Reason for Hiring

As the Fast Retailing Group continues to grow and transform with the goal of becoming the world’s No. 1, the Finance Department is expected to serve as a driving force for profit growth by taking responsibility for financial results. It must lead transformation and problem-solving by organically coordinating each company and department from both a company-wide perspective and a frontline perspective.To advance this mission, we are not seeking candidates specialized in specific areas of planning and management (such as accounting, finance, tax, investor relations, business planning, or procurement). Instead, we are seeking individuals who, while possessing specialized expertise, can identify and solve problems from a company-wide and cross-departmental perspective—and who aspire to become future CFOs, executive leaders in their specialized fields, or global leaders.

Department Overview

The Planning and Management Department, the finance division of the Fast Retailing Group, consists of teams responsible for accounting, finance, taxation, investor relations (IR), corporate planning, procurement, and finance process transformation.Each team not only drives business growth within its respective area of expertise but also works collaboratively across disciplines to identify business challenges based on data and on-the-ground realities, promote solutions that involve other business units and functions, advance low-cost, high-efficiency management, establish internal controls befitting a company aiming to be the global No. 1, and drive the creation of highly efficient operations and process transformation under the “Global One” framework.
This is a department where you can play a wide range of roles—going beyond your current area of expertise to lead problem-solving across domains and from a company-wide perspective, thereby contributing to business growth and transformation.

Job Description

Based on your experience and career aspirations at the time of application, we will propose one of the following positions during the selection process.

• Accounting: In addition to daily performance management, financial closing, management analysis, reporting, and disclosure, this role involves internal controls at both the company-wide and individual store levels, as well as solving issues identified through financial data.
• Business Planning: Formulating business strategies for each Group business unit; identifying business challenges in strategy execution; and driving cross-departmental solutions to these challenges
• Finance: Group cash management; support for each business unit’s funding, foreign exchange, and investment operations; and resolution of business challenges
• Procurement: Supplier management, global sourcing, and cost optimization in the indirect procurement domain, in collaboration with business unit and domain leaders
• Tax: Tax management for the entire Group and individual businesses, and resolving company-wide issues through tax-related challenges
• IR: Ensuring accurate communication with the market regarding business performance, management policies, growth strategies, sustainability, and other matters; providing feedback to management based on market and external perspectives
• Finance Operations Transformation: Leading fundamental transformation projects through the use of digital technology in the areas of global accounting, finance, business planning, and procurement

*The Job Description is subject to change within the scope of duties related to each department at headquarters due to departmental transfers or organizational changes.

Career Path

After gaining experience in one of the roles listed above, you will have a variety of options based on your abilities, preferences, and career plan, including rotations within the Planning and Management Department across accounting, finance, tax, IR, business planning, procurement, and finance operations transformation; deepening your expertise in a specific area; or taking on an overseas assignment. After gaining diverse experience, opportunities for career advancement—such as becoming a Business CFO or assuming leadership roles in your specialized field—will become available.

Required Experience, Skills, and Abilities

Experience in any of the following areas

• Experience in management accounting, finance, corporate planning, management control, or business planning at a trading company, operating company, consulting firm, or financial institution
• Accounting experience at an operating company (including annual financial closings), or experience as a certified public accountant at an audit firm
• Experience in tax-related work at an operating company or a tax accounting firm, etc.
• Experience in the IR department of an operating company or in the equities or research departments of a financial institution

All of the following are required

• Logical thinking skills to identify issues based on numbers and facts and formulate hypotheses
• Ability to proactively engage others and solve problems
• Strong communication skills
• Individuals who wish to contribute to society through business by engaging not only in their own work but also in the broader business operations

Preferred Experience, Skills, and Abilities

• English proficiency: TOEIC score of 700 or higher, or experience using English in internal meetings and external negotiations

Company Name

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

Employment Type

Full-time Employee (Permanent Position, with a 3-month probationary period)

Annual Salary Range: 8 million to 20 million yen (Monthly Salary: 500,000 to 1 million yen)

• Allowances: Regional allowance, commuting allowance, overtime pay, etc. (*All subject to company regulations)
• Bonuses: Semi-annual bonuses twice a year, year-end bonus (eligibility and amount determined based on company performance and performance evaluations)
• Promotions twice a year (determined based on performance evaluations)

*Salary will be determined based on company regulations, taking into account your previous annual income and experience, and is not limited to the figures listed above.

Working Hours

Flexible work schedule or managerial/supervisory position

• Flexible work schedule

Standard daily working hours: 8 hours; Break: 1 hour
Core hours: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Flexible hours…6:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Overtime may be required

• Supervisors

Based on the working hours of the employee’s department; left to the employee’s discretion

Holidays and Leave

Two days off per week (Saturdays and Sundays; national holidays are workdays) Annual paid leave, special leave (including leave for family celebrations and bereavement), childcare and nursing care leave programs, etc.
*In addition to paid leave, special leave is granted in the first and second halves of the fiscal year (the number of days granted varies depending on employment status and the company to which the employee belongs)

Insurance Coverage

Social Insurance (Health Insurance, Employees’ Pension Insurance, Employment Insurance, Workers’ Compensation Insurance, Long-Term Care Insurance)

Employee Benefits and Programs

Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Mutual Aid Association, Partnered Welfare Programs, Employee Discount Program, Cafeteria, Dedicated Shuttle Bus (for commuting to the Ariake Office), Defined Contribution Pension Plan

Other

• Our company actively recruits mid-career professionals across various Group companies (Fast Retailing, UNIQLO, GU, etc.). We would appreciate it if you could review the information below and consider applying.
• Within the Fast Retailing Group, you may apply to multiple companies simultaneously. However, please note that even if the selection process proceeds at multiple companies, you can only advance to the final selection stage for one position at a time.
• Based on your submitted resume and interview performance, we may contact you to discuss opportunities at other companies or for other positions within the Fast Retailing Group.
• Measures Against Secondhand Smoke: As a general rule, smoking is prohibited on company premises and indoors, and we do not have designated smoking rooms (smoking is prohibited during working hours, including break times).

Ariake Headquarters: 1-6-7 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, UNIQLO CITY
Roppongi Headquarters: Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo

*Depending on business needs, you may be required to travel between offices.