Finance and Accounting Department Head

Oversee accounting and finance operations for a securities company and act as a management partner. Manage daily accounting, payments, closing, internal and external reporting, tax matters, regulatory reporting, risk calculations, segregated customer funds, workflow automation, internal system requirements, and team development.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily accounting operations, journal processing, account management, reconciliations, and liquidity management.
• Approve payments through online banking.
• Manage monthly, interim, annual, and future consolidated financial closing.
• Prepare statutory financial statements, management materials, and internal and external reports.
• Handle tax returns, tax audits, and withholding tax payments.
• Prepare monthly, interim, and annual regulatory reports.
• Calculate and manage the capital adequacy ratio.
• Manage capital, liquidity, credit, and market risks.
• Calculate and replace customer segregated funds and required amounts.
• Respond to segregated management audits.
• Design automated operations and improve workflows to prevent errors and increase efficiency.
• Propose requirements for internal management systems and conduct testing.
• Build the team and organizational structure.

Requirements

• Practical accounting or finance experience in the financial industry, or accounting, standalone closing, and tax filing experience at an operating company, or accounting audit experience at an audit firm.
• Knowledge of financial instrument accounting.
• Experience with Japanese financial regulatory reporting.
• Experience responding to audits.
• Team leadership or management experience.
• Excel-centered PC skills.
• Native-level Japanese.
• High analytical ability, accuracy, deadline discipline, initiative, communication skills, and adaptability to change.
• Business-level English preferred.

Benefits

• Stock options
• Complete social insurance coverage
• Commuting allowance up to ¥35,000 per month
• Nearby residence allowance of ¥30,000 per month
• Moving assistance for nearby relocation up to ¥50,000
• Medical expense reimbursement above a ¥20,000-per-claim limit
• Bereavement and disaster leave and condolence payments
• Short-time regular employee system from four hours per day
• Childbirth and childcare allowances
• Unlimited remote work within a hybrid arrangement
• Water server
• Accommodation, leisure, sports, and lifestyle support discounts
• Annual paid leave
• Year-end and New Year holidays
• Five days of special leave per year
• Five days of sick leave per year