Japanese speaking Accounting Manager – PERMANENT
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000/Gross
Employment Type: Full-time (6 months probationary period)
Nearest Stations: Canary Wharf → London Bridge from Nov 2023
Working Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM (Flexible hours, standard working hours 7.5 hours) Hyblid working available after probation period.
Lunch Break: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (60 minutes)
Days Off: 2 days off per week
Paid Leave: 20 days + 8 days (National Holidays/Bank Holidays, additional 1 day per year, up to Max 25 days)
Benefits: Annual health checkup at Japanese Clinic, Company Pension Scheme (10% company contribution + min 3% individual)
Others: Overtime allowance separate, Gross (including transportation expenses)
Projected annual income is an approximate amount and may vary up or down through the selection process.
The Account Department operates with a team of two, Accounting Manager and Accounting Assistant, and outsources to an external Japanese accounting firm, working collaboratively to handle tasks.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- Experienced in accounting (with broad knowledge and experience)
- Able to work on weekends and public holidays if necessary, due to the closing of the quarterly financial statements falling on the 5th day of the month
- Accounting qualification – Part Qualified or above
- Basic PC skills required, experience using Sage 50 accounting software
- Experience working for a Japanese company, handling consolidated financial statements with the head office in Japan
- Experience dealing with various audit firms
- Experience in corporate tax affairs
- Experience in filing expatriate final tax returns
- As an Accounting Manager, able to train subordinates as a leader of the department/team, with attention to detail in cross-checking other department's numerical aggregations
- Able to start at the earliest possible date.