Accomplished Finance and Accounting Professional with expertise in implementing operational improvements, efficiency, and team management and organization. In the position of management, trained the team members with own experience and knowledge. Multitask-oriented situation established with logical and practical thinking through efficient and timely communication with right people in the variable specialties. With strong background of accounting, as a Japanese CPA, obtained wide range of skills and knowledge in Business/Corporate occasions.
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Kaoko Tateishi
Edmonton,AB
Summary
Overview
19
years of professional experience
Work History
SMS Construction and Mining Systems IncAcheson, AB
Secretary and Treasurer (Corporate Officer)
11.2020 - 08.2023
Job overview
- Dispatched to holding company for heavy equipment dealer business in Edmonton Canada, subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation Group – Employees 2600 Covers wide range of corporative managerial matters such as treasury and banking matters, managerial & statutory accounting, budgeting, domestic and international tax, human resources for dispatched Japanese staff, general legal matters, and any other issues
- Worked on budgeting, forecasting, risk management, FP&A, managerial accounting, reporting to parent company (Sumitomo Corporation) Execute efficient communication with CXO managements from operation company and monthly and ad-hoc reporting to Sumitomo Corporation Obtained; Negotiation skill, Networking skill, ASPE (one of Canadian accounting standards) knowledge, Business sense, Knowledge of HR, Legal and Treasury operations, Skill of close communication with local staff, Multi-task managing skill, sense of business
Sumitomo Corporation of AmericasNew York, NY
Director, Tax Department
05.2018 - 11.2020
Job overview
- Dispatched to Sumitomo Corporation of Americas in NY, Sumitomo Corporation’s subsidiary, HQ in US
- Worked on tax returns, estimated tax payments and tax provision accounting preparations mainly as reviewer for team of 8
- Also, working on DIVA related matters
- Worked on support for subsidiaries in South Americas and Sumitomo Canada regarding
- Transfer Pricing and Tax audit issues
- When necessary, physically visited to support local staff in
- South America entities
- Obtained; Preciseness, Logical and Flexible thinking, D&I, Team organizing and managing skill
- Advanced English communication skill, US tax legislation knowledge, Presentation skill
- Managed daily operations while overseeing multiple locations to foster increased productivity
- Recommended best practices for solutions to meet business needs
Sumitomo CorporationTokyo, Japan
Manager/Controller
01.2011 - 05.2018
Job overview
- Joined Sumitomo Corporation, one of 5 largest trading companies in Japan – Listed with First
- Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Employees 5200, Equity JPY 220 billion, Subsidiaries and related companies 880 Assigned to IFRS adoption project team as in-charge of Financial Instruments issues that contains accounting treatments and disclosures
- After that project, joined Accounting Control Department and worked on statutory consolidated financials
- Worked on improving processes
- Rotated to Accounting Department (Media, Real estate related business section) as Manager from
- May 2013, co-worked with business department people to resolve various accounting/tax issues, restructuring and complicated business transactions
- Worked as controller of team of 6 to 9
- In 2016, experienced 6 months business trip to subsidiary in Yangon Myanmar, which was mobile business, to support accounting system implementation and to localize operation
- Obtained; Endurance capability, Problem solving ability, Skill of SAP - accounting system , DIVA - consolidation accounting system and PRONEXUS - financial reports filing system for Japanese listed companies
- In 2010, to improve English skill, studied abroad for half year in Boston.
- Managed daily financial functions in collaboration with accounting and payroll personnel
- Completed journal entries, reconciliations, and account analysis to prepare quarterly financial documents and general account management
- Supervised accurate, efficient, and compliant completion of monthly financial reporting packages
- Accurately completed financial statement audits and thoroughly reviewed results
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLCTokyo, Japan
Senior Staff
12.2004 - 12.2009
Job overview
- After graduation from university, started working for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC, Tokyo) -
- Employees 7500 Pursued accounting audit of one of top 5th trading companies in Japan for its SFAS (US accounting standards) based statutory financials under Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Japan) and Companies Act (Japan) At the same time, engaged in some compact audit teams for foreign companies of which financials were based on IFRS/SFAS as organizer of team of 3 to 5 members
- Not only got skill of basic audit procedure, but also learned complicated consolidation/restructuring accounting.
- Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances
Education
Keio UniversityTokyo, Japan
Bachelor’s Degree from Economics
03.2003
University Overview
Skills
- Budgeting and forecasting, FP&A
- Accounting (IFRS and others), Tax
- SOX, Internal Control
- Financial Reporting (Managerial, Statutory) & Disclosure
- Audit Responses
- Treasury, Discussion with Banks/Lenders
- Bookkeeping, AP&AR Process, Daily Operation
- ERP System Adoption/Operation, Microsoft Apps, Other Accounting Systems
- Resolving Skills of Legal Matters, Tax/Accounting Matters
- Business Communication Skill
- Team Working
- Team Management
- Timeline Management
- D&I
- Sense of ESG
Timeline
Secretary and Treasurer (Corporate Officer)
SMS Construction and Mining Systems Inc
11.2020 - 08.2023
Director, Tax Department
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
05.2018 - 11.2020
Manager/Controller
Sumitomo Corporation
01.2011 - 05.2018
Senior Staff
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
12.2004 - 12.2009
Keio University
Bachelor’s Degree from Economics
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