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Job Description
Position Summary
The Senior Accountant plays a critical role in maintaining the accuracy, integrity, and transparency of the Company's financial records while serving as a key business partner across Finance, Accounting, Treasury, FP&A, and Operations. This position is responsible for General Ledger Accounting, Fixed Asset Accounting, Accrual Accounting, Financial Analysis, Cash Flow Reporting, and Cash Forecasting activities.
In addition to ensuring the accuracy of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, the Senior Accountant will help drive financial insight and business decision-making through analysis of operating results, balance sheet trends, working capital performance, and cash flow drivers. The role partners closely with the Treasury & Cash Management Analyst and FP&A team to develop and enhance cash forecasting processes, improve forecast accuracy, and provide meaningful insights into liquidity and business performance.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting expertise with analytical curiosity, business acumen, and a continuous improvement mindset. This role offers broad exposure across Accounting, Treasury, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Operations, making it an excellent opportunity for a finance professional looking to expand their impact across the organization.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Financial Analysis, Cash Flow Reporting & Forecasting
- Lead accounting support for monthly, quarterly, and annual cash flow reporting.
- Prepare and analyze components of the Statement of Cash Flows and related supporting schedules.
- Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the relationship between the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows.
- Partner with FP&A and the Treasury & Cash Management Analyst to collaboratively develop monthly, quarterly, and annual cash flow forecasts.
- Collaboratively analyze forecast-to-actual variances and identify key drivers impacting cash generation, working capital, and liquidity.
- Evaluate business trends and operating activities to provide meaningful financial insights and recommendations.
- Support scenario analysis, forecasting models, and strategic planning initiatives.
- Analyze working capital performance, including accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable, and capital expenditures.
- Assist management with ad hoc financial analysis and special projects.
- Develop reporting and analytical tools that improve visibility into financial performance and cash flow trends.
Fixed Asset Accounting
- Manage all aspects of fixed asset accounting, including asset capitalization, transfers, disposals, retirements, sales, and depreciation.
- Review capital expenditure requests and expenditures to ensure compliance with capitalization policies and accounting standards.
- Maintain the fixed asset subledger and reconcile it to the general ledger.
- Monitor Construction-in-Progress (CIP) projects and coordinate timely capitalization of completed assets.
- Prepare monthly depreciation calculations and related journal entries.
- Support internal and external audits related to fixed assets and capital expenditures.
- Partner with Operations and business teams to ensure accurate asset tracking and reporting.
General Ledger & Month-End Close
- Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual journal entries.
- Coordinate and execute month-end close activities for assigned areas of responsibility.
- Perform detailed balance sheet account reconciliations and resolve reconciling items on a timely basis.
- Research, analyze, and explain account fluctuations and financial variances.
- Ensure transactions are recorded accurately and in accordance with IFRS and Company policies.
- Maintain integrity and accuracy of financial data within SAP and related systems.
- Collaborate with Accounting and business teams to ensure timely and accurate recording of financial transactions.
Accrual Accounting & Financial Reporting
- Prepare and review monthly accruals, prepaid expenses, and related balance sheet accounts.
- Analyze supporting documentation to ensure completeness and accuracy of accrual balances.
- Monitor expense trends and identify unusual variances requiring investigation.
- Support quarterly and annual financial reporting requirements.
- Assist with statutory reporting requirements and audit support.
Internal Controls & Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to strengthen internal controls, automate processes, and improve reporting efficiency.
- Partner with leadership to remediate control deficiencies and implement sustainable solutions.
- Maintain accurate and organized documentation supporting accounting transactions and reconciliations.
- Support internal and external audit activities.
- Participate in system implementations, upgrades, and financial process improvement initiatives.
- Other projects as assigned.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience.
- Strong understanding of General Ledger Accounting, Fixed Asset Accounting, Accrual Accounting, and Financial Reporting.
- Experience with balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close processes.
- Strong understanding of financial statement relationships and cash flow reporting.
- Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, or financial analysis activities.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUPs, Power Query, data analysis, and financial modeling.
- SAP or S/4HANA experience.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Preferred
- CPA and/or CMA designation.
- Experience preparing or reviewing Statements of Cash Flows.
- Experience in a multinational business environment.
- Experience supporting forecasting and planning activities in partnership with FP&A.
About Us
HOYA Group: Founded in 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, HOYA Corporation is a global technology and med-tech company and a leading supplier of innovative high-tech and medical products. HOYA’s divisions and business units research and develop products utilized in the healthcare and information technology fields. In the healthcare field, we provide medical device products such as eyeglasses, medical endoscopes, contact and intraocular lenses, orthopedic implants, surgical/therapeutic devices and medical device reprocessing and disinfection solutions. In the information technology field, we provide products such as optical lenses, photomasks and blanks used in the manufacturing process for semiconductor and LCD/OLED devices, text-to-speech, human resources and other software solutions and critical components for the mass memory and cloud storage industries. With over 150 offices and subsidiaries worldwide, HOYA currently employs a multinational workforce of 37,000 people.
HOYA Vision Care: As a global leader in optical technology, HOYA Vision Care is dedicated to providing innovative vision care solutions for every stage of a patient’s life. A steadfast partner to Eye Care Professionals around the world, it stands at the forefront of optical excellence. With a global presence, consisting of 43 laboratories and a growing team of 20,000 employees, HOYA Vision Care delivers innovative lenses and other vision care solutions to millions of people in 110 countries.
We focus on a better tomorrow, today. You can become part of our story. HOYA Vision Care is the place where you can act according to your strengths and evolve according to your aspirations. It’s a place where you can shape the way you work, guided by our CLEAR Values, and empowered by generations of expertise. You can get involved in our sustainability initiatives and choose to become a One Vision ambassador. You can give back the gift of sight to people all over the world by deciding to work with us.
We welcome people who challenge us to become better, who share our sense of purpose and who embrace growth so that our vision and mission align. We invite you to find out more, and together we can continue to provide vision for a lifetime.
Driven by a passion for partnership as well as innovation, HOYA has been a partner to Eye Care Professionals for over 75 years, enabling them to give people the greatest gift, the gift of vision. We provide Eye Care Professionals with the lenses, consultation solutions and other services that help them to develop their practice while changing the way people see the world. We see them as visionaries, and everything we do is for them. Founded in Japan in 1941, today, HOYA has a presence in over 80 countries across the globe.
