Industry: Consulting
Location: Torrance, CA or NYC
Salary: $70,000 - $120,000 DOE
Visa Sponsor: No
Language: English: Business Level, Japanese: Native Level
Detail: Japanese CPA firm seeks a Japanese bilingual Senior Accountant / Senior Consultant for our Torrance, CA or NYC location.
Work hours： 8:30 – 5:30 (1hr lunch break)
*Possible. During busy season (Jan – Apr) and month-end close (1st week of each month)
Work Sitting: Hybrid (in-person 2 days per week)
(Will consider full remote depending on skill and experience)
Job Title： Japanese bilingual Senior Accountant / Senior Consultant
Salary range： $70 ,000 - $120,000 depending on skill and experience
Benefits：
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(K)
- HSA / FSA
- PTO
Job Description:
-Will be assigned as main client contact for each client engagement.
Expectations will include coordinating and performing bookkeeping, monthly and quarterly closing, attestation services (financial statement review and
compilation), tax return preparations, miscellaneous tax filings, interim Accounting Manager or Controller responsibilities, and other accounting and
tax related administrative services for clients.
- Will work closely with Managers and/or Sr. Managers.
- Individuals in this role are expected to be able to provide consultation services
to client, including assistance in setting up new accounting and tax-related
process flows, respond to inquiries based on intermediate-level
understanding of accounting and tax topics, and provide suggestions and
constructive feedback based on common practices.
Report to Manager or Sr. Manager
Qualifications and requirements:
-At least 3 years of experience in public accounting, or 5 years of experience in
private accounting.
- Requires experience in Bookkeeping (including financial statement close
process), Accounting and Attestation, or Tax (corporate, individual, and
miscellaneous).
- Public accounting experience is a big plus (i.e. accounting firm, bookkeeping
outsourcing firms).
- Accounting major also a strong plus.
- CPA or Enrolled Agent certification a strong plus. (Title will be designated as
Senior Consultant if candidate holds CPA)
- Requires understanding of intermediate accounting, corporate tax, and/or
individual tax.
- Strong communication skills and project management skills are expected
(will handle multiple client engagements simultaneously)
- Language skills: Japanese proficiency is not a requirement, but beneficial for
the role.
- Abele to read, write and speak in Japanese
Interview process: 2-3 interviews
- Role-related written exam to test knowledge (Approx 30 min)
