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Accounting Staff and Leader Candidate - Financial Accounting Department (FACT)

Collected Nov 11, 2026 · Last checked Nov 12, 2026

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Tokyo

Some English

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About This Role

Job Description

Business Overview

The Rakuten Group's basic management philosophy is to "empower" people and society through innovation.

Rakuten Group offers more than 70 diverse services, including the online shopping mall Rakuten Ichiba, e-commerce services such as the travel booking site Rakuten Travel, financial services such as Rakuten Bank, and professional sports.

Department Overview

The Financial Accounting Department of Rakuten Group, Inc. will be responsible for accounting operations for Rakuten Group, Inc.. In addition to smoothly carrying out the accounting operations of Rakuten Group, Inc., we strive every day to provide the highest level of accounting services.

This position requires the ability to respond proactively and with a sense of speed to changes within and outside the company. For those with experience, this is a rewarding environment where they can fully demonstrate their expertise and business skills, and for younger members, it is a rewarding environment where they can fully demonstrate their expertise and business skills. is a challenging environment where you can grow with a sense of speed.

The culture of the organization is a flat environment where individual styles are respected and people are free to express their opinions about how work is done.

Position:

Position Details

Financial Accounting Section

  • Non-consolidated financial results of Rakuten Group (IFRS and Japanese GAAP)
  • Preparation of securities reports and other disclosure materials
  • Promotion of projects related to M&A and organizational restructuring
  • Improvement and restructuring of accounting processes and systems of Rakuten Group, Inc.
  • Expense control and payment operation
  • Fixed Asset accounting
  • Revenue recognition and A/R control
  • Billing control
  • Point incentive accounting
  • Improvement of accounting process and system
  • Accounting support for projects
  • Promoting DX in Accounting
  • Job rotation within the Financial Accounting Section is available.

Work Environment

The team members have a roughly equal ratio of men and women, and are evenly distributed from young people to veterans, making it a very comfortable work environment.

Mandatory Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of accounting experience (or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license).
  • Experience compiling standalone financial statements.
  • Experience dealing with audit firms.
  • Knowledge of accounting with bookkeeping level 2 or higher.
  • Good communication skills and the ability to work as an organization.
  • Be able to respond flexibly to changes.
  • Business-level Japanese.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of IFRS and business experience.
  • Experience in improving accounting systems and processes.
  • Experience in team management or project management.
  • Experience in SAP.

Other Information:

Additional information on Location

Rakuten Crimson House

1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Related Pages

#corporate #finance #accounting #financeandaccountingdiv

Languages:

English (Overall - 3 - Advanced), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)

Language Requirements

Some English

English (Overall - 3 - Advanced), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)

English (Overall - 3 - Advanced), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)

Company

Rakuten Group

楽天グループ株式会社

Tokyo

Internet / E-Commerce, Finance & FinTech

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