5-7 years of finance experience, preferably in a startup environment
Strong understanding of international finance, particularly between the US and Japan
Experience with financial modeling for multiple entities and infrastructure projects
Familiarity with compliance in US federal and state taxes, as well as Japanese tax regulations
Passion for anime and video games, with a consumer perspective on the industry
Responsibilities
Manage financial statements and reconciliations for US and Japanese operations
Oversee expense policies, bill payments, and financial controls
Ensure compliance with US and Japanese tax laws and regulations
Handle financial aspects of game launches, including app store payouts and sales tax
Negotiate vendor contracts and manage cloud/on-prem GPU economics
Support strategic mergers and acquisitions through diligence and financial analysis
Benefits
Collaborative and flat organizational structure
Opportunity to work closely with the CEO
Engaging office culture centered around anime and gaming
Hands-on experience in a unique niche of the entertainment industry
Potential for involvement in strategic growth initiatives
Full Job Description
The Finance Role:
We're looking for a finance person to join our team and run the money side of an unusual anime company.
We train state-of-the-art anime diffusion models (like the world's leading anime model, niji• journey), and then we build anime video games using these models.
You'll report directly to the CEO and help make sure that our books add up and our contracts pencil out.
We're looking for somebody who loves anime and video games as much as we do.
What you'll do:
Do the books. We are looking for somebody to close, reconcile and do financial statements across a US parent and a Japanese subsidiary.
Run spend and controls. Own Ramp, expense policy, bill pay and approvals.
Keep us compliant in US and Japan. We need help with our US federal and state taxes, Delaware, Japanese filings, tax treaties, R&D credits, transfer pricing and audits.
Game launch finance. App store payouts, global sales tax/VAT/JCT on digital goods, multi-currency revenue and live-ops monetization reporting for our upcoming mobile title.
Compute economics. Help keep our combination of cloud and on-prem GPUs running through vendor negotiations, multi-year contract modeling, and even capex + realestate transactions.
Strategic M&A. We have capital set aside for strategic acquisitions. Help us find, diligence and close them.
You might be a great fit if:
You genuinely love anime and games.We're really looking for somebody who is a consumer of the media we make, because it is important to understand why people pay money for it.
You've been the finance lead at a startup before.You've made finance models involving multiple entities, international teams, or heavy infrastructure spend.
You hate politics and management in general.You're comfortable running finance solo with a fleet of agents. Our company is very flat: many of our departments are of size one, and we want more people who prefer it this way.
You're comfortable with in-person.We do require you to be on-site for most of the week in San Francisco. Our office culture is embarrassingly adorable, so we think it's not too bad.
To apply - please share your resume and the name of the best waifu or husbando in your message!
