Operations and Governance Senior Manager

Company Profile A global professional services company supporting international businesses with corporate, accounting, payroll, tax, and related operational services is looking for a Senior Manager, Operations & Governance. The Role <ul><li>Reporting to the Japan Country Managing Director, you will coordinate internal governance, compliance, and cross-functional operational activities across the Japan business.</li><li>You will manage governance calendars, Board and shareholder meeting coordination, internal committees, action trackers, audit requests, compliance remediation, and regulatory licence renewals.</li><li>You will also oversee centralized non-client contract management and support projects involving corporate secretarial, payroll, banking, accounting, and tax teams.</li><li>This is an individual contributor role requiring strong influence and follow-through across multiple departments without direct reporting authority.</li></ul> Your Skills <ul><li>Fluent Japanese and business-level English are required, with strong written and verbal communication skills in both languages.</li><li>Experience working in a multinational organization and coordinating across multiple departments and senior stakeholders is essential.</li><li>Strong organizational skills and experience managing recurring deadlines, governance calendars, registers, trackers, and action logs are required.</li><li>Experience supporting governance, compliance, audits, regulatory licences, contracts, or operational risk activities is highly beneficial.</li><li>Experience within professional services, corporate services, consulting, outsourcing, legal, accounting, or another compliance-sensitive environment is preferred.</li><li>Familiarity with SharePoint or a similar document management system would be advantageous.</li></ul> Key Highlights of the Role <ul><li>Work directly with the Japan Country Managing Director and department heads.</li><li>Gain broad exposure across governance, compliance, audits, regulatory licences, contracts, and operational improvement.</li><li>Act as a central coordinator across several professional service functions.</li><li>Join a hybrid role based in Nihonbashi, with an approximately 50% work-from-home arrangement after the initial training period.</li><li>Take ownership of improving structure, consistency, and follow-through across the Japan business.</li></ul> Location Tokyo Salary 10 - 15 million yen Reference Number: 06940-0013467831 By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy">https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</a>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure. <img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/TWVyZWkuSGF0YW5ha2EuMDE1ODYuMTA4OThAcmhpanAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">

Tokyo,
remote
Permanent
10.0M - 15.0M JPY / Yearly
Company Profile A global professional services company supporting international businesses with corporate, accounting, payroll, tax, and related operational services is looking for a Senior Manager, Operations & Governance. The Role <ul><li>Reporting to the Japan Country Managing Director, you will coordinate internal governance, compliance, and cross-functional operational activities across the Japan business.</li><li>You will manage governance calendars, Board and shareholder meeting coordination, internal committees, action trackers, audit requests, compliance remediation, and regulatory licence renewals.</li><li>You will also oversee centralized non-client contract management and support projects involving corporate secretarial, payroll, banking, accounting, and tax teams.</li><li>This is an individual contributor role requiring strong influence and follow-through across multiple departments without direct reporting authority.</li></ul> Your Skills <ul><li>Fluent Japanese and business-level English are required, with strong written and verbal communication skills in both languages.</li><li>Experience working in a multinational organization and coordinating across multiple departments and senior stakeholders is essential.</li><li>Strong organizational skills and experience managing recurring deadlines, governance calendars, registers, trackers, and action logs are required.</li><li>Experience supporting governance, compliance, audits, regulatory licences, contracts, or operational risk activities is highly beneficial.</li><li>Experience within professional services, corporate services, consulting, outsourcing, legal, accounting, or another compliance-sensitive environment is preferred.</li><li>Familiarity with SharePoint or a similar document management system would be advantageous.</li></ul> Key Highlights of the Role <ul><li>Work directly with the Japan Country Managing Director and department heads.</li><li>Gain broad exposure across governance, compliance, audits, regulatory licences, contracts, and operational improvement.</li><li>Act as a central coordinator across several professional service functions.</li><li>Join a hybrid role based in Nihonbashi, with an approximately 50% work-from-home arrangement after the initial training period.</li><li>Take ownership of improving structure, consistency, and follow-through across the Japan business.</li></ul> Location Tokyo Salary 10 - 15 million yen Reference Number: 06940-0013467831 By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy">https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</a>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure. <img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/TWVyZWkuSGF0YW5ha2EuMDE1ODYuMTA4OThAcmhpanAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
2026-07-14T00:31:08Z