財務アシスタント/ Finance Assistant

A nonprofit organisation is seeking a Finance Assistant. The chosen applicant will support financial planning, analysis, and reporting activities, ensuring compliance and transparency in expenditures. This is a hybrid and contract role.

Responsibilities:

• Support the line manager and other managers in gathering evidence of project expenditure and coordinating with partners for compiling reports and documentation to justify expenditure to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
• Respond to ad hoc queries and requests for financial information from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
• Provide information that enables the production of complete and business-informed reports, documentation, and commentaries
• Support the planning process for the Project by ensuring tools and procedures for timely and accurate information are in place and automated
• Highlight errors or potential risk areas as part of the variance review process and support data consolidation exercises with user-friendly presentation formats
• Create effective mechanisms for financial projections and variance analysis in coordination with the line manager
• Investigate material variances during month-end processes and ensure necessary adjustments are made before hard-close
• Support monthly expenditure meetings to ensure actual spending aligns with plan/forecast assumptions and cover team members during absences

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in accounting, finance, or economics is desirable
• More than 1 year of experience in Operational financial management or management
  accounting
• Prior ERP systems experience
• Knowledge of Japanese Accounting standards and external reporting requirements
• Proficient in MS Office; advanced level Excel skills (Pivot Tables)
• Possess a valid Boki level 2 Japanese Accounting qualification (Boki level 1 is preferred)
• Part-qualified with a recognised accounting body is preferred
• Native level written and verbal Japanese; business level written and verbal English

About the Company:

A global organisation working in the educational and cultural sector. The organisation aids in creating networks, exploring novel ideas, learning English, obtaining a top-notch education, and obtaining credentials that are acknowledged internationally. With over tens of thousands of employees and connections with hundreds of nations.

Keywords:

サポート, 財務, 会計, アシスタント, 外資系

Job Ref: JEA50E