Top Finance Jobs in Japan

Leads Takeda Business Solutions’ Japan Finance Solutions organization of approximately 50 employees. Oversees finance operations across reporting, invoicing, asset management, treasury, and tax; drives transformation, standardization, automation, SAP S/4HANA implementation, governance, compliance, and continuous improvement. Partners with Japan and global finance stakeholders, including the Poland hub, while developing talent and leading organizational change in a regulated multinational environment.

Acts as the technology and data partner for Japan Finance, developing DD&T strategies and roadmaps, prioritizing digital and analytics initiatives, and driving automation with Microsoft Power Platform and AI. Owns Finance SaaS and workflow solutions, including Concur operations, incident coordination, access reviews, process improvement, governance, and stakeholder alignment. Translates Finance needs into technology requirements, resolves complex system and process issues, and coordinates global teams and service providers.

Manage hotel finance and accounting activities, including accounts payable and receivable, payment verification, journal entries, invoice processing, expense reviews, financial data management, reporting, and support for monthly and annual closing. The role also assists with internal audits, compliance activities, and general Finance department administration while collaborating with hotel departments.

Supports institutional client billing and Japan Controllers activities, including invoicing, revenue and cash accounting, accounts receivable monitoring, statutory and regulatory reporting, tax, treasury, and accounts payable support. The role requires collaboration across Sales, Operations, Legal, and Finance teams, strong control awareness, Japanese and English communication skills, and proficiency in Excel and Oracle.

Supports hotel finance and accounting operations, including accounts payable and receivable, payment verification, journal entries, invoice processing, expense reviews, financial reporting, month-end and year-end close support, and internal audit compliance. Collaborates with front desk and hotel departments while maintaining accurate financial records. No prior accounting experience is required, making this an entry-level opportunity for candidates interested in developing a hotel finance career.

Trade agency securities lending positions across Japanese and APAC equity, fixed-income, and funding markets. Manage trading books, generate revenue, identify portfolio opportunities, maintain counterparty and internal relationships, and manage market risk. Provide market commentary, collaborate with Operations and Corporate Actions teams, and use technology and analytics to optimize trading and portfolio management.

Supports Coach Japan financial forecasting, sales and gross-margin planning, periodic reporting, variance analysis, and long-range planning. Communicates performance insights to leadership and business partners, supports sales-driving promotions, evaluates store-related CAPEX investments, and performs ad-hoc financial analysis. Requires advanced Excel, Japanese and English proficiency, strong analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders.

Support Japan deal structuring and business development finance across deal lifecycle. Perform financial modelling, scenario analysis, benchmarking, and ROI/NPV reviews. Advise account teams and legal on deal economics and compliance, drive reporting and data integrity, build financial capabilities within the business, and support regional Deal Management projects to ensure profitable, compliant customer agreements.

Leads finance for Ipsen’s Japan affiliate, partnering with the General Manager and leadership team on strategy, budgeting, forecasting, performance management, commercial decisions, statutory and tax reporting, controls, audits, risk management, cash flow, and resource allocation. The role provides financial insights, scenario analysis, governance, and business-case evaluation while coordinating with regional and global finance teams.

Leads finance business partnering for a pharmaceutical manufacturing site, providing analytics, forecasting, budgeting, cost accounting, productivity insights, and strategic decision support. Oversees manufacturing financial performance, standard costing, variance analysis, capacity optimization, and operational excellence initiatives. Represents site finance with internal and external stakeholders, leads finance transformation and analytics projects, and develops a high-performing finance team.

Lead Asia Commodities product control for Finance, overseeing daily P&L and attribution, balance sheet, capital, expense, revenue, sales credit, and management reporting. Review Mumbai processes, communicate financial changes to business heads, manage risks and controls, and collaborate with Finance, business, risk, technology, legal, compliance, tax, and accounting teams. The role requires advanced finance expertise, strong Excel and VBA skills, leadership, and at least eight years of relevant experience.

Manage complex enterprise deals across finance, sales, legal, and compliance. Responsibilities include financial modeling, margin and discount analysis, deal structuring, risk assessment, approval management, pricing policy development, workflow design, documentation, and reporting. The role supports scalable deal desk processes while balancing revenue growth, profitability, controls, and strategic customer needs.

