Finance Analyst, FP&A

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Founded in 2012 in Tokyo, Japan, SmartNews has offices in Tokyo, San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York, and Singapore.

The Finance Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team plays a pivotal role in supporting SmartNews’s long-term strategic vision and financial health. By partnering with various departments like Ads, Operations, Marketing, and Product teams, this group ensures that the company's financial planning is aligned with its broader business objectives. They provide vital financial insights for management, enabling data-driven decision-making. Additionally, the team collaborates closely with accounting, investor relations, tax, and treasury departments to provide a holistic view of the company’s performance, both in the short and long term. Their contributions help maintain the financial stability and growth trajectory of the company.

As a Finance Analyst in the FP&A team, you will be responsible for supporting regular financial activities, such as closing processes and management reporting. You will also collaborate with the Business Analysis and Data Science teams to create and maintain tools for financial analysis, enabling the company to drive effective financial decision-making. In this role, you will partner across finance functions, including IR, accounting, and treasury, and support financial analysis needs, while also taking on ad hoc project analysis requests. This position is crucial for ensuring the smooth execution of financial strategies across the organization.

• Support FPA team regular activities including close, management report
• Partner with Business analysis team and Data science team, create and maintain tools for financial analysis
• Support financial analysis needs from functions across finance department including IR/Accounting/Treasury.
• Support ad hoc project analysis request.
• FPAチームの日常業務（決算、管理レポートなど）をサポート
• ビジネス分析チームおよびデータサイエンステームと連携し、財務分析のためのツールを作成および維持
• IR、会計、財務部門を含む財務部門全体の分析ニーズをサポート
• 臨時のプロジェクト分析依頼をサポート

Requirements

• Working experience in FPA/Accounting/IR/BA over 3 years.
• Financial data analytics capabilities, including budget planning, FP&A analysis, and budget analytics, to drive data-informed decision-making processes
• Expertise in spreadsheet financial modeling
• Expertise in Tableau for advanced analytics and data visualization
• Proficiency in SQL for data analysis and manipulation
• Strong understanding of data structures and data modeling to support advanced analytics

• FPA、会計、IR、ビジネス分析における3年以上の業務経験
• 予算計画、FP&A分析、予算分析などの財務データ分析能力を活かし、データに基づく意思決定プロセスを推進
• スプレッドシートを使用した財務モデリングの専門知識
• 高度な分析やデータ視覚化におけるTableauの専門知識
• データ分析および操作のためのSQLの習熟度
• 高度な分析を支えるデータ構造およびデータモデリングに対する深い理解

Nice to Have

• IT industry experience
• Accounting qualification. (CPA&CFA)
• Multinational working experience
• Netsuite experience
• Experience at top investment bank firm
• Bilingual English/Japanese language capability
• IT業界での経験
• 財務関連資格（CPAおよびCFA）
• 多国籍企業での業務経験
• NetSuiteの経験
• トップ投資銀行での経験
• 英語・日本語のバイリンガル能力

Working conditions

• Office location: Tokyo

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Benefits

Benefits available at the SmartNews Tokyo Office

• All healthcare and social insurance required by the Japanese labor law, plus annual health check 
• Click here to learn more about the employee benefits available at our Tokyo office