Manage patent creation and prosecution, freedom-to-operate reviews, third-party IP risk, disputes, and IP due diligence for M&A while working with R&D and legal teams.
About this role
This role is assigned to the Treasury Section of Nikon’s Finance Department. The team supports the finances of the Nikon Group and handles group-wide cash planning, funding and relationships with financial institutions. It also covers pension asset management and securities administration.
Responsibilities include preparing, monitoring and analyzing cash plans and budgets, addressing related issues, arranging funding, negotiating with financial institutions, hedging foreign-exchange risk, managing and reporting on pension assets, trading and reporting on securities, managing group-company funding including borrowing limits and loans, and reporting financial matters to management. The full range of duties is not assigned at the time of joining; responsibilities are determined based on the candidate’s experience and suitability.
Applicants must have at least three years of experience performing the listed types of work in a finance department at an operating company. Experience planning and executing financial strategy at an operating company is welcomed. The posting also seeks candidates interested in Nikon and its businesses, wishing to build a corporate finance and accounting career, and able to work cooperatively in a team.
The position develops skills in corporate finance from cash-plan preparation through funding, negotiations with financial institutions regarding funding amounts, interest rates and terms, and pension asset management through discussions about investment products, asset classes and allocation. The work involves cooperation with financial institutions and domestic and overseas group companies across Nikon’s broad business areas.
The workplace is Nikon’s headquarters or Innovation Center in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Remote work is available, with a stated work-from-home utilization rate of 15–20 percent. Flextime is available. Working hours are 8 actual hours, with a super-flextime system, and the stated break time is 45 minutes. The probationary period is three months. The position is full-time and permanent. Annual holidays total 128 days, including a complete two-day weekly holiday system, summer and year-end holidays, paid leave and other listed leave programs. Benefits include commuting expenses, social insurance, a rent subsidy subject to conditions, an employee stock ownership plan, defined-contribution pension, retirement benefits, childcare and nursing-care programs, and club activities. The salary range is 6,000,000 to 10,400,000 yen per year.
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