Leads financial reporting and analysis under GAAP, regulatory, and local statutory requirements. Analyzes Japan client financials and transactions, advises senior leadership, establishes controls, supports strategic planning, and manages finance risk and control agendas. Serves as a subject matter expert on reporting processes, systems, product analytics, and issue resolution while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and policies.

Owns finance and regulatory finance operations for a Japanese Type I Financial Instruments Business. Responsibilities include client asset segregation and trust protection calculations, accounting close, statutory and regulatory reporting, cash-flow and treasury management, tax matters, audit coordination, control design, and launch readiness. The role collaborates with local management, compliance, operations, trust banks, external advisors, and global finance while building finance processes and governance evidence.

Manage financial planning and analysis functions, support strategic decision-making, collaborate with business leaders, and drive company performance through budget management and financial insights.

Oversee Japan’s financial operations, including accounting, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, cash flow, tax compliance, inventory controls, payment reconciliation, and cost management. Develop financial SOPs, collaborate with global Finance on intercompany accounting, manage relationships with banks, auditors, investors, and vendors, and provide strategic analysis to senior leadership. The role begins as a 12-month contract-to-hire position with potential conversion to permanent employment.

Supports commercial accounting and financial reporting operations, including period close, actuals validation, balance sheet reconciliations, compliance with GAAP, SOX, internal audit requirements, and adherence to closing calendars and service-level commitments. The role requires accurate accounting execution, process expertise, analytical problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and clear communication of financial information.

Partners with Commercial and Marketing teams in Japan to drive profitable growth through financial performance management, customer and channel P&L analysis, pricing, trade investment, ROI, A&P efficiency, forecasting, business cases, and customer profitability. The role establishes governance, delivers dashboards and insights, supports negotiations and strategic decisions, and connects Commercial Finance with FP&A, Sales, Marketing, Supply, and other finance teams.

Supports Japan finance leadership through business partnering, financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, KPI reporting, dashboards, and executive presentations. Coordinates financial inputs across markets and FP&A teams, maintains data quality, improves reporting processes, and provides insights for commercial decisions, risks, opportunities, product launches, and other initiatives. Builds stakeholder relationships across Finance and Commercial teams.

Lead finance and accounting operations for Japan, including reporting, audits, monthly and annual closing under US GAAP and J-GAAP, budgeting, forecasting, tax returns, SOX control design and assessment, and people management. Partner with commercial teams and global finance leadership to provide insights, improve processes, strengthen internal controls, and support business growth. The role is onsite in Tokyo and requires native Japanese and excellent English communication.

Serve as the senior finance partner for Riot Games Japan, leading strategic FP&A, management accounting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, treasury, tax, controllership, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance. Oversee Payment Services Act obligations, HR and payroll support, corporate administration, insurance, payment processing, and external tax, legal, and audit relationships. Coordinate Japanese market requirements with global Finance while ensuring financial discipline, statutory compliance, and cross-functional operational continuity.

Lead pricing and market access strategy for assigned products (PII–JNDA), negotiate prices with MHLW, assess price potential, monitor healthcare and pricing policy, collaborate cross-functionally and with Global, build government and industry relationships, and educate HQ on Japan reimbursement systems.

Supports R&D finance through budgeting, forecasting, expenditure monitoring, variance analysis, and financial reporting. Partners with Japan-based and global R&D stakeholders to provide decision-support insights, performs IFRS-compliant accounting for R&D expenses, and identifies opportunities to simplify, improve, and automate related processes and systems.

Partner with commercial leadership to manage P&L, FP&A, budgeting, reporting, and compliance for Orthopaedics/DePuy Synthes Japan. Support financial planning, inventory and CAPEX oversight, separation/ERP migration activities, audits, and cross-functional initiatives while providing insights to drive growth, profitability, and governance.

Develop user-facing financial AI and equity research algorithms across query understanding, document processing, entity recognition, event detection, retrieval, ranking, and quality evaluation. Build datasets, labeling systems, benchmarks, and production evaluation frameworks. Apply large language models, NLP, machine learning, reinforcement learning, knowledge graphs, and multimodal methods while collaborating with engineers to deploy and continuously optimize financial data and knowledge systems.