Accountant (Japanese Bilingual

Accountant (Japanese Bilingual)

Pay Range: $90k to $105k

Location:

Santa Clara, CA (Hybrid, 4x/week)

This Accountant role focuses on maintaining general ledger accuracy, executing core month-end close processes, and managing multi-entity operations. Responsibilities include tracking cost-plus models, processing employee expense reports, and ensuring compliance and financial reporting accuracy across international overseas branches.

• Perform daily journal entries, bank reconciliations, and general ledger maintenance in alignment with US GAAP standards.
• Review, audit, and process employee expense reports, ensuring compliance with corporate travel and entertainment policies.
• Manage full-cycle accounts payable and accounts receivable transactional flows to maintain vendor and customer ledger health.

• Manage, track, and reconcile tax-related general ledger accounts (e.g., sales tax, VAT, use tax, and income tax provisions).
• Gather financial data and maintain meticulous documentation to support quarterly filings, annual tax returns, and external tax audits.

• Monitor and reconcile inventory and maintain the fixed asset register.
• Manage asset labeling, purchase recordkeeping, and periodic physical inventory checks and reconciliations.

• Actively assist in the worldwide month-end and quarter-end close cycles, preparing standard accruals, prepayments, and variance review packages.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and resolve reconciling discrepancies efficiently.
• Maintain strict internal controls and support Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance narratives or documentation within functional scope.

• Audit, verify, and process employee expense reports to ensure strict adherence to corporate travel and entertainment policies.
• Support cost-plus accounting structures, calculating overhead allocations, transfer pricing agreements, and intercompany billings.

• Assist with financial consolidation, data compilation, and transaction tracking for overseas branches and international subsidiaries.
• Support international accounting matters including currency translations, intercompany eliminations, and cross-border alignment.

• Partner with cross-functional teams and external auditors to support annual financial audits and tax preparation requests.
• Participate in continuous improvement projects to streamline finance workflows, automate manual journal entries, and enhance internal reporting efficiency.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for daily accounting processes and overseas branch reconciliations.
• Provide ad-hoc financial reports, data queries, and analysis for management as requested.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related business discipline.
• 2 to 3 years of progressive corporate accounting experience; exposure to manufacturing, tech hardware, or semiconductor environments is a strong plus.

• Solid working knowledge of US GAAP principles and internal controls.
• Preferred System
  
  Experience:
  
  Hands-on proficiency with Quick Books (Enterprise/Online), alongside familiarity with enterprise resource planning systems (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, Net Suite, or Sage Intaact).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, and large data set manipulation).