<p>We are seeking a bilingual (Japanese/English) Desktop Support Specialist to join our IT team. The ideal candidate will provide technical support for end users, including hardware, software, and network issues, with a strong focus on supporting Japanese-speaking employees or clients. This role requires excellent troubleshooting skills, customer service, and fluency in both Japanese and English.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Deliver technical support for software, hardware, and network systems, ensuring timely issue resolution.</p><p>• Provide specialized assistance to Japanese-speaking users, addressing their IT needs effectively.</p><p>• Manage and maintain system configurations, ensuring optimal performance and user accessibility.</p><p>• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Active Directory, backup technologies, and configuration management.</p><p>• Support mobile devices, including Android and Apple products, ensuring seamless functionality.</p><p>• Collaborate with team members to implement and manage Cisco and Citrix technologies.</p><p>• Perform regular maintenance and updates for Dell hardware and other computer systems.</p><p>• Ensure proper documentation of support activities and resolutions for future reference.</p><p>• Monitor and address system alerts to prevent potential disruptions.</p><p>• Deliver excellent customer service while adhering to company standards and best practices.</p>
We are looking for a skilled Accounts Receivable Specialist to join our team in El Monte, California. This is a Contract to permanent opportunity ideal for someone with strong attention to detail, a solid background in accounting, and bilingual proficiency in Japanese or another Asian language. The role requires expertise in full-cycle accounting, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, and financial reporting.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage full-cycle accounting tasks, including accounts receivable and accounts payable processes.<br>• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and reports.<br>• Perform account reconciliations to ensure accuracy and resolve discrepancies.<br>• Process invoices and conduct bank reconciliations to maintain financial records.<br>• Assist with tax preparation by organizing necessary documentation for filings.<br>• Analyze financial data to provide insights and recommendations to management.<br>• Support budget development by collaborating with the management team.<br>• Conduct internal audits and suggest improvements to financial procedures.<br>• Ensure compliance with state revenue regulations and accounting standards.<br>• Stay updated on current accounting practices and principles to enhance efficiency.
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Accountant to join our team in New York, New York. This contract-to-permanent position offers a dynamic opportunity to contribute to the efficient management of financial operations and reporting. The ideal candidate will excel in general accounting tasks, financial analysis, and process improvement while ensuring compliance with established procedures and guidelines.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Verify the accuracy of invoices, financial documents, and records to maintain precise accounting data.<br>• Maintain and update accounting journals, ledgers, and other records detailing financial transactions including accounts payable and expense vouchers.<br>• Investigate discrepancies and resolve questionable data to ensure accuracy.<br>• Oversee tasks of accounting associates, such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bank reconciliations.<br>• Prepare and submit quarterly financial statements and reports to the parent company using internal systems.<br>• Monitor and manage the company’s budget operations, ensuring alignment with financial objectives.<br>• Administer online banking systems, including updating user access and communicating with providers to resolve issues.<br>• Assist in implementing new accounting systems and support audits by providing necessary documentation and responding to inquiries.<br>• Approve and verify expense reports and business trip submissions, implementing improvements to the expense management system.<br>• Handle tax filings, respond to surveys, and prepare materials for interest rate calculations.
<p>Noe Silva with Robert Half Finance and Accounting is assisting a large organization in securing them a Business Analyst. We are seeking a highly analytical and collaborative Business Analyst to support business and financial planning, performance analysis, cross-functional initiatives, and executive decision-making. This role serves as a strategic partner across departments, enabling data-driven improvements in profitability and operational efficiency. This is a strategic role is reporting to the President. If interested, please contact Noe Silva with Robert Half Finance and Account at 808.452.0264. All inquiries are confidential.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Business & Financial Planning</strong></p><ul><li>Lead and coordinate the annual budgeting process with accounting and operations teams.</li><li>Analyze financial and operational performance to deliver actionable insights for executive leadership.</li><li>Support the assessment and validation of business plans, investments, and operational strategies.</li></ul><p><strong>Profitability & Cost Management</strong></p><ul><li>Collaborate with Accounting, Production, and Supply Chain teams on cost and margin analysis.</li><li>Lead the development and evaluation of pricing strategies, including impact modeling and performance monitoring.</li><li>Identify, develop, and implement cost reduction and productivity improvement initiatives across sales, distribution, warehousing, and manufacturing.</li></ul><p><strong>Cross-Functional Business Support</strong></p><ul><li>Act as a business and financial thought partner to Sales, Logistics, Warehouse, and Production/Manufacturing teams.</li><li>Translate operational challenges into financial and strategic implications, providing recommendations for improvement.</li><li>Foster departmental alignment around profitability-focused decision making.</li></ul><p><strong>Liaison & Communication</strong></p><ul><li>Serve as a key liaison with global headquarters, aligning on financial performance, budgeting, and strategic goals.