Senior Accountant – General Accounting

• Reporting to the General Accounting Manager, this person will be responsible for performing a multi-task role for day-to-day accounting and related tasks across several areas of finance such as fixed assets, revenue recognition, payroll, treasury and tax.
• Eurofins Japan NSC (National Service Center) is a company which provides Finance, HR, Legal, Purchasing and Administrative services to all businesses of Eurofins Japan Group,  an industry leader in the area of laboratory testing comprised of a diverse and dynamic business portfolio of 8 major business lines, close to 20 operating entities, and about 1,200 employees with aggressive growth plans for the next few years.
• Hands-on day-to-day accounting, treasury and related activities
• Be the source of technical guidance for entire Finance Team.
• Prepare entries and data for monthly closing based on IFRS and company requirements
• Handle audits by external and internal auditors
• Work with other Finance teams, other teams within NSC, businesses, and other functions as required to improve financial processes and comply with all internal control/audit requirements. 
• Collaborate effectively with FP&A team with regards to various tasks such as preparation of budget vs actual reports, CAPEX management, and ad hoc requests from local management and HQ.
• Leading role in implementation of a standard process across all group companies in the areas of fixed assets, revenue recognition, payroll accounting, treasury,tax and other areas as needed..
• Respond to ad-hoc requests from global/regional offices. 
• Involvement in various projects such as post-M&A integration, process standardization and other projects as needed
• Specific scope of responsibilities include, though not limited to, the following:

• Responsible for fixed asset related accounting and tax where scope includes
• CAPEX/OPEX accounting, depreciation, leases, asset inventory, ARO, LHI and other
• related items
• Work closely with finance teams and business stakeholders to ensure proper protocols

are followed with regards to CAPEX management

• Tax accounting
• Tax return preparation (coordination with vendors)
• Tax audits
• Handle queries from business

• Prepare monthly accounting entries related to payroll and other personnel costs
• Work closely with HR payroll team to ensure accurate and compliant reporting of personnel costs

• Revenue recognition in accordance with Eurofins policy based on IFRS
• Work closely with finance teams and business stakeholders to ensure client contracts are reviewed timely for assessment of proper revenue recognition methodology

• Cash management and preparation of cash flow forecasts for all group companies
• Funding requests to global treasury for timely replenishment of working capital and investments for business expansion
• Payment processing and other related tasks
• Support business to improve net working capital (DSO/DPO)

This position will enable candidate to

• Gain hands-on experience to apply and further strengthen technical knowledge of finance
• Gain in-depth understanding of working in a dynamic, global atmosphere across a broad range of businesses
• Future rotation opportunities to other teams in Finance within 2-3 years will be available based on the skills and performance of the candidate.
• Gain experience of a team undergoing a transformation towards a “best practice” finance organization