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Senior Accountant

Match Group· Finance
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Hybrid (Tokyo)Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Accountant at Match Group responsible for general accounting tasks, month-end close, tax filings, process improvements, and collaboration with cross-functional teams, with potential expansion to tax duties in the future.

Responsibilities

  • Perform general accounting tasks as part of the month-end close process, including preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and analysing financial statements.
  • Prepare corporate income tax filings (including size-based tax), consumption tax, and business premises tax in collaboration with Tax firms.
  • Investigate account balance variances and assist the finance team in explaining differences between actual results and forecasts.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Business, FP&A, Tax, and Internal Audit.
  • Lead process improvements and contribute to projects that enhance scalability, efficiency, system design, and management reporting.
  • Review contracts and transactions to ensure proper accounting treatment.
  • Drive general process improvements and create documentation for all aspects of the accounting cycle.
  • Implement processes and document controls to ensure SOX compliant internal control environment.
  • Support year-end external audit activities and ongoing internal audits as necessary.
  • Manage special projects and other ad hoc assignments as required.
  • Collaborate with the BI team to develop insightful and effective reports.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5–7 years of experience in financial accounting.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Tax, or a related field is preferred.
  • Accounting qualifications are ideal (USCPA, JCPA, Bookkeeping Level 1 required; Bookkeeping Level 2 is a must).
  • Strong knowledge of J-GAAP, US GAAP/IFRS, and internal controls (SOX).
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both English and Japanese (JLPT N1 or higher).
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a collaborative approach to resolving issues as part of a team.
  • Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with a willingness to support and work cohesively with other team members.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills. Support other team members and work as One Team
  • Advanced skills in Excel and/or Google Sheets.
  • Experience with systems like Workday, OneStream, OneSource or AI tools (Gemini, Claude) is a plus.
  • Experience with system implementation and automation is highly desirable.

Skills

Required:Journal entriesReconciliationsFinancial statement analysisTax filingsSOX internal controlsCross-functional collaboration
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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