Accountant
Japan’s largest mobile payments platform (~75M users); SoftBank/LY Corporation fintech JV; 40% equity holder of Binance Japan.
Maintainer signals as of 8/20/2026
About PayPay
PayPay Corporation is a Tokyo-based fintech company operating Japan’s leading QR/mobile payment service, founded 2018 as a SoftBank/Yahoo Japan (LY Corporation) joint venture, with banking (PayPay Bank), insurance and securities offerings. In October 2025 PayPay acquired a 40% equity stake in Binance Japan, making the crypto exchange an equity-method affiliate.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will perform monthly and quarterly closing, closing controls, audit support, reporting, ERP requirements definition, invoice and employee-expense payments, cash management, journal entry and closing adjustment processing, fixed-asset accounting, data aggregation, and analysis while improving accounting processes.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of accounting experience at a listed company, or at least 3 years of accounting audit experience at an audit firm
- Experience implementing ERP systems or defining requirements
- Experience implementing or evaluating new revenue recognition standards
- Experience independently leading accounting-related projects
- Nissho Bookkeeping Grade 1 or certified public accountant qualification is desirable
- Experience implementing or defining requirements for accounting and related systems is desirable
- Experience extracting and analyzing data using SQL is desirable
- Experience improving operations or establishing and streamlining business processes is desirable
- Experience reading contracts, including English-language contracts, is desirable
- Business-level English or experience working with international colleagues is desirable
Responsibilities
- Perform monthly and quarterly closing activities
- Manage closing controls, audit responses, and reporting
- Define requirements for ERP system modifications
- Process invoice payments and employee expense reimbursements
- Manage cash receipts and payments
- Enter journal entries and adjust closing entries
- Handle fixed-asset accounting
- Aggregate and analyze data
- Lead accounting process improvement and system projects
Benefits
- Hybrid workstyle
- Super-flex work system with no core hours
- Annual paid leave of 14 days in the first year, prorated by joining month
- Personal leave of 5 days per year
- Health insurance
- Employees' pension insurance
- Employment insurance
- Workers' compensation insurance
- Defined-contribution pension plan
