Description

Reporting to the Finance Director of Eurofins Japan, this person will be responsible for leading a team within Finance to oversee and lead several functional areas of“transactional” accounting, notably AP, AR, Intercompany transactions, T&E expense processing, routine GL entries and tax

Eurofins Japan NSC (National Service Center) is a company which provides Finance, HR,Legal, Purchasing and Administrative services to all businesses of Eurofins Japan Group. Eurofins Japan Group is an industry leader in the area of laboratory testing and is comprised of a diverse and dynamic business portfolio of about 20 legal entities, 5-6 major business lines and over 1,100 employees with aggressive growth plans for the next few years

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Manage around 10 staff
• Day to day management and oversight of monthly closing in the areas of AP. AR, T&E, as well as the accurate and timely recording of expenses and sales
• Lead / support completion of monthly/quarterly reporting package to HQ in collaboration with Financeʼs Reporting Team
• Handle audits by external and internal auditors
• Lead improvement of financial processes, integration of new companies and compliance to all internal control/audit requirements
• Active role in implementation of new ERP system and standardized processes
• Respond to ad-hoc requests from global/regional offices
• Provide coaching/training to finance staff. Promote a culture to change/grow
• Various ad hoc assignments as needed
• Build a strong team
• Provide coaching/training to staff, promote a culture to change/grow
• Management of Outsourced Operations

This position will enable candidate to

• Gain hands-on experience of financial transactions for a diverse group of companies
• Gain in-depth understanding of working in a dynamic, global atmosphere across a broad range of businesses
• Future rotation to other teams of Finance will be available based on the skills and performance of the candidate
• Gain experience of a team undergoing a transformation towards a “best practice” finance organization

Qualifications

• Intermediate level of Business English skill in speaking, writing and reading.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience
• Past experience at an auditing firm preferred
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to adapt well in a fast-paced environment and comfortable in handling uncertainty or the lack of established precedence
• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to build strong relationships with business

Additional Info

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity!  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 60 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.