Full-Time Position (2027/2028 Start): Finance Specialist (Experienced)

You will be involved in finance work that directly supports management decision-making at Recruit Holdings or one of its operating companies.

This course is for people who majored in finance at university, already have specialized knowledge of finance and accounting, and can make an impact in finance work from the day they join. (After joining, you will continue to hone your expertise on the job, according to your finance knowledge and experience.)

In the future, we expect you to make proposals to management that draw on your finance expertise, work with the finance teams of overseas group companies such as Indeed in the U.S., drive infrastructure and operational reforms that assume the use of AI, lead M&A, and promote company-wide projects.

Depending on your results, you will have opportunities, from your twenties, to play a core role in designing and driving large-scale finance projects. Transformation involves difficulties such as conflicts with diverse stakeholders inside and outside the company, but the experience and sense of accomplishment you gain by resolving them will be a valuable asset.

• Accounting
• FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)
• Treasury

• Standalone financial closing: Handle the standalone financial closing, including infrastructure and operational reforms, of a Japanese HR business on the scale of hundreds of billions of yen
• FP&A: Handle business planning and management for a Japanese HR business on the scale of hundreds of billions of yen (including reporting to the FP&A team at Indeed in the U.S.)
• Consolidated results reporting: Handle IFRS-based consolidated financial closing for a corporate group with revenue of over JPY 3 trillion (including coordination with group companies in Japan and overseas)
• Tax: Handle Japanese tax filings, cross-border tax planning, and related work
• Overseas assignments and global work: Handle finance work at group companies in places such as the U.S. and Dublin
• Leading M&A: Oversee M&A deals such as acquisitions and divestitures (valuation, due diligence, contract negotiation, PMI, and more)
• AI-driven business reform: Plan and execute bold business reforms using agentic AI

Regardless of age or year of joining, if you keep stepping up to the plate and delivering results, there are cases of people being appointed department head or subsidiary director in their thirties. After gaining a certain amount of hands-on experience in accounting, you can also, depending on your wishes, experience other finance areas such as treasury, FP&A, tax, IR, and leading M&A.

Accountant → Treasury (example)

Year 1: Joined Recruit Holdings and was assigned to the Accounting department of Recruit Co., Ltd., handling standalone financial closing

Year 3: Handled consolidated financial closing at Recruit Holdings

Year 5: Transferred to the financial management subsidiary in London. Handled overseas cash management while also taking part in the introduction of a Treasury Management System

Year 7: As Treasury team leader at Recruit Holdings, handled domestic cash management and relations with financial institutions

Year 10: Appointed Treasury Manager at Recruit Holdings

Year 12: Appointed director of the financial management subsidiary in Dublin

Accountant → Treasury → FP&A → Business Planning and Promotion (example)

Year 1: Joined Recruit Holdings and was assigned to the Accounting department of Recruit Co., Ltd., handling standalone financial closing

Year 2: Assigned to the Finance department at Recruit Holdings, involved in cash management and M&A

Year 4: Transferred when the financial management subsidiary in London was launched; worked on cash management and foreign exchange management

Year 7: Worked on business planning and management as FP&A for the Education area

Year 8: Appointed FP&A Manager for the Education area

Year 10: Appointed head of Business Promotion for the Education area

• Want to expand your area of impact on your own initiative, with discretion from your twenties, using finance as your weapon
• Aim to gain experience in multiple finance areas and become a finance professional active globally

• People who studied finance at university and have specialized knowledge of accounting
• People who want to apply their specialized finance knowledge to management decisions
• People who are drawn to delivering results by negotiating with multiple stakeholders in a global environment

If you are interested in multiple positions or are unsure which course to choose, you can select multiple courses in the application form. You are also welcome to discuss which position suits you best during the selection process.

Based on your preferences and aptitude as discussed during the selection process, we may suggest a course or position different from the one you selected in the form.

Tuesday, November 24, 2026, 13:00 JST (Japan Standard Time, UTC+9)

(= Monday, November 23, 2026, 20:00 PST / 23:00 EST)

Information on the selection steps will be sent to those who have completed their entry.