</li><li>Support consistency and transparency in financial reporting with the accounting team.</li><li>Facilitate communication and alignment with affiliated entities and external partners as required.</li></ul><p><strong>Executive Decision Support</strong></p><ul><li>Prepare analyses, presentations, and recommendations for executive and leadership meetings.</li><li>Advise executive management with objective, data-driven perspectives.</li><li>Assist leadership with balancing near-term results and long-term organizational goals.</li><li>Take on special projects and other duties as assigned by executive leadership.</li></ul><p><strong>Organizational Positioning</strong></p><ul><li>This position does not perform routine accounting activities.</li><li>No direct reports.</li><li>Success is measured by outcomes, improvements in profitability, and quality of decision support, not by team size.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
<p>Project Manager – Global ITSM Rollout</p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Marysville, OH</p><p><strong>Work Type:</strong> Onsite – 4 days per week</p><p><strong>Travel:</strong> Yes (TBD)</p><p><strong>Overtime:</strong> Yes – approximately 5 hours per week</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Position Overview</p><p>We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the global rollout of an IT Service Management (ITSM) platform (ServiceNow) across multiple regions, including North America, Japan, South America, AO, and Europe.</p><p>This role will be responsible for day‑to‑day program execution, cross‑regional coordination, stakeholder communication, and delivery of all program milestones. The Project Manager will serve as a central point of coordination across global teams and leadership.</p><p>Due to the global scope, this role requires flexibility to support early‑morning and late‑evening meetings and may involve coordinating real‑time translation support.</p><p><br></p><p>Onsite Requirement</p><p>This position requires being onsite in Marysville, OH, four (4) days per week. No remote option is available.</p><p><br></p><p>Key Responsibilities</p><p>Program & Project Management</p><ul><li>Own and maintain the global project plan, including timelines, dependencies, milestones, and deliverables.</li><li>Lead end‑to‑end execution across regions and functional workstreams.</li><li>Prepare and distribute program documentation, status reports, and leadership updates.</li></ul><p>Global Coordination & Communication</p><ul><li>Facilitate and lead cross‑regional meetings across multiple time zones, including early‑morning and late‑evening sessions.</li><li>Coordinate real‑time translation or interpretation support as needed.</li><li>Serve as a central communication hub for global teams and leadership stakeholders.</li></ul><p>Governance, Risk & Issue Management</p><ul><li>Track and manage RAID (Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions).</li><li>Escalate blockers and risks promptly to ensure timely resolution.</li><li>Ensure alignment with governance processes and cross‑regional prioritization.</li></ul><p>Executive Readiness & Reporting</p><ul><li>Prepare decision decks, evaluation materials, and executive summaries for approval cycles.</li><li>Host monthly Executive Status / Awareness meetings.</li><li>Translate complex program details into concise, executive‑ready messaging.</li></ul><p>Stakeholder Engagement</p><ul><li>Partner with IT leadership, technical leads, regional operations teams, and business owners.</li><li>Ensure alignment on requirements, regional impacts, and rollout readiness.</li><li>Support collaboration across diverse, multicultural global teams.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>A national law firm is seeking an <strong>IP Legal Assistant</strong>, with a focus on <strong>patent prosecution (prior experience in this practice area is a must-have)</strong>. This firm boasts a 7.5 hour work day, beautiful renovated office with snacks, and we have placed 5 legal assistants here in the last two years - all are super happy!</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Responsibilities of Role</u>: </strong></p><p>§ Preparing and filing new patent (and occasional trademark) applications and associated documents (application data sheets, inventor declarations, powers of attorney, information disclosure statements, preliminary amendments, office action responses, and appeals) with the USPTO</p><p>· Ensure all three elements of the patent application is correct (such as claims set)</p><p>· Current volume of filings is anywhere from 5 per day to less than 1</p><p>§ Creating shells for attorneys (such as for office action responses)</p><p>§ Docketing – the department exists in Phoenix, but this person will do backup calendaring for attorneys in Outlook or Excel (and reminding them of deadlines)</p><p>§ Searching IP databases (such as the USPTO, TEAS, TARR, WIPO, and foreign patent offices – like Japan, Australia, Canada, and the EU).</p><p>· Software: Anaqua, NetDocs, inTapp, iTimekeeper, CPi, AMS, Adobe (bate stamping/labeling, signatures, page numbers). They are paperless.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Soft Skills</u></strong>:</p><p>o Ability to multitask and jump from one thing to another.</p><p>o Extremely high attention to detail. Should be able to catch if the partner misses a detail such as inventor name/filing deadline.</p><p>o Someone who takes direction well. Ideally, they’d say, “I’ve done this before, but how does your team do it?” Must have a learner mentality.</p><p>o Someone who is not a social butterfly, but is drama free!</p><p>o Someone who is not on their phone during the workday. < -- <em>if you know this is you please do not apply; it will not be tolerated.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Perks of Firm</u></strong>:</p><p>· The IP attorneys are approachable, polite, and a congenial group.</p><p>· The Sr. legal assistant in the IP group, is a great trainer and has been with the firm for 22 years. She’s been doing IP for 30. Many staff have strong tenure!</p><p>· High level of respect for staff, no micromanaging, no drama.</p><p>· Firm prioritizes pro bono work, and partner closely with nonprofits.</p><p>· The firm administrator offers 1:1 career coaching.</p>
