Japan Accounting & Finance Salary Guide 2026

28 roles benchmarked against up to five published 2026 salary guides, with the typical agency fee beside every median.

Salary Consensus by Role

Median across published Japan salary guides, with the fee stacked on top

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1 USD = ¥158.06, European Central Bank rate for Oct 29, 2026

Role	Median	Range (Low to High)	Guides	Agency Fee (35%)	Total Cost
Chief Financial Officer	￥33,250,000≈ $210,400	￥15,000,000 to ￥70,000,000≈ $94,900 to $442,900	2	￥11,637,500≈ $73,630	￥44,887,500≈ $284,000
Financial Control Director	￥20,750,000≈ $131,300	￥15,000,000 to ￥28,000,000≈ $94,900 to $177,100	2	￥7,262,500≈ $45,950	￥28,012,500≈ $177,200
Finance Director	￥19,000,000≈ $120,200	￥14,000,000 to ￥26,500,000≈ $88,570 to $167,700	3	￥6,650,000≈ $42,070	￥25,650,000≈ $162,300
Financial Controller	￥18,500,000≈ $117,000	￥12,000,000 to ￥25,000,000≈ $75,920 to $158,200	4	￥6,475,000≈ $40,970	￥24,975,000≈ $158,000
FP&A Director	￥17,500,000≈ $110,700	￥10,000,000 to ￥25,000,000≈ $63,270 to $158,200	3	￥6,125,000≈ $38,750	￥23,625,000≈ $149,500
Financial Control Vice President	￥15,125,000≈ $95,690	￥10,000,000 to ￥18,500,000≈ $63,270 to $117,000	2	￥5,293,750≈ $33,490	￥20,418,750≈ $129,200
Tax Manager	￥14,250,000≈ $90,160	￥10,000,000 to ￥18,500,000≈ $63,270 to $117,000	3	￥4,987,500≈ $31,550	￥19,237,500≈ $121,700
Business Controller	￥13,000,000≈ $82,250	￥8,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $50,610 to $113,900	3	￥4,550,000≈ $28,790	￥17,550,000≈ $111,000
FP&A Manager	￥12,625,000≈ $79,880	￥9,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $56,940 to $113,900	4	￥4,418,750≈ $27,960	￥17,043,750≈ $107,800
Internal Audit Manager	￥12,625,000≈ $79,880	￥9,000,000 to ￥18,000,000≈ $56,940 to $113,900	2	￥4,418,750≈ $27,960	￥17,043,750≈ $107,800
Financial Accounting Manager	￥12,500,000≈ $79,080	￥10,000,000 to ￥15,000,000≈ $63,270 to $94,900	2	￥4,375,000≈ $27,680	￥16,875,000≈ $106,800
Treasury Manager	￥12,500,000≈ $79,080	￥8,500,000 to ￥15,000,000≈ $53,780 to $94,900	3	￥4,375,000≈ $27,680	￥16,875,000≈ $106,800
Finance Manager	￥12,250,000≈ $77,500	￥8,000,000 to ￥20,000,000≈ $50,610 to $126,500	4	￥4,287,500≈ $27,130	￥16,537,500≈ $104,600
Finance Business Partner	￥12,000,000≈ $75,920	￥8,000,000 to ￥16,000,000≈ $50,610 to $101,200	2	￥4,200,000≈ $26,570	￥16,200,000≈ $102,500
Financial Control Associate	￥10,375,000≈ $65,640	￥7,000,000 to ￥13,500,000≈ $44,290 to $85,410	2	￥3,631,250≈ $22,970	￥14,006,250≈ $88,610
Accounting Manager	￥10,125,000≈ $64,060	￥7,500,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $47,450 to $82,250	2	￥3,543,750≈ $22,420	￥13,668,750≈ $86,480
Internal Auditor	￥9,625,000≈ $60,890	￥7,500,000 to ￥13,000,000≈ $47,450 to $82,250	2	￥3,368,750≈ $21,310	￥12,993,750≈ $82,210
Senior Finance Analyst	￥9,500,000≈ $60,100	￥7,000,000 to ￥11,000,000≈ $44,290 to $69,590	2	￥3,325,000≈ $21,040	￥12,825,000≈ $81,140
Credit Manager	￥9,375,000≈ $59,310	￥7,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $44,290 to $75,920	2	￥3,281,250≈ $20,760	￥12,656,250≈ $80,070
Senior Financial Accountant	￥8,750,000≈ $55,360	￥6,000,000 to ￥11,000,000≈ $37,960 to $69,590	2	￥3,062,500≈ $19,380	￥11,812,500≈ $74,730
Senior Accountant	￥8,625,000≈ $54,570	￥6,500,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $41,120 to $75,920	2	￥3,018,750≈ $19,100	￥11,643,750≈ $73,670
Cost Accountant	￥8,000,000≈ $50,610	￥4,500,000 to ￥11,000,000≈ $28,470 to $69,590	3	￥2,800,000≈ $17,710	￥10,800,000≈ $68,330
Financial Analyst	￥8,000,000≈ $50,610	￥5,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $31,630 to $75,920	4	￥2,800,000≈ $17,710	￥10,800,000≈ $68,330
Tax Accountant	￥8,000,000≈ $50,610	￥4,000,000 to ￥12,000,000≈ $25,310 to $75,920	3	￥2,800,000≈ $17,710	￥10,800,000≈ $68,330
Management Accountant	￥7,875,000≈ $49,820	￥5,500,000 to ￥10,000,000≈ $34,800 to $63,270	2	￥2,756,250≈ $17,440	￥10,631,250≈ $67,260
Treasury Accountant	￥7,500,000≈ $47,450	￥5,000,000 to ￥10,000,000≈ $31,630 to $63,270	3	￥2,625,000≈ $16,610	￥10,125,000≈ $64,060
Financial Control Analyst	￥7,250,000≈ $45,870	￥6,000,000 to ￥8,500,000≈ $37,960 to $53,780	2	￥2,537,500≈ $16,050	￥9,787,500≈ $61,920
Accountant	￥6,500,000≈ $41,120	￥4,500,000 to ￥10,000,000≈ $28,470 to $63,270	3	￥2,275,000≈ $14,390	￥8,775,000≈ $55,520

What Japan Employers Ask For

Drawn from the 1348 Accounting & Finance postings we track, at 482 companies hiring in Japan.

State a Japanese Level

Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
8%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
3%
No mention
89%

State an English Skill

Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
4%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
17%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
7%
Mentioned, level not specified
7%
No mention
65%

Skills Employers Name

Share of postings stating each term

Audit
37%
Tax
36%
Monthly / Annual Closing
36%
Internal Control / J-SOX
31%
Bookkeeping Certification
30%
CPA
30%
Excel
30%
Budgeting
24%
Consolidated Accounting
22%
IFRS
14%

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Treasury
14%
Data Analysis
14%
Financial Disclosure
14%
FP&A
13%
Stakeholder Management
13%
Project Management
12%
SAP
11%
Forecasting
11%
ERP
10%
PowerPoint
7%
AP / AR
6%
J-GAAP
6%
US GAAP
3%

Stated Requirements

Share of postings stating each term

3-4 years of experience
23%
5-9 years of experience
20%
Management experience
13%
University degree
12%
1-2 years of experience
8%
Master's degree
6%
10+ years of experience
5%

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