MANDATORY
・Applicants must have permission to work in Japan
・Applicants must be able to speak fluent ~ native level Japanese (Equivalent to JLPT N1)

☑Foreign business ☑English language required ☑Japanese language required
☑Flex time ☑ Remote

[Position]
Senior Finance Manager

[Company Description]
Global Marketing Agency

[Responsibilities]
Purpose:
The Finance Senior Manager is in charge of our business, especially part of sales & commercial activities of our 2 brands in Japan. This position also takes responsibility for the accurate financial results & insight of brands. In addition, you will support the internal reporting, data providing and other activities with Finance．

For one Brand

• Working as part of the commercial support team
• Responsible to report forecasting revenue, accurate each job setting and revenue result.
• Ensure appropriate revenue recognition guidelines are followed and in accordance company policy and USGAAP.
• Handling revenue related and all accounts receivable work such as following;
• We operate our business by Job base for each Project.
• Handling this business related work which are from Job creation to closing
• Client billing and related work
• Job maintenance - project and WIP maintenance ensuring that Projects are reconciled and closed on a timely basis
• Revenue recognition and related work (revenue pipeline reporting, Mid-month, End of month flash)
• Involving intercompany transaction including its communication
• General team assistance especially linked with Clients' request (e.g. vendor registration, etc.) or global request (e.g. annual internal audit, etc.)
• Special projects as required
• Work with agency on pricing, tenders, client pitches and reviewing commercial terms.
• Present periodical management reports to the management meetings to help them analyse and advice on key metrics such as client contribution, utilisation, over service.
• Work with Global legal team to reflect commercial terms in the legal agreements.
• Manage the project life cycle including periodic review of major projects and ensuring that projects are reconciled and closed timely by agency staff

For Another Brand

• Report to Finance Director (FD), support and financial advice to the agency team.
• Review monthly actual results against budget expectations and provide explanations of variances and recommend corrective actions. Submit all required reporting through accounting system.
• Working with a local Finance Controller, provide monthly financial and operating reports to local and regional management
• Ensure appropriate revenue recognition guidelines are followed and in accordance the company policy and USGAAP.
• Manage the project life cycle including periodic review of major projects and ensuring that projects are reconciled and closed timely by agency staff
• Look for opportunities for improvement and efficiency in all areas of agency operation
• Train and upskill agency staff in commercial and financial acumen

Others

• Support Finance Controller to help providing monthly / quarterly / year-end reporting, finical data, audit.
• As a network agency, we need to follow some HQ instruction and take care some other Adhoc Tasks and projects
• General team assistance

[Requirement]
Preferred Experience:

• Financial Management- Responsibility for all financial and management reporting functions
• Commercial experience- Responding to tenders, pricing, reviewing commercial terms and client contract management.
• Must be familiar with US GAAP and SOX compliance
• 8+ years of experience

Key Capabilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong English and Japanese language written and spoken
• High level of proficiency in the use of Excel
• Flexible - needs to be hands on as required
• ESP experiences, especially SAP is very preferred

[Salary]
7 ~ 10 million JPY
(Experiences and skills will be considered)

[Location]
Tokyo
Remote work Available

[Working hours]
9:00~17:15
Working time is flexible

[Holidays]
Full 2 holiday week system (Sat/Sun) national holidays, New year's holiday, Annual Leave, and more.

Please click "apply" if you are interested in the job.
We will review your profile and contact you within five business days should we find that you satisfy the requirements of the hiring company.
Further details about the company and position will be notified at a later date.

Reference: JO-2210-475429
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Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
Job Function: Accounting / Auditing