Manage overseas licensing for manga content by coordinating new-business sales, publisher proposals, permission documents, contract checks, and supervision of translated publications and promotional items.
About this role
This role is part of the accounting and finance function and focuses on recording and managing sales and costs. Responsibilities include preparing tables and accounting documents, handling sales and cost entries, and managing accounting processes for packaged games, merchandise, music CDs and royalties.
The position also covers invoice payments, payment reports and incoming payments. It manages accounting across the sales flow, including orders, shipments, receipts and inventory counts, as well as balances of receivables and payables. Other duties include responding to audit firms regarding sales and costs, reviewing related contract terms, and coordinating with departments including the rights and properties business divisions.
The role may involve developing accounting policies and examining accounting schemes for new business flows as entertainment business models change. It also supports company-wide business improvement projects from an accounting perspective, working closely with executives and management in operational departments.
Applicants must have at least three years of accounting experience related to sales and costs at a business company, bookkeeping level 2 or higher, and intermediate or higher Excel skills. The stated Excel skills include IF, XLOOKUP and combined functions, pivot tables, detailed chart settings and database formatting.
Preferred qualifications include English ability sufficient for email communication with overseas group accounting teams, effective communication with other departments, experience improving efficiency with Excel macros or Power Query, and experience automating work with RPA tools such as Power Automate.
The position is a permanent full-time role with no fixed contract period. It uses flextime without core hours, with a standard working day of 7.5 hours excluding breaks. Overtime may occur. The workplace is the Shibuya office in Shibuya, Tokyo, or another location approved by the company; a work-from-home system is available. Holidays include Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and year-end/New Year holidays, with annual paid leave and condolence leave. Benefits include commuting expenses, health insurance association resorts and health checkups. Employment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance, employees' pension and health insurance are provided. Indoor smoking is generally prohibited, with a designated smoking room.
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