Japanese-speaking Accounting & Controlling Assistant Vice President

Centre People; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A Japanese leasing company in London is seeking an experienced Accounting & Controlling Assistant Vice President. This role involves managing tax-related activities, compliance with tax regulations, and handling accounting operations. The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of relevant experience and must be fluent in both Japanese and English. This hybrid and flexible position offers a salary of £48-72k depending on experience, along with private medical insurance.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in tax operations or accounting.
• Experience in implementing new accounting systems.
• Supervised accounting and tax-related activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage all tax-related and transfer-pricing activities.
• Ensure compliance with tax regulations.
• Conduct branch financial closing and cash-flow management.

Skills

Fluent in Japanese

Fluent in English

Tax operations expertise

Accounting operations knowledge

Job description

Job ID

MI47032

Job Title

Accounting & Controlling Assistant Vice President

Overview

Location: London
Type: Full‑time, Permanent
Salary: £48‑72k depending on experience
Start: ASAP

Job Description

A Japanese leasing company in London is currently recruiting an Accounting & Controlling Assistant Vice President. In this role, you will handle tax‑related and transfer‑pricing activities, as well as accounting‑related activities including budget management, financial closing operations, and compliance with tax regulations. The ideal candidate should have expertise in tax operations and accounting, and excellent proficiency in both Japanese and English. Understanding Japanese culture and possessing some Japanese language skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Handling all tax‑related and transfer‑pricing activities, and reporting to the manager of the branch and Tokyo.
• Responding to inquiries from external tax and accounting advisors, tax authorities in the UK and other EU countries or other parties related to tax and accounting when requested.
• Reviewing tax calculations provided by agents and authorities, contacting them to correct any errors if necessary.
• Researching recent tax issues related to the company’s business activities or others.
• Ensuring compliance with tax regulations, statutory requirements, and internal policies.
• Collaborating with various third parties such as tax and accounting offices.
• Performing other duties related to tax as assigned by branch managers.
• Handling accounting‑related activities including budget management in the branch, and reporting to the manager of the branch and Tokyo.
• Conducting the branch financial closing operations, consolidated account settlements and cash‑flow management for the branch.
• Administration related to any local taxes in conjunction with external advisors.
• Assisting various supporting services related to tax and accounting for subsidiaries (consolidated/equity method) and group companies in Europe.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of relevant industry experience in tax operations, transfer pricing, finance controller, accounting operations, settlement of accounts, or consolidated settlement of accounts.
• Experience in the end‑to‑end process of introducing and implementing a new accounting system.
• Experience as a finance controller supervising all accounting and tax‑related activities.
• Business‑level fluency in both English and Japanese.
• Right to work in the UK (the company does not offer visa support).

Working Conditions

Work type: Hybrid and flexible working.
Working hours: 9:00–17:00, Monday to Friday.
Visa support: None.

Benefits

Private medical insurance.

Visa Eligibility

Eligible visa: Permanent residence, spouse, partner.
Not eligible: Student visa, visa sponsorship required, working holiday, graduate.

Additional Information

All applicants must have the right to work in the country, as the company is not able to offer visa support. We regret that we cannot accept applications from working holiday visa, graduate, or student visa holders.