Accounting Specialist

 Reporting line
Report to Head of Accounting, Japan

Tasks

Accounting

• Timely and accurate preparation and maintenance of all financial statements and internal reports complying with group requirement, German GAAP and Japan GAAP with updating new accounting and tax requirement
• Ensure monthly and quarterly closing process and accounting report package (Key contacts: Controlling as managerial accounting team (Japan and India), Thailand and Finance operation team, and German Headquarter accounting function)
• Manage external and internal auditor
• ERP (SAP) user test and implementation of S4 hana under the responsible area
• External contact includes:
  • MAHLE affiliates on all intercompany reconciliations
  • Managerial accounting team (BU controllers) in Japan for inventory, costing, accruals, company valuations, etc
  • External and internal auditors on audit planning and execution

Tax

• Manage tax return process with Head of Accounting
• Communicate with external tax professionals including tax return, international tax matters
• Tax topics include withholding tax, consumption tax, and transfer pricing

Education and experience level

• University Bachelor degree or above is mandatory
• 8 years+ accounting experience is mandatory
• Hands-on experience in SAP is strongly preferred
• Holding of CPA and/or licensed tax accountant is preferred
• Experience in manufacturing industry is plus

Language Skills and Qualifications
Fluent Japanese and business English language skills