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Accounts Payable/ Expense Management

Location:
Oakland, NJ
Posted:
July 29, 2023

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Hideyuki Howard Miyahara, MBA

Residence: Oakland, NJ 07436 Phone (cell): 551-***-****

Primary E-Mail (preferred contact): adylcz@r.postjobfree.com Secondary E-Mail: adylcz@r.postjobfree.com

Skills

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office (Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access), MS Navision, SmartHR, Cybozu, Concur, QuickBooks, UNIX, HTML, Atlas, Salesforce. For MS Excel: advanced knowledge of Pivot Tables, Vlookup, Hlookup, etc.

Language Skills: English (native), Japanese (business: verbal & written, approximately 8.5 years in Japan), Spanish (proficient: verbal & written, 5 years of study), Mandarin (introductory, 1 year of study).

Professional Experience

Audible, Inc. – Newark, New Jersey 11/2022 to 07/2023

Deal Operations Specialist (Contract)

●In-charge of contract processing for Japan and India.

●Communicate with Business partners and other Departments (such as Finance and Content Lifecycle Teams).

●Involved in Deal Implementation Strategy & Execution.

●Responsible for different aspects of Rights Management & Payment Operations.

●Communicate with managers and relevant parties with Operational Reporting & Data Maintenance.

●Provide General Support, such as data clean-up projects, ad hoc research, inquiry response, and trouble tickets.

ASPASIO Co. Ltd. – Tokyo, Japan 06/2020 to 09/2022

M&A Associate (Permanent)

●Involved with the creation of valuation reports and presentations for possible merger and acquisition targets.

●Communicate in Japanese and English for smoother communication with overseas partners and clients.

●Prepared, and led presentations in English to clients (from prospecting to later-stage M&A Due Diligence process).

●Convey legal English contracts verbally in Japanese to Managing Directors.

●Oversee daily administrative operations regarding certain stages of each project.

Pepper Food Service — Tokyo, Japan 09/2018 to 05/2020

Accounting Assistant (Permanent)

●In charge of creating reports from overseas and translating currency exchange rates into journal entries.

●Handle expense reports and invoices in Japanese through the use of a Japanese ERP system (called OBIC).

●Translate financial reports and other documents (such as mail from overseas) from Japanese into English.

●Use online Quickbooks to retrieve financial data from overseas subsidiaries and update financial figures in excel accordingly.

Tesla Motors Japan 10/2016 to 06/2018

Service Associate (Permanent, 07/2017- 06/2018) - Yokohama, Japan

Oversee and train others in the correct, current purchase order creation and invoice processing at the Service Center.

Held responsible for checking and submitting timesheets for at least 15 to 20 employees at the Service Center in a timely

manner.

Create reports with regard to 60 or more incoming vendor invoices and monthly status of open purchase orders.

Perform daily inventory count to ensure the Service Center passes third-party audit compliance.

Finance Support (Contract, 10/2016 - 06/2017) – Tokyo, Japan

Sole person-In-charge of handling local Tokyo operations regarding A/P vendor invoices, employee expense reports, and federal/ local tax payments.

Ensure that all original source documents are received, organized, and on file. From less than 15% in the beginning to

most recently more than 70% of original invoices, tax payment slips, and expense reports are accounted for.

Create pivot tables to ensure highly effective and accurate reporting for statistical analysis.

Communicate with local vendors and financial institutions in regards to invoice payments/ non-payments and bank

transactions in Japanese.

Coordinate with other departments and take over some of their payment procedures to ensure a seamless process.

Develop training sessions for expense report creation (via Concur) and purchase requisitions.

Tricor Japan — Tokyo, Japan 01/2015 to 04/2016

Consultant (Contract, 03/2016-04/2016) / Associate (Contract, 04/2015-03/2016) / Accounting Intern (Contract, 01/2015-03/2015)

Prepare 6 to 7 accounting reporting packages monthly in different formats for clients (including cost plus revenue entries).

Manage three accounts for banking services online and over-the-counter in Japanese and in English.

Create journal entries (such as for AP, GL, depreciation, and amortization), process expense reimbursement forms, and vendor invoices with MS Excel and ERP (MS Navision).

Coordinate monthly payment schedule with the client regarding salary, vendor invoice, and tax payments.

Prepare reports for Payroll, fixed assets schedules, and consumption taxes reports for the Tax Division.

Train colleagues in invoicing and correspondence with a major client through direct face-to-face communication and through the creation of a detailed step-by-step manual.

Education

Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey

MBA in Professional Accounting, 08/2013 GPA: 3.07

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

●Bachelor of Arts – Political Science, 05/2006 GPA: 3.17



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