Senior Accountant

Accounting Department Tokyo, Japan

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Accountant to join our finance team in Japan. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of accounting principles, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

The position encompasses the following tasks:

IFRS month-end and year-end closing processes, including reconciliations, and close per commodity
Preparation of the statutory financial statements according to the local GAAP
Support accounts payable and receivable processes, ensuring timely and accurate processing of transactions
Support internal and external audits, providing necessary documentation and explanations
Assist tax monthly reporting for submission to Group Tax
Support local tax and other regulatory submissions
Assist with preparation of transfer pricing file
Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts and month on month variances analysis as required
Review and process employee expenses and ensure compliance with established standards and procedures.
Support the implementation and maintenance of global financial systems and controls.
Perform monthly intercompany reconciliations
Perform bank reconciliations
Collaborate with internal and external auditors during audits and ensure timely resolution of any issues.
Support with various accounting and finance tasks as required

Qualifications and requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA or CPA) with 1-3 years of post-qualification experience, ideally in the commodities industry.
Knowledge of Japanese accounting standards and regulations.
Advanced English language ability, both written and spoken; native Japanese.
SAP FICO experience is preferrable
Advanced Excel ability

Our ideal candidate:

is a dynamic, lateral thinking individual with a positive, enthusiastic attitude and a strong desire to learn
good inter-personal skills, interacts well within a team environment, takes initiative, and approaches and resolves issues in a structured methodical manner
has a strong sense of responsibility, ownership and is attentive to detail.

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.

With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 50 offices.

Glencore’s customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.

Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019 baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25% by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our 2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at glencore.com/publications.

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