Staffing Challenges and Managed Services

In Japan, companies are increasingly facing difficulties in staffing their finance, accounting, and tax departments due to a scarcity of qualified personnel and evolving regulatory and tax requirements. To address these challenges, many are turning to alternative solutions such as freelance professionals and outsourcing. The freelance economy in Japan has been expanding, with a threefold increase in freelance specialists over four years, providing a new pool of talent for companies to draw upon to fill their staffing needs. Despite the increase in freelancers, however, the Japanese labor force overall continues to shrink, leading many companies to turn to various outsourcing solutions, including business process outsourcing (BPO), managed services, and co-sourcing. 

This webcast will explore four staffing solutions for companies in Japan: interim professionals, tax compliance outsourcing, finance and accounting outsourcing, and payroll outsourcing, with different experts discussing each area. 

We plan to cover the following:

• Japanese Labor Market Challenges
• Solutions: Buy vs. Build
• Interim Professionals
• Tax and Finance Operate
• Accounting Compliance and Reporting 
• Payroll Operate

The webcast will be held in English. We aim to leave time for a Q&A discussion at the end of the seminar.
We look forward to your attendance.

Date and Time: Wednesday, 28 August 2024, 13:00-14:00 (JST) 
Cost: Free
Language: English

Moderator:
Ernst & Young Tax Co.

• Karl Gruendel, Partner, Leader of Inbound Client Services Team

Speakers:
EY Strategy and Consulting Co., Ltd.

• Christopher K Kobayashi, Associate Partner, Interim Professionals

Ernst & Young Tax Co.

• Lars Dahlen, Associate Partner, Global Compliance & Reporting

EY Business Partner Co., Ltd.

• Hiroki Yoshino, Associate Partner, Accounting Compliance and Reporting
• Hidekazu Matsubayashi, Director, Global Compliance and Reporting

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