Financial Support Project with Luxury Retail Company

You will support in Business Planning & Control during a transition period, providing stability and continuity within a small team. You will also play a central role in responding to frequent HQ-driven inquiries and ad hoc requests, ensuring management reporting remains consistent, reliable, and well-controlled in a manual, template-heavy environment.

This engagement is best positioned as a stabilization and continuity bridge—reducing execution risk during a team transition while enabling light-touch improvements (checklists, control tabs, file discipline, clearer handoffs) that help the team sustain performance without requiring upstream system change.

Your involvement in the project will be carried out as an independent subcontractor.

Project Information

• Company: EY Strategy and Consulting, Co. Ltd.
• Address: Hibiya Mitsui Tower, Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, 1-1-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006 Japan
• Work location: Within 23 wards of Tokyo
• Contract type: Service entrust contract (業務委託)

Salary: 6500JPY-8000JPY/ Hour

Scope of Services

1. Month-End / Quarter-End / Year-End Close Support (FP&A + Close Interface)

• Support the close cycle by preparing and providing schedules/data to Accounting/Shared Services (e.g., accruals, provisions support)
• Support inventory and gross margin close activities, including analyses, reserve / stock depreciation inputs, and reconciliation support
• Prepare and quality-check management reporting packs and commentary (variance vs budget/forecast/prior year)
• Support balance sheet and cash flow analysis via supporting schedules and reconciliations (as required for management reporting and HQ requests)

1. Inventory / Gross Margin & Data Reconciliation (High-Risk Execution Area)

• Perform or support reconciliations across multiple inventory-related data sources (e.g., stock on hand vs stock flow), identifying and resolving mismatches
• Document issues/gaps and coordinate with HQ when logic/definitions are HQ-owned and require HQ input
• Identify recurring reconciliation breakpoints and propose pragmatic control checks to reduce rework and improve reliability

1. Budgeting & Forecasting

• Collect and review budget/forecast inputs from internal stakeholders; support consolidation into P&L
• Support forecasting and analysis of gross margin and inventory
• Prepare budget/forecast decks and supporting analysis for management discussions (in coordination with the team)

1. HQ / Ad Hoc Requests & Template Management

Respond to frequent, time-sensitive ad hoc analysis requests, including HQ-driven inquiries with short turnaround

Manage and maintain multiple reporting/analysis templates (standardized and ad hoc), reducing “rebuild from scratch” effort through disciplined file management, version control, and structured working files (e.g., control tabs, clear assumptions, tie-outs)

Qualifications

• Accounting Qualification: CPA, ACCA.
• Consumer-facing or product-based industry experience preferred
• Financial Operations Proficiency: Solid background in financial reporting, budgeting, and audit support.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to manage and motivate an accounting team.
• Communication Abilities: Strong skills in conveying financial concepts and resolving issues with various stakeholders.

Next Steps

Screening by Interim Professionals Talent & Engagement Teams.

EY Compliance and Independence Check.

Client Introduction.

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