BackOffice

Back office refers to the administrative and managerial work within the office team that does not involve customers and is basically in the office all day long.

Marketing, product development, and engineers who are in the office all day long but communicate with customers via email, or who manufacture services and products for customers, are not back office workers.

The typical ones are human resources and accounting.

Human Resources The job of Human Resources is "to develop an organization through human resources" and includes such tasks as recruitment planning, recruitment activities, education and training, establishment of an evaluation system, and labor affairs (social insurance, payroll).

Depending on the size of the company, there may be a team called "general affairs," or some of the work may be outsourced to outside experts.

Accounting The job of accounting is to manage the company's money, and it is often called "accounting department" in Japanese. Accounting is about keeping track of the day-to-day flow of money and recording it in books.

Financing (such as borrowing funds from banks) based on the books compiled by the accounting department is called Financing. In large companies, the accounting department and the finance department are separated, but the accounting department is often responsible for the finance.