At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage financial tasks while communicating in Japanese and English.
- Company: Join a diverse team at a leading financial firm in Hertfordshire.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Great opportunity for career growth in a collaborative atmosphere.
- Why this job: Enhance your finance skills while bridging cultures in a dynamic role.
- Qualifications: Fluent in Japanese and English, with basic Excel skills.
The predicted salary is between 28000 - 30000 £ per year.
Salary: Up to 35K
Location: Hertfordshire
Job status: Permanent
Working hours: 9am to 5.30pm (3 days in the office, 2 days WFH)
Start date: ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Submission of SAP related codes in Japanese, as requested by the Financial Controller.
- Entering supplier invoices.
- Raising payment runs and ad hoc payments.
- Producing sales invoices and collecting debt.
- Bank reconciliations, agreeing SAP to the bank statements.
- Entering month end journals.
- Fixed assets recording and processing.
- Assisting with the annual audits, both internal and external.
- Assisting with the budgetary process.
- Support financial analysis.
- Filing and archiving of invoices.
- Assisting with VAT returns.
- Checking and processing employee expenses.
- Liaison work with the Japanese headquarters (approval procedures, contracts, IT), as requested by Managers.
Requirements:
- Communication in both English and Japanese, including assisting translation.
- Finance experience is desirable but not essential.
- Corporate admin experience.
- Basic Excel skills are required, and experience with functions such as SUMIFS, VLOOKUPs, and Pivot Tables would be highly desirable.
We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.
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