Manager, Controllers

Job Description
Job Summary:
This position is expected to serve as a key partner to the Director of Controllers, supporting both effective team management and the successful execution of day-to-day accounting and reporting operations. The role will help drive operational excellence, provide hands-on guidance to team members and outsourced service providers, and contribute to building a reliable, scalable, and well-controlled Controllers function.

Responsibilities:
The Controllers team is responsible for overseeing accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), and financial reporting for MCDR and SPCs. The team supports both data center construction and operational activities, ensuring accurate accounting treatment, timely reporting, and effective coordination with internal stakeholders and external service providers.
• Lead and oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes in collaboration with outsourced accounting service providers, leveraging OBIC7 and related reporting schedules to ensure timely and accurate results.
• Manage accounting and reporting matters for MCDR and SPCs, ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards, internal policies, and business requirements.
• Oversee accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) processes, which represent approximately 50–60% of recurring responsibilities, including invoice review, payment instruction approval, invoice issuance, and appropriate general ledger coding, while maintaining strong process controls and accounting accuracy.
• Review monthly and quarterly financial statement reporting packages under JGAAP and USGAAP, provide guidance on accounting treatment, and ensure the quality of deliverables prepared by outsourced service providers.
• Support quarterly and annual budgeting processes and perform monthly variance analysis, providing clear explanations of financial results and key business drivers to management and relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare, review, and coordinate lender reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, including DSCR testing, cash waterfall calculations, and related covenant or financing reporting requirements.
• Review and approve employee expense reimbursements through TOKIUM, ensuring compliance with company policy, tax regulations, appropriate supporting documentation, and accurate accounting classification.
• Analyze new, complex, or ad-hoc transactions from an accounting perspective, assess appropriate accounting treatment, and provide practical recommendations in coordination with relevant internal and external parties.
• Review tax filing materials and supporting schedules prepared by an external tax advisor, ensuring consistency with accounting records and timely completion of required submissions.

Qualifications

■Knowledge / Experience

• 3–6+ years of progressive experience in accounting, financial reporting, or financial audit.
• 2–3+ years of hands-on SPC accounting experience.
• Experience in training/mentoring junior staff or serving as a team leader (any team size).

■Skills

• Nissho Boki Grade 3 or higher (JCPA / Licensed Tax Accountant qualification is preferred)

■Language

Japanese: Native-level proficiency
English: Business-level proficiency, with experience using English in a business environment in current or previous roles is required.

■Education

Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

■Knowledge / Experience

• Experience in Big 4 accounting firms or equivalent professional service environments.
• Knowledge of fixed asset accounting or construction accounting.

Portrait of a person
• Demonstrates a proactive, self-driven mindset with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Maintains a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, particularly in financial reporting, reconciliations, and review processes.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and responding flexibly to irregular or ad-hoc matters in a fast-paced business environment.
• Shows intellectual curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset, with enthusiasm for learning new accounting topics, systems, and business processes.
• Applies sound judgment and balanced decision-making, considering both accounting requirements and practical business implications.

Salary
Flexible up to skill set, experience, and current earnings

Location
東京都港区虎ノ門一丁目3番1号 東京虎ノ門グローバルスクエア12階

Application Documents
An English resume is required.
Including a brief reason for applying will help us proceed more smoothly with the selection process.
If available, a Japanese resume and work history sheet are also appreciated.

Disclaimer
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Working hours
9:15 am- 17:30 pm

• Flexible worktime will be permitted to Managers or above position

Salary increase & bonus

• Annual salary planning is taken place based on each performance review
• Annual bonus payment will be eligible for all employee except Sales, who are eligible for sales incentive plan
• Target bonus/Sales incentive are varied according to job level

Allowances

• Commutation allowance

Holidays

• Saturday, Sunday and National Holiday
• Paid holidays: 10 days are accrued for the first year, and 20 days will be added per year from 2nd year, those paid holidays will be effective for two years from each grant
• Yearend New year holidays: Dec 29- Jan 3
• Maternity/Paternity are designated by law
  -Other special leave: Sick, Child care, Nursing care, Marriage, Bereavement, Transfer, Citizen Judge

Welfare

• Defined Contribution Pension plan (Corporate type)
• Cafeteria type of fringe benefit plan
• Language or the other technical/business skill training supports
• Annual health checkup/ flu vaccination supports

Retirement Age
The mandatory retirement age is 60.

Work Arrangement
Basically work at office but remote work is allowed up to case

Contact
careers@mc-digitalrealty.com

Date of establishment
2017年9月22日

CEO
代表取締役社長 山下康平 /Chief Operating Officer クリス・ハン

Business details
当社は、三菱商事株式会社とDigital Realty Trust, Inc.(米国上場リート)の折半合弁会社として2017年9月に設立されました。三菱商事のITや不動産・インフラ知見、並びに、業界大手Digital Realtyのグローバルな顧客網と大型データセンターの開発・運用知見を活かし、本邦データセンター業界を牽引し、社会の発展に貢献してまいります。

Number of employees
76名

Capital
2億円

Amount of sales
非公開

Headquarters location
東京都港区虎ノ門一丁目3番1号 東京虎ノ門グローバルスクエア12階

Branch office location
大阪府箕面市
千葉県印西市
東京都三鷹市

Corporate site
https://www.mc-digitalrealty.com/