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Tax Manager Candidate - Financial Accounting Section, Rakuten Symphony Financial Management Department

Rakuten

Rakuten

Accounting & Finance
Tokyo, Japan
Posted on Jul 8, 2025

Job Description:

Business Overview

Rakuten Symphony, a communications platform business organization, is a global business with communications solutions operations in Japan, the United States, Singapore, India, Europe, and the Middle East and Africa. We will provide the world's first cloud-native and Open RAN-based mobile network solution technology from Japan to the world.

Department Overview

Rakuten Group, Inc. Rakuten Symphony Rakuten Symphony Financial Management Department will be assigned.

We are promoting the establishment of a global finance and accounting operations structure to support rapid business expansion from both operational and governance perspectives. As a member of the accounting team, this position will participate in various projects in a wide range of areas, including planning and launching new operations, improvement activities, and collaboration with overseas group companies, in addition to day-to-day accounting operations.

The tax team in the Symphony business is required to optimize tax costs by incorporating the perspectives of domestic and international business teams and finance and accounting teams while looking at a wide range of tax compliance, transfer pricing management, and business strategies globally, in cooperation with not only the Japanese tax management but also with the international tax team. This is an environment where you can gain new experience and knowledge and grow with a global tax team in a global business environment from Japan.

Position:

Why We Hire

The Symphony business is expanding globally, and the position of the Japanese company has changed. The Symphony tax team needs to be strengthened in order to assume a more important function and role in the future.

Position Details

Together with the overseas tax team, you will be involved not only in tax compliance in Japan, but also in tax compliance of overseas subsidiaries, as well as project management and stakeholder management of business and financial accounting.

Because we operate globally, our organization is virtual, and the teams we work with are located both domestically and internationally, so English is used on a daily basis.

Global business taxation requires a proactive approach to optimizing tax costs and adhering to tax compliance while considering taxation for the business.

Work Environment

4 global tax team members

Mandatory Qualifications:

At least 6 years of experience in taxation

Others Information:

Additional information on Location

Rakuten Crimson House:1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

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