Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

Tailor your resume to this Senior Finance Manager / Finance Manager, Japan シニアファイナンスマネージャー／ファイナンスマネージャー（日本） role.

Rezi rewrites your resume against The Hoffman Agency's job description. Free.

Tailor your resume to this Senior Finance Manager / Finance Manager, Japan シニアファイナンスマネージャー／ファイナンスマネージャー（日本） role.

Rezi rewrites your resume against The Hoffman Agency's job description. Free.

Tailor my resume

Don't guess if your resume is good enough.

See how it scores against the Senior Finance Manager / Finance Manager, Japan シニアファイナンスマネージャー／ファイナンスマネージャー（日本） posting at The Hoffman Agency — free, in seconds.

Don't guess if your resume is good enough.

See how it scores against the Senior Finance Manager / Finance Manager, Japan シニアファイナンスマネージャー／ファイナンスマネージャー（日本） posting at The Hoffman Agency — free, in seconds.

Get my score

About the Role

The Senior / Finance Manager, Japan plays a pivotal role in supporting financial strategy, optimizing revenue opportunities, and providing insights that drive informed local business decision-making. This role works closely with business leaders, client servicing teams, and finance counterparts to ensure financial data is effectively analyzed and translated into actionable strategies that support growth and operational excellence. With a strong focus on financial workflows, operational efficiency, and commercial performance, this position contributes to evolving business needs and transformation initiatives. The Manager also collaborates with the Hoffman Asia Pacific Operations team, ensuring best practices and commercial strategies are implemented to enhance business performance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders, Finance, and Operations counterparts to provide financial insights that drive strategic decision-making.
• Analyze financial data to deliver clear, actionable recommendations tailored for non-finance stakeholders.
• Collaborate with regional finance teams to support pricing strategies and maintain Japan markets’ competitiveness.
• Lead Japan and cross-market client contract reviews, ensuring financial viability and optimizing pricing structures.
• Manage Net Working Capital (NWC) to improve liquidity and cash flow efficiency across Japan operations.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting, ensuring alignment with business goals and commercial targets.
• Ensure financial reporting processes enable accurate, timely, and meaningful insights for business leaders.
• Work closely with regional finance team to maintain a robust financial control framework, balancing risk management with commercial agility.
• Along with local financial planning, reporting, and control measures with regional finance counterparts.
• Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes and improve operational efficiencies.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practice implementation across finance teams.
• Contribute to workflow enhancements and system improvements, ensuring scalable solutions that support future growth.
• Ensure financial transactions are accurately processed, recorded, and reconciled within established policies.
• Identify opportunities to streamline financial workflows, improving efficiency in transaction processing.
• Maintain awareness of financial risks, working closely with regional finance teams to assess, mitigate, and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Support the development, refinement, and enforcement of finance-related policies and best practices of Japan operations.

Requirements

• 7-10 years of experience in finance, including exposure to FP&A, or commercial finance.
• Demonstrated success in leading ERP system implementations or driving finance transformation initiatives is highly preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with confidence in collaborating with business and finance teams.
• Strong analytical mindset, able to translate financial data into meaningful insights.
• Proactive and adaptable, with a solution-driven approach.
• Ability to collaborate seamlessly across local finance and regional teams as well as business counterparts.
• Strong proficiency in productivity suites e.g. Excel and has prior experience working with various systems.
• Candidates with more extensive experience will be considered for the Senior Finance Manager level.

Skills

• Japanese
• English
• Excel

Location

• Japan

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior
• Manager

About the Company

• ホフマンでは、コラボレーション、好奇心、そして思いやりを大切にしています。日本とAPACの仲間にとって信頼されるパートナーとして、ローカルのニーズとリージョナルな視点をつなぎ、複雑な課題を分かりやすく整理しながら、より良い働き方を共に創ってください。
• 一人ひとりのアイデアが尊重され、全員が未来づくりに関われる、自由で起業家精神にあふれたカルチャーで力を発揮してみませんか。