Description
We are seeking a Finance Manager to support the Financial Controller in setting up the Finance function within Tokyo as part of the pre-opening team. You will be primarily responsible for executing Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable duties locally.
Job Purpose: To support the Financial Controller in managing all daily accounting operations.
Accounts Receivable Duties:
- Check all sales have been posted to the Finance System and check for any discrepancies between POS and Finance system.
- Post and reconcile all membership receipts.
- Reconcile on a weekly basis SAGE, Bank, Opera, and My Micros.
- Investigate and resolve variances for under/over banking from payment providers to POS system.
- Issue sales invoices and reconcile payments when received.
- Reconcile all deposits and receipts for Member events, Private hire or future events.
- Reconcile all e-commerce revenue from the Soho House APP.
- Post bank transactions to SAGE and weekly reconciliation, allocating receipts and payments to correct nominals.
- Accurately post and process all intercompany charges.
- Perform FX revaluations.
- Analyse event income and large data sets and present findings to the Financial Controller on a regular basis.
- Prepare the Balance Sheet and reconciliations.
- Create Audit reports as requested and respond to any Audit queries.
- Set up ad hoc payments.
- Process all site refunds.
- Support and test any new Finance Transformations.
Accounts Payable Duties:
- Process statement reconciliations of all suppliers across the site.
- Follow-up and resolve any supplier queries.
- Review and investigate any unallocated cash.
- Assist with debit balances, requesting refunds where appropriate.
- Assist with the requesting of VAT invoices after a proforma payment has been made.
- Support any process and system changes that are implemented for the improvement of the AP Process and deliverables.
- Assist with the setting up and then processing of invoices via Adaco.
- Process all utility invoices.
- Raise inter-company journals.
- Support with ERP testing, ensuring best practice.
Requirements / Qualifications:
- Good command in both spoken and written English and Japanese.
- Strong sense of business acumen, analytical, communication and reporting skills.
- Must have previously worked with a Japanese entity and familiar with local financial rules and regulations.
- Professional accounting qualification (preferably CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) is preferred.