Financial Controller - Japan

Role Purpose

This role is responsible for all Financial Operations & Control related matters within the Japan (JP01) and stakeholder management with Local Partners.

Role tasks and responsibilities

 Leading the finance control framework within Japan (JP01) and linked entities.
 Review finance activity to ensure accuracy of month end results (P&L and Balance Sheet)
 Review operational activity to ensure items are addressed in a timely way (e.g. vendor payments, credit control, etc)
 Regular review of balance sheets ensuring all balances are reconciled and substantiated.
 Stakeholder management with all Local Partners
 Drive improvement in cash collection process within JP01
 In collaboration with the Cardiff Finance Hub review the intercompany process, reconcile the trading, and loan accounts.
 Reporting to Regional Financial Controller regularly on local entity status, as well as promptly on any ad hoc issues.
 Managing the year end audit for local entities.
 Prepare the financial statements of local entities.
 Ensuring regional alignment on policies' application and conduct of processes, to drive transparency, reliability and accuracy of financial reporting.
 Prepare technical accounting memos for significant transactions.
 Ensuring that the country complies with all statutory and regulatory reporting requirements in a timely manner and to high standard.
 Providing oversight, support and advice on local and Group audits and investigations, assuring swiftness of actions.
 Manage local tax provision and provide input into group tax framework where required.
 Work in conjunction with the Group Tax function to ensure compliance with all direct and indirect tax obligations, including coordinating with external tax advisors and ensuring timely and accurate completion of all tax returns and submissions.
 Contributing to new entities' set up plans to creating optimal solutions.
 Tracking and preparedness for upcoming changes within financial compliance, driven by local laws as well as Group guidance.
 Working with Group Treasury oversee regional cashflow forecasts to ensure accuracy and optimization of intercompany transfers.
 Respond to business' needs, while remaining independent, objective and ethical.
 Providing commercial advice, alongside Business Partners, on pricing (including taxes) and financial performance
 Support the Regional Financial Controller and Group Financial Controller on regional and global initiatives
 Point of contact for ad-hoc Corporate services requests and tasks.

Requirements

Knowledge And Experience

•  Certified chartered accountant with significant, recent and relevant experience and expertise, including:
•  Robust and efficient financial control policies and processes;
•  Technical accounting and statutory reporting;
•  Taxation - direct, indirect, domestic and international;
•  Financial compliance in a complex and dynamic environment.

Qualifications and specialist skills

 Candidates must have a recognised accounting or international equivalent with significant post qualification experience

Benefits

 Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.

 We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.

 Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.

 As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.