Title:  Business Controller, SPOL Japan

Job Overview:

As a member of the Business Control Department, you are responsible for Monthly closing booking, budget monitoring, Product cost controlling and Internal Control related matters in order to provide day-to-day support to the department in charge SPOL JPN: Service Parts Operations & Logistics Japan within the Logistics Organization

Misson of the department:

• Support UD Logistics Division from a financial aspect, to help the department's activities that contribute to maximize profitability of entire group

Mission of the position:

• Encourage operational and financial efficiency at SPOL Japan in the logistics Organization
• Ensure the implementation of management accounting in accordance with accounting standards

Responsibilities: 

You will be responsible for performing or assisting with a wide variety of the following tasks.

• Monthly financial closing related tasks: validate bookings, cost reclassifications, etc.
• Variance analysis between actual and targets, or other scenarios
• Support budgeting process of SPOL Japan
• Standard Cost process (annual SC procedure, variance analysis between actual and standard cost, daily error check etc.)
• Management of fixed assets including leased assets (capitalization - inventory - disposal)
• Support continuous improvement activities in SPOL Japan especially from financial aspects
• Saving and efficiency improvement of workload in our department.

Required / Preferred skills

• Accounting knowledge, preferable to have consolidation accounting knowledge
  • Mandatory: Commercial bookkeeping, legal entity level
  • Preferred: Industrial bookkeeping to cover SCS principle, and consolidation accounting knowledge
• Experience as an accountant or a business controller in either/both Logistics industry or automotive industry, at least 2 years
  • Mandatory: Experience of accounting procedure either/both P/L or B/S
  • Preferred: Experience and knowledge for SAP
  • Preferred: Knowledge of IFRS
• MS Apps
  • Mandatory: Excel / PowerPoint / Word / Access: Intermediate
  • Preferred: Experience of implementation or running Power BI report
  • Preferred: Experience of implementation or running automation such as Power Automate
• Languages
  • Mandatory: Japanese Fluent level / English (mainly Emails/ Meetings Occasionally)

 Required competencies

• Logical, Critical, Objective view
• Ability to communicate proactively both within the department, with other departments and divisions in a spirit of teamwork
• Attitude to seek realistic and optimal solutions by staying close to the business side of the department
• Flexibility to adapt to new initiatives, changes and challenges, and willingness to learn and adapt without resistance
• Mindset of continuous improvements to achieve efficient ways of working
• Ability to achieve high quality outputs even in complex situations
• Mentality of the prioritization; 1. safety, 2. legal compliance, and 3. revenue maximization