Corporate Accounting Specialist (Leadership Track)

This corporate accounting role initially focuses on financial accounting and closing activities, with an expected progression toward leading the accounting team. Responsibilities include completing monthly, quarterly, and annual closing for both standalone and consolidated accounts, supporting various tax filing activities, and improving accounting workflows to reduce routine work through the use of AI.

The role also involves promoting AI use in accounting operations. Stated examples include checking accounting data for inconsistencies, verifying the alignment between journal entries and supporting data, identifying unrecorded items based on monthly trends, and analyzing increases and decreases. Another area is automated matching for payment receipt clearing, comparing incoming payment data with accounting records and automating the clearing process. The role may also support consistency checks for disclosure documents, including earnings summaries and securities reports, together with comparisons against materials supporting their notes.

The accounting organization is described as having one section manager, one leader, and three members. Accounting staff are assigned by business division, allowing the role to cover a business area from organizing accounting issues through closing and tax work. The posting also states that the organization is building a new accounting structure for the AI era so that staff can focus on higher-value work.

The named tools are freee for accounting and Bakuraku for expense settlement and related processes. Depending on the candidate’s interests, possible areas for deeper specialization include financial due diligence and post-merger integration work for M&A, disclosure activities such as earnings summaries and securities reports, internal controls, and coordination with audit firms.

The work location is the msb Tamachi Tamachi Station Tower N, 23rd floor, in Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The location information states that an indoor smoking area is available and that the duties do not take place in a smoking-permitted area. No salary, employment term, working hours, benefits, language requirement, or visa sponsorship terms are stated.