Job Description
We’re hiring talented early-career individuals for a wide variety of projects for our teams in Tokyo and Kyoto. Our mission is to bridge the divide between intelligence science and AI technology at the service of human society. To achieve this, we're building a team of individuals whose interests cover diverse topics including artificial life, cognitive neuroscience, collective intelligence, deep learning, robotics, computational linguistics, mathematics, physics, art, science communication, education, and more. We encourage team members to explore a topic that interests them and pushes us closer to making science fiction a reality. To see a few of our current and ongoing projects, visit https://www.crosslabs.org/blog.
We are seeking a Bookkeeper with highly organized skills, attention to detail, and accuracy in handling data to directly support the lab’s financial aspects by handling a diverse range of tasks to manage taxation and other financial documentation requirements from the Japanese government to sustain the business and its continued development.
This is a full-time, hybrid role at Cross Labs. The bookkeeper will be responsible for handling research grants, day-to-day financial tasks, preparing financial reports, and analyzing financial data. The office is based in Kyoto, but hybrid work is possible. You will directly support the Labs’ financial bookkeeping by handling a wide range of office responsibilities including translating and interpreting tax filing and reporting documents and conversations, designing and maintaining a complex filing system, general financial record keeping, compiling taxation and financial reports, accounting, and bookkeeping. Part-time and hourly positions are possible as well.
Qualifications
Ideal Skills
- Certification in The Official Business Skills Test in Bookkeeping (日商簿記)
- Knowledge of applicable Japanese accounting regulations and standards
- Proficiency in accounting software and financial systems
- Fluent in both English and Japanese
- Attention to detail and accuracy in financial data
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential financial information
- Knowledge of research grant processing and handling
- Ability to communicate with both research scientists and executive-level management
- Experience in financial analysis and reporting; business or academic accounting
- Ability to be proactive and take the initiative
- Tact and diplomacy
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication and collaboration skills
- A keen interest in or broad knowledge of AI technology is a plus
About the Company
Founded by Cross Compass in the spring of 2019, Cross Labs seeks to uncover the mathematical bases of all intelligent processes, observable both in nature and in artificial environments. By acquiring this understanding, Cross Labs aims to design new tools to solve problems in the industry, thus bridging the gap between industrial and academic research, by promoting fundamental and applied science in connection with the technological needs of future society.
We're committed to diversity of experience, expertise, background and perspective as equality of opportunity is at the heart of the what we're creating together.