finance
Posted 2 hours agoSenior Specialist - Accounting, Japan
at Ooon
Tokyo, JapanOn-site
Responsibilities
- Audit Coordination & Review: Act as the primary coordinator with the external accounting firm for the annual local statutory reporting process.
- Control Execution: Act as a key SOX control performer (Finance related), ensuring that local processes comply with corporate governance structures.
Requirements
- Technical Knowledge: Leverage your understanding of IFRS and J-GAAP to facilitate clear communication and ensure high-quality reviews of all deliverables.
- experience in accounting or finance, ideally within a multinational enterprise (retail, FMCG, or consumer goods sectors preferred).
- Technical Expertise: Strong technical foundation and understanding of both J-GAAP and IFRS.
- Experience collaborating with external audit firms (i.e. Big 4 firms) is a plus.
- Autonomy & Prioritization: A self-starter who excels at working autonomously.
- Impactful Communication: Native in Japanese and professional working proficiency in English (written and verbal).
- System Capabilities: Familiarity with modern ERPs (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics 365) and reconciliation/expense/AI tools is highly valued. What We Offer
- If you are ready to master financial complexities and support On's presence in Japan, we look forward to receiving your application!
Benefits
- Voucher & Reconciliation Review: Serve as the primary reviewer for accounting vouchers and journal entries by our centralized operations team in Shanghai, ensuring regional compliance and reporting accuracy.
- Salary Posting: Independently manage and post confidential payroll/salary accounting vouchers and related accruals.
Additional details
- Are you a highly structured, detail-oriented finance professional who thrives on mastering complexity and running processes end-to-end? We are looking for a Senior Specialist - Accounting to serve as our dedicated, on-the-ground finance expert in Tokyo, Japan.
- In this role, you will focus on high-impact oversight, compliance, and cross-functional collaborations rather than daily transactional processing.
- Operating as a critical collaborator between our local business operations, our centralized operations team in Shanghai, and external partner groups, you will support local financial integrity, coordinate statutory reporting, and perform key control functions.
- If you are comfortable making decisions with input from others, working autonomously, and communicating impactfully across diverse teams, we want you in the ONiverse! Your Team
- You will be based in our Tokyo office (Shibuya), serving as our key accounting specialist in Japan while remaining an integral part of the highly collaborative, action-oriented APAC Finance team.
- We partner closely with local commercial and retail business lines to support hyper-growth while constantly seeking ways to improve local financial processes, standardizing where possible, and maintaining a supportive, team-first environment. Your Mission
- Your mission is to work autonomously, manage key tasks end-to-end, and successfully coordinate with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- You will not be responsible for daily operational data entry; instead, you will focus on quality-control reviews, independent ownership of critical close tasks, SOX controls, and local compliance coordination.
- 1. Quality Control & Centralized Operations Partnership
- Process Efficiency: Partner with the Shanghai team to continuously streamline transactional workflows, resolve day-to-day accounting queries, and improve overall operational quality.