Hiring Manager:
Head of Accounting
Job Title:
Accounting specialist
Job Level:
Department:
Accounting
Report Line:
Head of Accounting
Position Purpose
The Accounting P2 staff is responsible for
"Proper accounting bookkeeping operation with practical accounting ledger maintenances for following company accounting and tax control matters.”
1. General ledger management
2. Monthly closing
3. Quarterly closing
4. Other accounting related affairs
Responsibilities
Responsible of following role with support from supervisors
Direct Responsibilities
1. General ledger management
>Initiate/maintain standard journals including auto feeding journals from other systems.
>Journal creation and entry (or check and posting if any needs of posting person absence)
>Initiate account creation and inventory review/closing control on general ledger.
>Fixed asset management.
>Support non-standard journal creation and listing its record.
>To maintain procedures above.
2.Mothly closing
>To manage of standard journal bookkeeping.
>Set up/Aging control on sensitive accounts of AP/AR.
>Self-reconciliation initiator.
>Trial balance extraction for bank reconciliation.
>Journal transferring from JGAAP to IFRS ledger.
>Journal filing (until digital ledger act deployment into the system)
>Initiate ledger period open/close and TB extraction.
>Outside reporting.
3. Quarterly closing
>Support closing schedule set up and negotiation.
>Support to calculation of Corporation tax, Consumption tax, enterprise tax, business office tax.
>Outside reporting.
>Accounting audit support.
Contributing Responsibilities
4.IFRS closing
>Support IFRS closing.
>Support IFRS closing audit.
Others
>To participate and contribute to the special projects or strategic initiatives of the company.
Business Knowledge
- Insurance Accounting under Japan and International standards (JGAAP, IFRS is plus)
- Transversal expertise across various insurance business lines is a plus
Technical Experience / Competencies
- Insurance accounting and tax
- Active communication/negotiation skills
- Proficient in MS Office
Behavioral Competencies
- Organization and execution within a complex environment
- Positive, self-driven, dynamic and able to work in a matrix organization with team spirit
Specific Qualifications (if required)
Skills Referential
Behavioural Skills:
Ability to deliver / Results driven
Ability to synthetize / simplify
Ability to collaborate / Teamwork
Ability to share / pass on knowledge
Transversal Skills:
Ability to understand, explain and support change
Analytical Ability
Ability to develop others & improve their skills
Ability to develop and adapt a process
Education Level:
Bookkeeping level 2nd or above.
Challenging Junior CPA, Junior USCPA, CMA, CFA or equivalent is plus.
Others: (if any)
