The Senior Accountant will manage financial reporting, compliance, and accounting processes for SmartNews and its subsidiaries.
About this role
This Account Executive role sits within the team responsible for growing transaction volume in SmartNews’s Japanese advertising business. The work focuses on expanding SmartNews Ads revenue by strengthening relationships with existing advertisers and agencies while developing new accounts and opportunities.
The role leads strategic sales activities, including campaign optimization proposals, analysis of delivery and article-viewing data, KPI design, planning, and recommendations to senior client decision-makers. It also involves identifying underlying business issues, developing growth strategies through data-based PDCA cycles, supporting agency adoption of advertising products, and using AI and internal tools to improve sales productivity.
Applicants must have at least three years of digital advertising sales experience and at least three years directing operations as an account representative. The posting also requires knowledge of Japan’s digital advertising industry, a strong understanding of agency business and transaction flows, independent planning and execution, logical problem-solving, and the ability to use AI tools flexibly in business operations.
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