Designs and improves Global IT performance management, defines KPIs, monitors results, reports to leaders, identifies gaps, and supports efficiency, goal-setting, and budget activities.
About this role
The accounting organization is recruiting for several areas, including individual accounting, consolidated accounting and tax accounting. Assignments may include monthly, quarterly and annual closing, financial reporting, accounting policy work, audit support, J-SOX-related processes and coordination with domestic and overseas group companies.
Individual accounting responsibilities include preparing and responding to monthly and annual closing activities, supporting related departments, providing guidance and training to accounting personnel, reviewing tax payments and handling accounting projects. Some assignments may involve accounting for affiliated companies.
Consolidated accounting responsibilities include reviewing financial packages from domestic and overseas subsidiaries, responding to consolidation adjustments, preparing consolidated financial statements and analysis materials, supporting audits, presenting to international accounting teams and participating in group accounting projects. Work is generally based on IFRS.
Tax accounting responsibilities include domestic tax accounting, preparing and reviewing tax packages for overseas subsidiaries, advising on tax procedures and plans, supporting audits, and participating in accounting projects including J-SOX activities.
Qualifications vary by assignment. Applicants need a university degree or higher, native-level Japanese and business-level English, with TOEIC scores of 600 or higher for some individual accounting positions and 700 or higher for some consolidated accounting positions. Experience with accounting operations at a company, accounting firm or audit corporation is required. Some positions require at least three years of experience, while others require at least five years. Experience with Japanese GAAP or IFRS financial statement preparation, tax audit response, accounting or consolidation systems, and communication or presentations in English may be required depending on the assignment. Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, is required; SAP accounting modules and Hyperion experience are preferred skills.
The workplace is the Olympus headquarters in Hachioji, Tokyo, with possible work at satellite offices or other locations. Headquarters attendance is required when working from the office. Telework is available. Business travel may occur approximately two or three times per year.
Flextime, shorter working hours, telework and other work-style options are available under company rules.
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