Japanese Bilingual Accounting Manager

Location:  Union City, CA (full office commute required)

Compensation: $120,000/YR ~ + benefits

Job duties:

• Understand, follow, and support the company’s internal Quality System policies and procedures and work instructions including, but not limited to, applicable external regulations and International Standards

• Close the books monthly, quarterly, and annually in a timely manner; prepare financial statements in required formats and provides them to Controller and President

• Prepare and compile sales-related reports on a regular basis, and provides them to management, sales department, and dealers

• Coordinate and facilitate financial audits with external auditors; prepare financial data and documents for the audits; implement practices as recommended by the auditor

• File tax reports, including sales and use taxes, property tax, payroll tax and submits tax compliance reports as requested

• Coordinate financial activities of multiple functions within the organization, and collaborate  with Sales, Marketing, Purchasing, and Customer Service departments

• Prepare and monitor the corporate budgets based on input from all functionalities

• Ensure that overall budget is realistic and in line with the management requirements; monitor the spending based on the budget    

• Forecast future Accounting Departmental or group needs including human and material resources and capital expenditures (fixed asset budget including IT software and hardware requirements)

• Manage and maintain the Accounting System (GP 2018)

• Identify human resource needs, including recruiting, training, developing, and disciplining team members, and discuss the needs with the Controller

• Run AP aging reports and process check runs on a weekly basis; mail payments and file payment documentation

• Stamp invoices and issue payable vouchers on a daily basis

• Maintain and update vendor information in the ERP system; obtain W-9 forms for new vendors and maintain AP files for 1099 reporting

• Answer AP-related questions from vendors; reconcile AP module with General Ledger

• Generate sales reports on a monthly basis and reviews activities for accuracy; calculate commission expenses.; reconcile expenses with GL and proposes Journal entry, as necessary, for adjustment; issue commission vouchers monthly, cut checks, and mail payments with reports to sales representatives

• Reconcile the company credit card statements with receipts and arrange payments