Senior GL Accountant

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

KLA is known for its high-performing business model. Our Finance organization, comprised of Operations and Corporate Finance teams, delivers expert guidance to develop and execute sound business practices. Operations Finance teams use analytics, modeling and data tracking to shape business decisions. Corporate Finance's spectrum of services includes internal and external financial reporting, accounting, taxes, industry analysis, benchmarking, internal audits, and merger and acquisition support.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

Japan Accounting, Closing & Finance Transformation

LOCATION
KLA-Tencor Yokohama Office

REPORTS TO
Accounting Manager

CAREER SCOPE
Senior individual contributor with leadership opportunity

The Opportunity

This is more than a traditional general ledger role. You will take ownership of key Japan accounting and closing activities, strengthen accounting quality, and help shape a modern and scalable Finance organization. Working closely with the Accounting Manager and cross-functional partners, you will combine hands-on accounting expertise with process improvement, automation, and team development.

What You Will Own

·         Closing leadership: Lead assigned activities for monthly, quarterly, and annual close, ensuring accurate, complete, and timely accounting.

·         General ledger and balance sheet ownership: Own key GL and balance sheet areas, including trial balance analysis, account reconciliations, and resolution of unusual or complex transactions.

·         US GAAP and Japan GAAP accounting: Manage accounting and required adjustments under US GAAP and Japan GAAP, supporting reliable statutory and management reporting.

·         Treasury and cash visibility: Own assigned treasury and banking activities, including cash flow forecast preparation and related coordination.

·         Controls and audit readiness: Support SOX compliance and internal and external audits through strong documentation, clear explanations, and sustainable controls.

·         Shared service partnership: Coordinate and oversee assigned monthly accounting activities performed by the India shared service team, with a focus on quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

·         Finance transformation: Identify and drive opportunities for standardization, process simplification, AI, and automation, including improvements enabled by SAP S/4HANA.

·         Team capability building: Provide practical coaching to junior accountants, helping them understand the accounting principles and business meaning behind daily transactions, not only the processing steps.

What Success Looks Like

·         You are recognized as a trusted owner of key accounting areas, not only as a reviewer.

·         Closing and balance sheet processes become more accurate, efficient, and sustainable.

·         Issues are addressed through root-cause analysis and process improvement, rather than repeated manual correction.

·         Junior accountants strengthen their technical judgment and become more confident in explaining the rationale behind transactions.

·         The Accounting Manager gains greater capacity to focus on management, strategic priorities, and broader Finance leadership.

What You Bring

·         7+ years of progressive Finance and Accounting experience, with strong hands-on general ledger and closing expertise.

·         Solid knowledge of US GAAP and Japan GAAP, including experience with GAAP adjustments.

·         Experience with SAP; SAP S/4HANA experience is highly desirable.

·         Business-level English, with the ability to collaborate in a global and cross-functional environment.

·         CPA, US CPA, or Nissho Bookkeeping Level 2 or above is preferred.

·         A proactive, curious, and improvement-oriented mindset, with the ability to learn, challenge constructively, and work as a team player.

·         Interest in coaching others and taking broader ownership and leadership responsibility over time.

Why Join This Role

·         Own meaningful accounting areas and influence how Japan Finance operates.

·         Combine technical accounting with SAP S/4HANA, AI, automation, and process transformation.

·         Work closely with local and global Finance stakeholders in a visible senior role.

·         Build leadership capability through coaching, cross-functional partnership, and broader responsibility.

Minimum Qualifications

Doctorate (Academic) Degree and 0 years related work experience; Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 3 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement 

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.