Director, Accounting & Finance (Bilingual Japanese)

About the role

The Director, Accounting & Finance provides strategic leadership and oversight for the organization’s accounting, finance, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, tax, audit, compliance, and cash management functions. This role ensures the accuracy and integrity of financial information, maintains strong internal controls, and supports alignment with GAAP, parent company requirements, and organizational goals. The Director partners closely with senior leadership, internal departments, external auditors, tax advisors, banking partners, and the Parent Company to deliver timely financial analysis, strengthen operational efficiency, and guide the Accounting & Finance Department in meeting business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all financial transactions are processed timely and accurately in a proper accounting period in accordance with GAAP.
• Analyze operating results and variance to plan.
• Oversee the accuracy of monthly sales and financial reports and provide resulting commentaries to management regarding major variances.
• Review monthly financial reports for senior management.
• Attend monthly Group Executive Meetings and present group financial results.
• Lead the monthly meetings with other departments to review and analyze their performance.
• Review and submit consolidation package and related disclosure items to Parent Company on a quarterly basis.
• Review quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements.
• Present financial results to management.
• Manage and complete requirements for quarterly review and annual audit performed by external financial auditors.
• Remediate control deficiencies reported by external financial auditors.
• Cover with internal audit team and external financial auditors to satisfy J-SOX requirements under scopes specified by Parent Company.
• Aid Accounting Team at Parent Company in responding to inquiries from their external auditors during their quarterly review and annual audit.
• Aid Accounting Teams of consolidated subsidiaries in issues affecting consolidation reporting to Parent Company.
• Determine and prepare memorandum and analyses required for new or updated accounting standards and audits.
• Assist sales companies with updating their forecast and provide TTR supports on updating group forecast.
• Lead the strategic aspects of the annual operating plan and budget process by coordinating key assumptions with outside sources and other management teams.
• Outline and develop advanced reporting models to streamline monthly reporting and budgeting/forecasting processes.
• Lead the Mid-Term Plan process by working with the various stakeholders.
• Provide updated annual forecasts and assessments to management and TTR.
• Review quarterly and annual income tax provisions external tax specialists prepare.
• Coordinate with external tax specialists to complete quarterly review and annual audit of income tax provisions.
• Coordinate return filings and payments for federal excise tax, sales and use tax and property tax, federal income tax, state income taxes, state excise taxes, and state business taxes.
• Coordinate with external tax specialists to perform nexus study for state income taxes on a periodic basis.
• Coordinate audits by outside tax agencies.
• Work with external transfer pricing specialist to update and maintain APA agreement.
• Maintain P&L and adjust purchase price as necessary for transfer pricing.
• Review daily bank borrowing to ensure corporate cash requirements are met.
• Ensure sweep loan borrowing does not exceed target amount.
• Communicate with bank to maintain good relationship.
• Control and forecast daily/monthly cashflow.
• Supervise and provide guidance to the staff of the Accounting & Finance Department to improve the level of the department.
• Schedule departmental work and ensure deadlines are met.
• Provide a high-level final review of the accuracy and completeness of works prepared by the staff.
• Achieve company goals with respect to Accounting and Finance.
• Ensure all TTR-requested items are completed on a timely basis.
• Ensure accounting policies, procedures, and internal control systems are adhered to.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in accounting, finance, and related fields.
• Proven track record of leading and managing a team of accountants and finance professionals.
• Experience with GAAP, parent company requirements, and organizational goals.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively with senior leadership, internal departments, external auditors, tax advisors, banking partners, and the Parent Company.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial regulations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with financial modeling and forecasting tools.
• Knowledge of internal controls and risk management.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong leadership and supervisory skills.

Benefits

At Toyo Tires, our purpose for everything we do is clear: We make tires people love! Our team of talented professionals embody the company’s five core values, which include: Trust, Learn, Tenacity, Ownership, and Empathy. With passion and persistence (Grit), our team makes tires people love.

Toyo/Nitto provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We provide a competitive compensation package along with a robust benefits program to meet your needs. The salary range for this position is $200,000 - $230,000.