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Accountant (Japanese Bilingual)

Prosum
  • Santa Clara, CA
  • $90,000–$105,000 Per Year
10 days ago

Job Description

Job Description

Accountant (Japanese Bilingual)
Pay Range: $90k to $105k
Location: Santa Clara, CA (Hybrid, 4x/week)

JOB SUMMARY

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.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

General Ledger & Daily Operations
  • 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.
Tax-Related Account Management
  • 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.
Inventory & Asset Management
  • Monitor and reconcile inventory and maintain the fixed asset register.
  • Manage asset labeling, purchase recordkeeping, and periodic physical inventory checks and reconciliations.
Month-End Close & Reporting
  • 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.
Expense Processing & Cost-Plus Accounting
  • 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.
Overseas Branches & Intercompany Accounting
  • 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.
Miscellaneous Responsibilities
  • 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.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
  • 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.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

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


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Numbers & Facts

LocationSanta Clara, CA
Salary$90,000–$105,000 Per Year

Skills

  • Accountingunmatched
  • Accounting Closeunmatched
  • Accounting Consolidationunmatched
  • Accounting Policiesunmatched
  • Accounts Payableunmatched
  • Accounts Receivableunmatched
  • Ad Hoc Financial Modelingunmatched
  • Asset Managementunmatched
  • Balance Sheetunmatched
  • Billingunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Corporate Complianceunmatched
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  • Data Analysisunmatched
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  • Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
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  • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
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  • External Auditunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Financial Auditunmatched
  • Financial Reportingunmatched
  • Fixed Asset Managementunmatched
  • General Ledger Accountingunmatched
  • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
  • Income Taxunmatched
  • Intuit Quickbooksunmatched
  • Inventory Managementunmatched
  • Japanese Languageunmatched
  • Journal Entriesunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Manufacturing Technologyunmatched
  • Microsoft Dynamicsunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Multilingualunmatched
  • NetSuiteunmatched
  • Operationsunmatched
  • Oracleunmatched
  • Physical Inventoryunmatched
  • Pivot Tablesunmatched
  • Query Analysisunmatched
  • Reconciliationunmatched
  • Reimbursementunmatched
  • SAPunmatched
  • Sales Managementunmatched
  • Sales Taxunmatched
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)unmatched
  • Semiconductorsunmatched
  • Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
  • Support Documentationunmatched
  • Tax Regulationsunmatched
  • Tax Returnsunmatched
  • Transaction Processing/Managementunmatched
  • Transfer Pricingunmatched
  • Travel Policyunmatched
  • Use Taxunmatched
  • Value-Added Tax (VAT)unmatched
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