Sr. Accountant

Company Overview
当社は、世界96カ国、154都市にオフィスを持つインターナショナルエージェンシーの日本法人です。1960sの設立以来、生活者をユーザーに、そしてファンに変えてしまう「効くアイデア」を創造し、ブランドを成長させることに情熱を燃やし続ける、最も熱いコミュニケーション・カンパニーです。
当社の本社は米国にあり、アジア太平洋地域においても17カ国30都市で多様なコミュニケーションを創造しています。

Job Description
Job brief
We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to oversee general accounting operations by controlling and verifying our financial transactions.
Senior Accountant responsibilities include reconciling account balances and bank statements, maintaining general ledger and preparing month-end close procedures. A successful Senior Accountant combines excellent analytical skills with a thorough knowledge of accounting principles to analyze financial reports and forecasts. The ideal candidate has also experience collaborating other members such as FP&A, accountants and traffic controllers.
Senior Accountant duties also include ensuring accuracy and effectiveness in our accounting tasks.
A person with high resilience, good communication skills, self-starting ability to take the initiative are desirable.
Responsibilities
• Manage all accounting transactions
• Publish financial statements with handling monthly, quarterly and annual closings in time
• Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements
• Verify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Ensure timely bank payments
• Analyze financial information and summarize financial status to provide support and advice on Management
• Report on the company’s financial health and liquidity
• Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results
• Spot errors and suggest ways to improve efficiency and spending
• Apply parent company's financial standards in a timely manner
• Supporting input into goal setting process of company level and department level
• Prepare tax returns base documents to liaise with our TAX advisor for TAX return filing
• Comply with financial policies and regulations to ensure compliance with IFRS principles
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls with following valid business processes and accounting policies
• Manage internal audits to ensure compliance

Requirements
Requirements and skills
• Work experience as an Accountant for 5 years
• Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures
• Thorough knowledge of basic accounting procedures
• Familiarity with financial accounting statements
• In-depth understanding of IFRS and awareness of business trends
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process
• Hands-on experience with accounting software packages (ERP), such as SAP. (We use ERP, Deltek’s Maconomy)
• Advanced MS Excel skills including Vlookups and pivot tables, etc.
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills
• Aptitude for numbers and quantitative skills
• BS degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant
• Additional certification (e.g. Nissho Boki 2nd grade) is a plus
• Relevant certification (or other) will be preferred
• English communication – mainly reading and writing
• Resilient to pressure
• Good communicator
• Self-starter

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