Accounting Manager / Controller

Bilingual Japanese Controller

International Real Estate Management company seeks a Bilingual Japanese Controller in the Manhattan Office. The company owns and manages a high-rise office building in a prime location in Midtown Manhattan. Responsibilities include monthly close of the books and records, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, understanding the importance of new accounting standards, influencing the future objectives of financial reporting through technology for automation, budgeting, forecasting and function analysis for senior management, lead contact between management and Deloitte for annual audit requirements, leasing, critical evaluation of leasing transactions, strong straight-line rent preparation and execution for new and modified agreements, monitoring uncollectible rents and probability of collection for financial reporting requirements, overview of the current business control processes and potential for enhancements, management level controls to enhance policies and procedures, managing risks for the parent company in Japan, leading the accounting department staff members through efficiency and educational viewpoints, and support tenant selection.

Requirements include CPA holder with 5-8 years of Big 4 experience in preparing US GAAP financial statements, team player with a small team, multicultural work environment, good liaison and communicator to the external auditors and tax advisors, accounting knowledge should include lease accounting, bilingual Japanese (Read/Write/Speak), and preferable benefits include medical insurance paid by company and good benefits.