Back Market is the world’s leading refurbished electronics marketplace with a team of 650 people, powering operations in 18 countries (and counting!).
Named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company in 2019 and again in 2021, our mission is simple: empowering people to consume tech sustainably by offering folks a high quality, accessible, and more eco-friendly alternative to buying new electronics. Why? Refurbished tech helps
lower our collective environmental impact. We have indeed contributed to avoid the production of more than 1,000,000 tons of CO2e worldwide since our launch in 2014.
Be part of an exciting and growing international adventure that will change the way the world consumes tech.
YOUR MISSION (IF YOU ACCEPT IT): 🥇
- Assist on the monthly closing in APAC
- Assist with the accounting monthly closing by providing the external accountant with all closing information and answering external accountant questions.
- Create documents to present monthly financial performance to GMs in each APAC country.
- Assist on finance operations daily tasks and ad hoc tasks
- Create seller invoices in Korea.
- Handle accounts payable in APAC, including customer refunds.
- Work with our fraud team in France to fight against payment fraud.
- Identify areas of improvement in day-to-day operations and implement solutions.
- Ensure the reliability of our finance data and processes
- Reconcile different datasets ranging from sales transactions data to accounting data, and analyze any discrepancies.
- Other ad-hoc tasks to improve APAC finance operations and support other teams to grow the business in the APAC region.
- Assist with other finance-related tasks led by the growth of the business and the fast-changing environment.
YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE IF: ⭐
- You bring to the table at least 3 years in accounting, FP&A, or a related field and have a solid foundation in finance from your higher education
- You have a basic SQL knowledge and an intermediate Excel knowledge.
- You have good attention to detail and an excellent analytical mind.
- You have a structured approach and are methodical.
- You can handle routine tasks as well as ad-hoc tasks.
- You show curiosity and are willing to learn and dive into different finance topics in a fast-changing environment.
- You are a reliable team player with a sense of accountability and ownership, and you also can work independently.
- You are fluent in Japanese and business level in English
RECRUITMENT PROCESS: 📅
- Interview with Coco, our People Partner APAC
- Interview with Chika, our APAC Finance Operations Expert
- Interview with Lea, our Director of Finance and Accounting Operations
- Interview with Ryo, our General Manager of Japan
- Interview with Alexis, Director of Growth APAC
WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN US ? ✌🏼
- A meaningful job: you will help avoid thousands of tons of electronic waste and fight against planned obsolescence. It counts!
- A meaningful company: we became a mission-driven company in January 2022.
- Be part of a worldwide growing company based in Europe, the USA and Asia to face great challenges : you will have the freedom to innovate and adopt new ideas!
- Work alongside passionate experts: who will share their knowledge and help you develop and grow in your career.
- Grow your career: with a flexible career path and a dedicated Learning & Development team. Back Market will help you evolve with personalized internal trainings and external handpicked providers from day 1!
- Leadership Academy by Back Market:“be a coach not a dictator” is at the core of this program ! We train and enable all our leaders to support their team towards achieving goals. Be a manager at Back Market is an unique experience we take by heart.
- An attractive salary, equity and a host of benefits including : Lunch voucher, health insurance, relocation package, paid time off for activism in your community, parental benefits, flexible hours, etc…
- Remote friendly company : up to 2 days of remote work per week!
- One Loving Tribe: you will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, open-minded and friendly environment.
- Be part of one of our Employee Resource Groups createdaround shared identities, common backgrounds and/or special interests crafted to be a safe space and an expressive outlet.
- Several internal events: The Monday Brief (weekly)/ The Somehands (monthly)/ The All Hands (annual).
- We’re here to SABOTAGE: It’s our mantra. It keeps us focused on what we aspire to be: a little bit sneaky, always smart, kinda frugal and constantly conspiring to create maximum impact.
Back Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer which means we pledge to not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.. If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process, please do not hesitate to discuss this with the Talent Acquisition Team.
Back Market is helping to address one of the biggest challenges of our time: climate change. We take this so seriously that we were awarded status as a “Société à Mission”, or company with a social mission, by the French government. We know we can’t tackle a global problem without a globally representative team so we are committed to embedding diversity, equity and inclusion principles in every aspect of our organization. But more importantly, being One Loving & Free Spirited Tribe is in our DNA as it is one of the five foundational values of our company since we got started way back in 2014. We are committed to hiring and supporting diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We know our lofty goals cannot be reached unless everyone has a seat at the table along with the resources and opportunity to grow.
