Accountant / Senior Accountant

Job Description

A global Japanese company in Sunnyvale is looking for an Accountant / Senior Accountant.

Position: Accountant / Senior Accountant

Industry: IT/Trading

Location: Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco Bay Area

Languages: English/Japanese

Pay: $60 - $75k (Depending on your experience)

Status: Full time + benefits

Duties

• Achieve accounting operational objectives by contributing accounting information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews
• Verify purchase entries including inventory receiving and vouchering entries to ensure accurate and timely posting to the system.
• Prepare journal entries, general ledger reconciliations, and financial statements for monthly closing.
• Process employee expenses, bank reconciliation and fixed assets management.
• Communicate with auditors, government offices for appropriate sales tax, property tax, and corporate business license filings
• Work with IT department for fixed asset management.
• Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent work experience in Accounting field.
• Japanese and English bilingual in reading, writing, and speaking.
• 5+ years of experience in Accounting including general ledger and monthly closing.
• An in-depth knowledge of accounting principles and practices (USGAAP) and a capacity for independent thought and judgment.
• Knowledge on corporate income tax.
• Experience with MS Dyanmics, Great Plains, other ERP will be a big plus.
• Must have computer skills, including the use of Excel spreadsheets and MSWord and Outlook.