Japan (Listed company of Tokyo Stock Exchange), liaise with auditors in Japan
- Financial budget and forecast of Group of companies (Balance sheet, CAPEX plan, Funding plan)
- Implementation/enhancement of Group consolidation accounting software, provide various analysis, reports and solution by using accounting software
- Monitor overall accounting processes to ensure accuracy and compliance with accounting policy
- Roll out reporting format, maintenance, guidance to group companies
- Enhancing month-end accounting process of group
- Establish and enforce proper J-Sox management process
- Liaise with headquarter for group initiatives
- Participation to ad-hoc project relating to accounting, tax and finance
Experience and Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years’ experience of group consolidation in MNCs (at least more than 20 subsidiaries, multi currencies)
- Strong knowledge of Japanese GAAP and IFRS
- Strong knowledge about regulations of Tokyo Stock Exchange for disclosure
- The analysis, design, development, maintenance and enhancement of consolidation accounting software (Stravis/Hyperion) in global headquarter of MNCs
- Multi-lingual - English, Japanese
- Independent, self-driven, hands-on, meticulous at work, confident dealing with senior stakeholders
- Ability to solve complex issue, able to work under high pressure
- Experience of Corporate tax and transfer price would be advantageous
- Knowledge of SAP and Consolidation Accounting System will be an added advantage
The above is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (i.e., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, or technological developments).
