Business Systems Manager

Tokyo
Partial Remote
Full-time
September 9, 2022

Creative, innovative and solution design thinking to enable and improve business processes
Strong blend of business sense and process knowledge: You evaluate things holistically and think through the objectives, impacts, best practices, and what will be simple and scalable
Multi-tasking prioritization expertise: Experience (and preferably an enjoyment of) balancing numerous different priorities and demands
Strong verbal and written communication skills including the ability to effectively collaborate with a diverse group of people.
Drive requirements, use cases, and prioritize the work. Manage the backlog and communicate to stakeholders with clarity, and transparency.
Perform knowledge transfer to training and communications teams and support user deployment activities as needed.
Translate and document user requirement(s) into functional specifications.
Analyze issues and present in easy-to-read process/data flows.
Lead, manage, and drive tickets to resolution out of JIRA.
Lead multiple, concurrent projects ensure quality and on-time delivery.
Functional expert in Finance tools, especially Netsuite Platform.

Requirements

Minimum Requirement (必須要件）

Knowledge of basic accounting and finance, and experience in administering any of the 2 systems that includes financial systems, HR Systems and/or Sales & Marketing systems.
Knowledge of basic logical expressions such as AND, OR, etc.
Experience with using multiple currencies in the finance system.
Experienced interviewing business owners' requests and implementing systems and functions.
Experience in administering cloud systems using RDB.
Experience in defining requirements from users.
Experience with at least 2 of the following tools that includes Netsuite, Salesforce, Marketo and/or any HR System
Experience with at least 2 of the following processes Hire-to-retire, Procure-to-pay, Order-to-cash, record-to-report.
Japanese : Business Level

Preferred Requirement (歓迎要件）

Experience with Tableau, Snowflake, Snaplogic
Experience in building data integration between accounting systems and their peripheral systems.
Experience with master data integration.

Benefits

Perks and Benefits at the SmartNews Tokyo Office

Support program for employees’ self-development and well-being
Healthy lunches are prepared on-site daily in our SmartKitchen, located in our West Office building. You can even see the cooks at work!
Need a pick-me-up? Stop by ChikyuCoffee, our in-house coffee shop located in both the East and West Office buildings, and get a cup of gourmet coffee, espresso-based beverage, or other seasonal drink!
SmartNews provides all healthcare and social insurance benefits required by Japanese labor law

Visa Sponsorship and Relocation Support

SmartNews can sponsor visas for candidates who meet eligibility requirements.
To support a smooth transition for candidates who are moving to Japan from overseas, SmartNews partners with a travel service provider.

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About スマートニュース

スマートニュース株式会社は「世界中の良質な情報を必要な人に送り届ける」ことをミッションとし、独自開発のウェブ解析技術を基盤に、アメリカと日本を中心に世界5000万ダウンロードを超える「SmartNews」を運用しています。また、創業者の1人がエンジニア出身であり、ITを重視するテクノロジー企業です。

スマートニュースの開発チームは非常にダイバシティ豊かです。東京とサンフランシスコ、パロアルト、上海、北京に開発オフィスがあり、世界トップレベルのエンジニアが集まっています「One Product, One Team」の哲学に基づき、日米で異なるタイムゾーンや言語、物理的環境でありながらも、活動のコードベースは1つ、そしてチームも1つでグローバルプロダクト開発体制をつくっています。英語もしくは日本語どちらかが流暢に話せれば応募可能なポジションもあり、優秀なグローバルメンバーと国際的な環境で働きたい日本人にとっても、すばらしい環境です。日本語、英語の学習サポートもあります。

Japanese Language Policy
We do not require Japanese language ability in the working environment. We have a language support program if employees want to learn Japanese.
Visa Sponsorship
We support candidates to get a working visa from the start to the end (for JP office joiners).
Paid Leave
Our holidays shall include Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and other days designated by the Company.

Annual paid holidays
- 4-10 days of paid holiday will be granted depending on the month in which you join the Company.
- From the second year and onwards, paid holidays will be granted according to the number of years of your employment on April 1st of each year. The number of days granted shall be set forth in the Work Rules.
Other leaves
- Summer holidays
- Year-end and year-beginning holidays
- Special leave for congratulation or condolence (marriage or immediate family death)
- Sick/Injured Child Care Leave
- Family nursing care leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
Benefits
☕️ ChikyuCoffee - Delicious coffee provided by our Barista every day

🍹 Free soft drinks

🌽 SmartKitchen - Healthy organic lunch on a daily basis for free at our cafeteria

👩‍🎓 Foreign language development support

💜 Various social insurance benefits included

🏥 Health insurance

📓 Free book rent from our library collections

🌎 Translation/interpretation support (EN<>JP)
Remote Work
We accept work from home policy during natural disasters and emergency situations. Our company’s working policy during the pandemic follows the government’s recommendations.
Work style
Our engineering and product teams follow the discretionary labor system to better collaborate with members in the US and China.
Diversity
We support diversity in various ways and those are not simply reflected in the quantitative goals.

We have employees with 18 different nationalities. Groups of small gatherings with similar interests are actively communicating across divisions, departments, and regions. We have monthly Global All Hands to share important notes from each region and be aligned globally.

All employees in SmartNews have different personal and professional backgrounds and experiences.
Parents and Family
We are supporting our employees in various ways to help them manage their work better with family care.

We have 10 annual paid leaves (for a child) for employees with children until they enter highschool.

Working from home is encouraged when their family needs care. Employees can freely invite their family to the Smart Kitchen (our corporate kitchen where free lunches are served).

During the working from home period because of the pandemic, employees with small children autonomously held some online sessions for their children such as reading fairy tales and mutual online babysittings.