Accounting & Finance Department Head Candidate

This role will lead the accounting and finance function as a department head candidate. Responsibilities include overseeing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing, preparing disclosure materials such as securities reports and earnings summaries, and gradually expanding into disclosure and management work.

The role will handle external coordination with the audit firm regarding accounting policies and with tax advisers. It will also establish and operate internal controls for accounting operations, improve work processes, develop team members, and build a more efficient and robust accounting and finance structure.

The position is intended for someone with experience in the accounting department of a listed company or a comparable organization, such as a company preparing for an IPO. The background section requests at least eight years of practical accounting experience. The application requirements separately state practical experience equivalent to at least five years and the ability to independently complete monthly and quarterly closing. The posting contains both experience descriptions.

Required qualifications include practical use of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; a Japanese Bookkeeping Certification of grade 2 or higher; experience responding to an audit firm for accounting audits; experience handling large datasets of more than 100,000 records; and the ability to collaborate with other departments through smooth and open communication. Preferred experience includes responding to accounting standard or tax law changes, consolidated closing, tax filing work, and management.

THECOO operates the Fanicon fan-community application, iCON Suite, RIPPLY, iCON CAST, and an online marketing consulting business. The company began with B2B influencer marketing, later expanded into B2C services, and was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market at the end of 2021. This role supports accounting governance and management decision-making within that corporate environment.

The position is full-time and based in Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. The annual salary range is 6,000,000 to 9,000,000 JPY. Salary is revised once a year, and a performance-based closing bonus is available. The probationary period is six months. Working hours use a flextime system with core hours from 11:00 to 15:00; the posting also states that a professional discretionary work system is in place.

Benefits listed include social insurance, commuting expenses, influenza vaccination, babysitter-ticket subsidies, support for training and study meetings, book purchases and other skill development, freee welfare benefits, and full support for installation and usage fees for a company-designated high-speed home internet connection. The workplace has a designated smoking room. Holidays include a two-day weekend on Saturdays and Sundays, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, annual paid leave of 10 days in the first year after six months of employment, bereavement leave, and Sick Leave. Special leave listed includes marriage, maternity, childcare, nursing-care, bereavement, and Sick Leave. The selection process consists of document screening, multiple interviews, and an offer; a personality assessment is conducted before the final interview, and a reference check may be requested.