Associate Director, Japan Business Development

KPMG China provides multidisciplinary services from audit and tax to advisory, with a strong focus on serving our clients’ needs and their industries. Not only do we have an overriding commitment to provide the highest quality services for our clients, but we also strive to become a responsible corporate citizen that has a positive impact on our environment and community. At KPMG, you’ll translate insights into action and reveal opportunities for all—our teams, our clients and our world. Responsibilities: -Work closely with Japanese clients, constantly explore innovative opportunities, reduce business costs, while improving efficiency and enhancing marketing capabilities. -Understand the customer's business, priorities, and leadership agenda -Co create with customers, clarify transformation, and drive customer innovation agenda -Coordinate appropriate teams or capabilities to achieve a successful transformation/innovation agenda for sales and delivery -By gaining a deep understanding of the client and industry, establish a trustworthy partnership with the client's senior management -Collaborate with major departments to provide customers with the most suitable solutions -Drive sales, revenue, and profitability, and be responsible for customer finance/critical business processes -Promote innovative transaction construction and solution development business. Requirements: -At least 10 years of work experience in consulting firms, with independent experience in serving Japanese corporate clients. -Rich knowledge and experience in collaborating with Japanese automotive clients and other industries, and understanding of their cross functional operations -Experience in collaborating and communicating with the leadership of client organizations -Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills, as well as experience in communicating and analysing complex ideas, are preferred -Has extensive experience in leading teams to deliver new strategies or capabilities while cultivating, guiding, and motivating team members -Fluent in Japanese and possessing excellent business negotiation skills. -Willing to try new things and accept new challenges. -Flexibility to adapt to customer and project travel needs. About KPMG At KPMG China, we are committed to being an equal opportunity employer, with zero tolerance for any form of discrimination against any persons. It is important for us to create an inclusive, diverse and agile workplace for our people to develop and thrive at both a personal and professional level. We strive to make ESG (environmental, social and governance) a watermark running through our organisation; from empowering our people to become agents of positive change, to providing better solutions and services to our clients to help them achieve their ESG goals. View Our Impact Plan to learn more about our ESG commitments and progress across four key pillars - Governance, People, Planet and Prosperity – and how we make a positive impact on our people, environment and society. We encourage you to come as you are, and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply, and hope you unlock opportunities with us. Visit KPMG China website for more company information. You acknowledge and agree that all personal information hereby provided regarding yourself will be used by KPMG China for its candidate selection purposed only. KPMG China collects, uses, processes, and retains your personal information in accordance with KPMG China’s Online Privacy Statement and/or KPMG China Privacy Statement (collectively " Privacy Statement "). During the recruitment process, KPMG China may need to store personal information of candidates in a designated third-party application tracking platform. If you have any questions regarding the information you provided in the form or your job application in general, please contact KPMG China’s HR personnel in the location where your application is submitted [ see here ].