A fantastic opportunity for a finance and accounting professional that would like to be in a Hands-on, growing, and international small company environment with this European fashion brand. In this role you will coordinate sales planning, strategy, operations with the local Japan team and report directly to the APAC Finance Director. You will have the opportunity to use English often to communicate with APAC and HQ.

This role is perfect for someone who is looking for a role where they can see the whole business and be hands-on in accounting and finance. If you are looking for chance to step up from a staff level role, or looking for a smaller company; this is the perfect chance!

Responsibilities:

• Create, coordinate, and evaluate the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company to include budgeting and tax planning;
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal budgetary reporting requirements;
• Oversee the approval and processing of revenue, expenditure, and position control documents, department budgets, mass salary updates, ledger, and account maintenance and data entry;
• Coordinate the preparation of financial statements, financial reports, special analyses, and information reports;
• Develop and implement finance, accounting, billing, and auditing procedures;
• Interact with other managers to provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations
• Develop and direct the implementation of strategic business and/or operational plans, projects, programs, and systems in accordance with Group policies;
• Analyze cash flow, cost controls, and expenses to guide business leaders; Analyse financial statements to pinpoint potential weak areas;

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience in a finance and accounting role
• Experience analyzing financial data and preparing financial reports, statements and projections;
• Business level English / Fluent Japanese
• Understanding of tax regulations in Japan

Great to have:

• CPA
• USCMA
• Boki 1 or 2
• Experience setting up processes
• Retail experience