Finance Manager #11253

A Japanese company seeks a Finance Manager.

Position: Manager, Finance
Reports to: Director of Finance
Supervises: Deputy Manager, Financial Analyst/Accountant
Primary Responsibilities:
Support Director of Finance on all financial aspects of North American Regional HQ, including financial strategy, planning and analysis of financial performance at the consolidated level.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead preparation of consolidated financial statements as well as its plans and projections of the North American group companies.
Perform analysis of consolidated financial data to assist Director of Finance to plan and propose financial and tax strategies for NARHQ.
Review, check and analyze financial reports of North American group companies (“group companies”), report to Director of Finance and to global headquarters in Tokyo (“global HQ”), as needed.
Coordinate necessary communications with the global HQ and financial team of each group companies on financial, accounting and tax matters.
Conduct financial analysis of major construction projects of group companies.
Coordinate with finance team of group companies and financial institutions to maintain parent company guarantees for bonds, construction contracts, lines of credit, letters of credit, etc.
Lead group companies’ data collection for J-SOX and follow up communication with global HQ.
Conduct credit review of major business partners (clients, JV partners, etc.) of group companies.
Prepare supporting data related to group companies for tax filings in collaboration with Accounting Department and external tax consultants
Maintain corporate registrations and its non-acquired subsidiaries in North America (“non-acquired subsidiaries”)
Maintain and perform analysis of periodical financial statements of North American holding companies (“holding companies”) and non-acquired subsidiaries.
Lead preparation of financial planning and projections for holding companies and non-acquired subsidiaries.
Assist Director of Finance on financial and tax due diligence and related matters of M&A target companies
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to those listed above and other duties deemed necessary to fulfill responsibilities of Finance Department may be assigned
EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE:
Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or related field.
8+ years of accounting, tax and financial tasks experience
Work experience at international company preferred
CPA preferred
SKILLS:
Practical knowledge of major corporate tax laws and their practices in US and Canada
Excellent communication skills – both verbal and written both in Japanese and English
Proficient in using a computer and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)
Fluent Japanese to communicate better with Tokyo HQ
*This position is not eligible for sponsorship.