The Role：
To support Senior Finance Manager responsible of the finance operation and management of overall Japan business finances. Responsible for timely and accurate financial and management accounting reports, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. Engagement with Group (Australia) and Region (Asia) finance team will be required.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES：
【People】
・Support and collaborate with Finance team: 1 x Senior Finance Manager, 2 x Accounting staff (AR / AP / Invoices / banking transactions / tax compliance), 3 x FP&A staff (management reporting, finance business partner, and SPC accounting)
・Liaise with Group and Region finance team for information exchange and policy updates.
・Provide guidance, share accounting knowledge, and continuously improve capability and efficiency of Finance.

【Technical】
・Prepare, review, and post journal entries for monthly financial closing in Oracle Fusion system per IFRS/JGAAP basis.
・Payroll accounting and labour cost allocation for overheads and project accounts.
・Fixed asset accounting, tax accounting, expenses and labour costs accruals.
・Manage intercompany charges (domestic and international) including accounting and compliance with transfer pricing requirements.
・Cashflow and banking transaction management.
・Responsible for local statutory accounts and compliance with local regulatory and tax authorities’ requirements.
・Responsible for tax audit defence, including tax deductibility of intercompany service recharges.

【Financial Reporting and Control】
・Support preparation of monthly management report, including commentary of project revenue, operation overheads, profits and cashflow.
・In conjunction with Senior Finance Manager, prepare half year and full year Group statutory financials in Hyperion / HFM system per IFRS basis.
・Support reconciliation of half and full year end statutory report and management report.
・Prepare annual financial report for entities’ Board Approval.
・Manage internal tax governance portal system to monitor compliance risks.
【Strategic initiatives】
・Ensure best usage of finance system maximising overall process efficiencies and effectiveness.

【Strategic initiatives】
・Manage implementation of global policies, procedures, accounting systems, standards and financial controls.
・Proactively identify and raise non-compliant issues (if any) and/or continuous improvement initiatives to ensure integrity of financial systems, processes and outputs.
・Conduct analysis pertaining to the application of appropriate data and processing methods and analysis, recording and reporting of financial information to support informed decision making.