Director of Administration for a creative company

Job Description

Currently our client (Marketing/Creative company) is seeking candidates for a Japanese bilingual Director of Administration.

Position: Director of Administration

Industry: Creative/Marketing

Location: NYC

Languages: Japanese and English a MUST

Pay: up to 130K

Status: Full time + Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• Bilingual in Japanese and English.
• MBA degree in finance is a plus.
• CPA certification is a plus, but not required.
• 7 –10 years of related experience.
• Solid working knowledge of accounting standard practices and principles including US GAAP.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and other software applications.

Responsibilities:

• Generate and monitor corporate budget and business plans.
• Supervise all daily bookkeeping, AP and AR/collection functions, and bank reconciliation as well as overall day-to-day cash management.
• Supervise the monthly, quarterly closing journal entries, balance sheet supporting schedules.
• Supervise the preparation of annual and monthly consolidated GAAP-compliant financial reports coordinating with the parent company in Japan.
• Update and execute accounting policies, as necessary.
• Supervise preparation of various reports for submission to the parent company and to help prepare for monthly Board of Directors meetings.
• Deal with internal and external accounting audits.
• Supervise preparation and filing of federal, state and local tax returns working with outside tax accountants.
• Planning and administrating all the HR-related matters e.g. recruitment, salary and employees' benefit plans and other matters.
• Supervise/carry out payroll, health insurance plans and 401(k) plan.
• Planning and administrating internal corporate rules in such fields as compliance, accounting, trade, credit control and other matters.
• Plan and administrate IT-related matters including but not limited to structuring and maintenance of corporate IT system and its security.
• Direct and make decisions on selection of vendors, other relevant office supplies and services.