Accounting Manager

Company Overview
アメリカ合衆国に本拠を置く多国籍の食品メーカー

Job Description
• Leadership role responsible for managing the whole Accounts Receivables and Accounts payable
process, manage a team up to maximum of 3 temp staff / contractors staff depending on experience
• Lead the Deals and Allowance (D&A) area to ensure claims from customers are valid and payments
are conducted properly and efficiently. Manage up to maximum of 5 temp staff / contractors depending on
experience
• Hands-on accounting on a related area including journal entries and document maintenance
• Take part in new trade management system review to improve a new process of D&A management
• Day to day communication with customers and sales team to ensure that all relevant processes are
facilitated smoothly and resolve all issues/conflicts/requests related to sales, invoicing and cash
collections. Also manage all change requests for invoicing from customers and sales properly.
• Lead credit management process
• Track and monitor AR and AP balances to prevent and handle overdue issues and responsible for
Balance Sheet reconciliation
• Involve in month-end and year-end closings and reporting where relevant such as bad-debt provision
and AR and AP aging reporting.
• Responsible for employee expense reimbursement process
• Review policies, sox requirements and procedures and take proactive actions to establish more
efficient and effective controls. Handle requirements and engage in remediation activities based on
Internal Audit feedback.
• Support Financial Controller for Internal/External Audit process to ensure documents required are
ready on relevant areas
• Liaise and communicate with customers/suppliers and sales and SCM team on a daily basis to ensure
the all Sales/Collections/D&A payment and AP processes are efficient and effective.
• Lead a cross-functional internal project to ensure all the relevant processes are enhanced and
optimized
• Ad hoc analysis, project work where relevant
• Liaise with IT department with regards to systems issues and improvements for AR processes
• Review the operation process to establish and continuously improve SOP for NEA (Japan & Korea)
• Lead the management of Order-to-Cash

Requirements
• At least 5 -15 years proven experience in Accounting
• Knowledge of general AR and AP processes, and ERP functions
• Experience in process improvement along with relevant system implementation or enhancement
• Business level English
• Must be flexible, organized, able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to organize own work, set priorities and meet critical deadlines.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work with people and project a positive attitude

Additional Job Information
• Experience in food or consumer goods industry
• Experience in the business that handles inventory accounting and “import” process.
• Good knowledge in rebate custom in Japan
• Experiences of dealing with external authorities, like auditors and tax institutions, is desirable
• Sox experience is desirable
• Strong IT skills in Microsoft Office are required with particular focus on Excel
• SAP experience is preferred for future SAP implementation

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