Recruit is looking for people who can lead change in a rapidly changing environment. Although we are one of the largest companies by market capitalization on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, we have carried out large-scale reorganizations and M&A every few years and continue to change and evolve. In addition, the recent advance of AI is demanding fundamental transformation of our organization and business processes. We look forward to hearing from people who want to see change as an opportunity at Recruit and build a career by taking on challenges boldly, sometimes creating change themselves.

• Degree-seeking students enrolled at universities outside Japan
• Applicants who meet the following:

• Majoring in finance, accounting, or business administration (with a finance concentration) at university
• Comfortable working in both English and Japanese (business-level English communication)
• Specialized knowledge of accounting (bookkeeping, financial closing, understanding of financial statements)

• Graduate-level specialized education such as an MBA or Master of Finance
• Data analysis experience using SQL, Python, etc.
• Experience giving presentations and negotiating in English
• CPA or USCPA (U.S. Certified Public Accountant) qualification, obtained or being studied for
• Experience studying IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) or US GAAP
• Practical internship experience in corporate planning / FP&A / audit work
• Internship experience at a financial institution (bank, securities firm, investment bank)
• Experience in quantitative analysis, financial modeling, and scenario analysis
• Experience in complex analysis and reporting using spreadsheets
• Experience designing processes using agentic AI tools such as Claude Code

Tokyo (possibility of working in other areas, including overseas, in the future)

After joining Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd., you will, in principle, be assigned to one of the following Recruit Group companies:

Recruit Co., Ltd. / Indeed Recruit Partners Co., Ltd. / Indeed Recruit Technologies Co., Ltd. / Indeed Japan K.K.

The standard working time is 8 hours per day, but employees have autonomy and discretion over their daily working hours and start and end times.

• Monthly salary: JPY 470,834 and up (base salary: JPY 364,516 + grade allowance: JPY 106,318) + bonus
• Example annual income: JPY 6,950,008 and up
  • The grade allowance (JPY 106,318) corresponds to 35 hours of overtime pay per month
  • Premium pay (late-night work allowance, holiday work allowance, overtime allowance, and additional premium allowance) is paid in accordance with the "Employee Salary Regulations"

• Revision of monthly salary: twice a year (April and October)
  • Base salary and grade allowance are determined by Mission Grade and, in principle, revised in April and October (Mission Grades may go up or down).
• Bonus: twice a year (June and December)
  • In the first year, a bonus is paid only once, six months after joining.
  • Bonus amounts may vary depending on company performance.
• Initial Mission Grade: determined and presented during the interview process according to each individual's skills and experience
  • The Mission Grade is a system under which a grade is set every six months according to the value of the role (expected results) an individual takes on. A distinctive feature of Recruit is that grades are set based on the results expected of the role, with high expectations built in, rather than on an assessment of an individual's current ability. Because grades are determined by expected results, regardless of years of service or experience, individuals who take on high-value roles are given high Mission Grades, allowing them to take on challenges beyond their current limits.

For details: Talent Development & Growth Support | Recruit Co., Ltd.

https://www.recruit.co.jp/people/career/

15 days are granted in the first year (of which 5 days are designated days off).

Thereafter, days are granted each year according to length of service (maximum 25 days).

To encourage the use of annual paid leave, employees with at least one year of service who take four or more consecutive days of paid leave receive an allowance of JPY 50,000 per fiscal year.

A paid long-term leave of up to 28 consecutive days, available to any employee with at least three years of service after completing the probationary period.

It can be taken again every three years thereafter.

Special leave for family events (marriage, bereavement) / relocation leave / F Leave (menstrual leave) / maternity leave (before and after childbirth) / work-related injury leave / leave to care for a sick child / family care leave / lay judge duty leave / adjustment leave after overseas business trips

1. Entry: submit the application form
2. Document screening
3. Interviews (multiple rounds)
   • Details will be provided only to candidates who pass the document screening.
   • We plan on roughly 3–4 interviews. However, depending on each candidate's circumstances, we may ask for additional interview time to deepen mutual understanding.

Details will be provided to those who have completed their entry.