Cove started with renting coliving spaces. Now we’ve expanded to more than just coliving spaces, providing flexibility for comfortable and enjoyable long term or short term stays in our beautiful properties. With over 6000 rooms across Singapore and Indonesia, we’re living our mission and growing our homes in South Korea and Japan.

Believing in the power of a team, we aim to build the leading tech flexible living platform in Asia Pacific, providing high quality and community-centric accommodations. Here we also encourage authenticity and fun to fully embrace being human in a driven and result focused environment to make things happen and ensure the dream becomes a reality.

Our Japan team loves the flexibility of our working arrangement — whether it’s at our coworking space or one of our properties. There’s always the perfect spot to get inspired, stay focused, and enjoy a refreshing change of scenery.

With this setup, boredom or feeling stuck in your routine is a thing of the past!

Come enjoy the journey with us and become a Cove Superstar!

Job Title: Finance Accounting Clerk

Job-Type: Part time 3 days per week

Reports To: Financial Controller – Cove Singapore & Country Head – Cove Japan KK

Location: Japan

About the role:

The Accounting Clerk position is a critical role supporting our accounting functions in Japan. This role includes all full cycle bookkeeping duties including reconciliations of bank and credit cards, consumption tax reporting, and routine monthly/annual reporting. In addition, this role will prepare payments, manage collections and payables, manage cash balances, as well as oversee property reporting and customer related finance enquiries.

We are looking for someone who has many years of managing monthly reporting as well as the day to day operational accounting and book-keeping.

This position offers the unique opportunity to join one of the leading co-living companies in the Region and support the future growth of the Japanese business. The company prides itself on its innovation and its use of technology to address the needs of its existing and future real estate and hospitality companies.

What you’ll be doing:

• Daily bookkeeping duties of the head office and multiple properties including reconciling bank and credit cards, balance sheet account reconciliations and issuing tax invoices to customers, where required
• Maintains aging system for accounts receivable and accounts payable
• Conducts the daily banking activities
• Facilitates timely payments of security deposit refunds to customers
• Liaise with customers regarding financial queries in relation to invoicing enquiries
• Monitors and manages company and property cash balances
• Oversees property account reconciliations and timelines with the head office finance team
• Ensures all documents are recorded and filed appropriately
• Complies with and enforces all controls procedures
• Supports external accountants with corporation/local tax reporting, payments and compliance
• Supports some HR and office administration functions

What makes you a great fit:

• 7+ years of experience in full-cycle accounting/bookkeeping is required
• Excellent verbal and written English and Japanese communication skills are required
• Accounting qualification ie CA/CPA is preferred although appropriate experience will be considered
• Working knowledge of Japanese accounting regulations and IFRS is preferred
• Strong ability to problem solve and apply initiative to aid team efficiency and improvement
• Demonstrated ability and experience using and adapting to new software and systems is required
• Ideally, have experience using international ERP’s (Oracle, SAP) or global SME accounting packages such as Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly known as Great Plains), MYOB, Xero, Quickbooks, etc
• Detailed orientated and with a focus on attention to detail
• Able to work in a team and experience working in a matrix reporting environment