C&C Lead, Japan

Microsoft mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. That’s what inspires us, drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. Our business is built on Trust and is mission critical to Microsoft’s success. This position is central to this as it leads our Controls and Compliance initiatives, reporting to the Microsoft Japan CFO.

The successful candidate will help facilitate the right culture within the Japan Subsidiary to drive a “Business Led Compliance” environment through deep business process understanding and communication skills. Key to this role will be the ability to manage risk, working closely across the Sales team, Microsoft Corporation and Finance.

Responsibilities

This role is a great opportunity to provide:

• Compliance leadership, consulting services, and monitoring in support of management’s business objectives and their responsibility to mitigate risk.
• Implement a structure of Business & Finance Controls and Compliance champs in the subsidiary; train them on driving good tone and investigating red flags.
• Use Compliance Committee meetings to push compliance with the Area VP, Legal and HR and orchestrate remediation.
• Conduct data analytics and actionable insights to focus the compliance efforts on the highest risk areas.
• Identify Geo-specific risks not covered in the global Controls and Compliance (C&C) framework.
• Continuous feedback loop with EY, PwC and Corp C&C and also Accenture to improve the risk elimination achieved by the 3rd party work.
• Monitor Internal Audit and SOX issues, help management develop issue remediation plans and facilitate closing issues.
• Utilize various platforms to educate stakeholders and promote culture of compliance; enable self-help tools.
• Monitor and direct the landing of Corp-led strategic projects by the business, with particular focus on the High-Risk Deals Desk (HRDD) process; collaborate with the HRDD and the business to ensure red flags and compliance requirements are addressed and resolved.
• Leverage Corp teams to escalate and address compliance risks in non-sales & marketing entities.
• Review for opportunities to simplify, automate, or eliminate activities that are now covered by newer processes.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications;

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field AND 6+ years of financial compliance experience
• Japanese and English language fluency is a prerequisite.
• OR equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications;

• 15 or more years of work experience in accounting/finance/audit/internal controls and/or risk management. Experience in the online services and/or technology industries is a bonus.
•  Business orientated mindset and experience. Capacity for leading change, dealing with ambiguity and providing creative solutions.
• Ability to create a culture of compliance though influencing Senior Leaders through clarity of understanding job responsibilities and ensure you are seen as a Leader, not the sole owner of Compliance.
• Demonstrated experience in the design, implementation and monitoring of internal controls and compliance programs.
• Strong communication skills: verbal, written and presentation skills, cross-group collaboration and interpersonal skills.
• Risk management experience preferable.
• Cloud expertise, deal structuring knowledge, machine learning/bot experience, and advanced Excel skills preferred.
• Experience in Multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles is recommended.
• Good compliance understanding / experience for the deal structuring and execution.
• BA/BS or MBA degree in Finance, Economics, CPA/CA preferred

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