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About the Role

This is a hands-on, project-based role for an experienced Finance Controller to support a temporary finance controlling engagement in Tokyo. The role focuses on maintaining continuity of finance controlling operations, including budget control, forecasting, analysis, and reporting, while working independently and coordinating with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day finance controlling activities.
• Manage budget control and monitor financial performance.
• Perform actual versus forecast analysis.
• Support forecasting and annual planning activities.
• Prepare or coordinate management reporting.
• Support month-end close from a finance controlling perspective.
• Coordinate accrual-related information with relevant stakeholders.
• Work closely with accounting, planning, and business teams.
• Support purchase order and approval-related finance processes.
• Review financial data and identify key variances or issues.
• Help improve process documentation and handover readiness.
• Identify process gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Communicate financial information clearly to business and finance stakeholders.

Requirements

• Experience in finance controlling.
• Experience in management accounting.
• Experience in budget control.
• Experience in forecasting and annual planning.
• Experience in actual versus budget / forecast analysis.
• Experience in month-end close support.
• Experience in accrual coordination or journal entry preparation.
• Experience in management reporting.
• Experience in group reporting.
• Experience in business partnering with commercial or brand teams.
• Experience working with accounting and finance planning teams.
• Experience supporting finance operations in a multinational company.
• Retail, consumer goods, beauty, luxury, or related industry experience.
• Japanese language fluency.
• Business-level English communication skills.

Skills

• Strong understanding of finance controlling and management accounting.
• Ability to analyze financial results and explain key variances.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and planning cycles.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills.
• Ability to work independently with limited documentation.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Practical understanding of accounting and month-end close processes.
• Ability to coordinate with accounting, business, and finance stakeholders.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with ERP, reporting, or approval systems is preferred.

Location

• Tokyo
• Within the 23 wards of Tokyo

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Project-based
• Contract

Experience Level

• Experienced

About the Company

• EY Strategy and Consulting Co., Ltd. is a consulting service team within EY Japan Consulting that specializes in helping organizations solve business challenges through Work Design consulting.
• Their approach focuses on improving how work is performed across people, process, and systems.
• They support clients by analyzing operating models, documenting business processes, designing controls, and helping organizations implement sustainable and scalable ways of working.