AP Accountant - Japanese Speaking (MSTH)

Your Contribution

As a Senior Staff in the Accounts Receivable Team, you will be responsible for managing the AR collection process for Japanese entities. This includes verifying customer payments, maintaining AR sub-ledgers, reconciling deposits, and ensuring timely reporting and follow-ups. You will also support monthly closing activities and work closely with the Head of Finance and team members to improve AR processes.

1. Conduct as senior staff of Accounts Receivable Team for Japanese entities.
2. Complete Accounts Receivable collection process in corporation with Head of Finance and other team members. Main tasks will be the following yet not limited to:

• Checking of Customer acceptance/ Customer payment notice.
• Preparation of AR sub-ledger.
• Obtaining deposit information daily from the web bank, collating with the AR sub-ledger, issuing a deposit slip, and confirming with sales if there is a difference and fixing the gap.
• Check the payment notice and update the AR sub-ledger for each customer.
• Journal entry, posting into the system.
• Overdue report preparation and follow-up.
• Master data application set up in workflow.
• Intercompany AR collection.
• Improve processes in AR.

3. Ensuring daily operations are carried out according to set targets and deadlines.
4. Assistance in monthly closing.

Your Experience & Qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.

- Good command of English.

- Work experience in a relevant field of at least 3 years.

- Japanese: Fluent in both verbal and written communication, including literacy in "Kanji" (JLPT N3 or above).

- Experience working in the manufacturing industry or a company with a production site is a plus.

- Intermediate/advanced level of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

- Excellent communication skills, both interpersonal and teamwork.

- Strong attention to detail, ability to meet deadlines, and work efficiently in financial closing timelines.

- Open-minded, self-starter, and able to multitask in a fast-paced working environment.

Our Offering

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongoing personal & career development opportunities.

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

After receiving your online application, the interview process will typically be, a screening call followed by Personal Interview(s).

#DiversityMatters with our inclusive culture, we welcome applications from all social, religious & ethnical backgrounds, disabilities both mental and physical, identities (gender) and neurodivergent people.

Do you have any questions?

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