Accountant - Japanese

About the Role

As a member of the R2R Finance organization, the R2R Elsevier Senior Accountant, will be accountable for delivering efficient and effective operations of R2R processes in scope to high quality standards that meet/ exceed key objectives and service levels. Responsible for supporting the group reporting of the legal entities under the control of the team, the Elsevier R2R Senior Accountant is expected to be the business partner for business units specifically in APAC supporting non-English language (Chinese/Mandarin). Responsible for coordinating the resolution of accounting issues and ensuring that the global processes for Accounting are met. Responsible for all aspects of accounting for sets of books as assigned. Also accountable for ensuring that all aspects of accounting are carried out in accordance with company policies and procedures. Ensure that polices are aligned across companies.

About the Team

The R2R Senior Accountant is also responsible for engendering a ‘Right First Time’ culture within the R2R operations and responsible for helping drive the organization to first quartile (both cost and quality) through seeking and implementing, in close co-operation with other members of the R2R management team and Elsevier functional lead, an environment for improvements in efficiency, effectiveness and quality of service across the whole end-to-end R2R process.

**Responsibilities**:
- The R2R Accounting Department is responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective processing, integrity and reporting of all General Ledger transactions and the close process at the end of each calendar period. The R2R department is also responsible for Statutory, Tax and legal compliance as well as cash management, treasury and internal controls. Ensuring that all account reconciliations, SOX Controls, Accounting Controls, and Compliance requirements are met and delivered in accordance with company standards and timelines.

Service delivery- Administer the performance of the R2R operational team to agreed outcomes, ensuring the delivery of effective R2R operation for Elsevier- Together with GPOs and R2R Management team, agree periodic targets on KPIs and SLAs and by clear dashboard reporting ensuring that focus is also given to transactions that fall outside the agreed service levels and adopting a ‘Right First Time’ culture.- Participate with the team to deliver processes to agreed service levels and monitor performance- Administer activities to help deliver R2R dashboard reporting.- Work to deliver as part of the Elsevier team ensuring changes in policies and procedures are implemented in R2R.- As a member of the R2R team, deliver processes to agreed service levels and performance- Help deliver and meet all internal controls and resolve gaps in a timely manner

R2R processes and systems compliance

Accountable to the team in the delivery of:
- Perform period end closing process including but not limited to the following process - posting of accruals, labor cost and other accounting-related transactions in Oracle.- Perform financial analysis which includes both horizontal and vertical analysis of GL accounts.- Review monthly journal entries for accuracy and completeness. Ensure all entries are posted to Oracle.- Prepare monthly account reconciliations and ensure all open items are resolved in a timely manner.- Ensure that interfaces from subsystems to Oracle are in balance and are posted to Oracle. Work with IT and Super Users to resolve problems.- Maintain strong internal controls by having a full understanding of end to end process, and ensure that accounting policies and procedures are adhered to. In addition, ensure compliance and alignment across companies and business units, that is to simplify, streamlined and standardized the end to end processes.-
- Liaising with business units, Business Controllers, Business partners, Operations. Take a proactive approach to developing new policies and procedures as needed to fit changing business needs.

Relationship Management:
- Facilitate the relationship and service level management with Business Units Teams (COE, BDS, etc)- Facilitate escalations for R2R team, internal and external customers and stakeholders & employees- Play a pro-active role in internal and external relationship management.- Liaise with different Finance teams to agree on SLAs, targets and ensure that target deliverables are achieved for in-scope activities.

**Requirements**:
- Minimum 2-4 years work experience and a degree in accounting, preferably a CPA.- Excellent Excel skills. Experience with major enterprise accounting systems such as Oracle, SAP or PeopleSoft.- Experience in medium to large company environment, preferably a multinational company.- Experience in business control is a plus.
- About Us
- RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
- We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and