Ricoh Business Services Asia Pacific Hiring! Full Time Assistant Manager, Financial Planning - Analysis in Selangor, Earn up to MYR 7,000 - Ricebowl

Position Overview

Support the delivery of regional Finance Planning, Analysis and Reporting activities within RBS by providing standardized execution, coordination, first-level review and analytical support to RHQ and APAC Operating Companies. The role acts as a regional Finance support hub, enabling RHQ and OpCos to focus on business partnering, decision-making and strategic analysis while RBS manages repeatable, process-driven and coordination-intensive Finance activities.

Key Responsibilities and Specific Duties

1. Budgeting & Forecasting Support

• Coordinate the annual budget and periodic forecast cycles
• Prepare budget templates, instructions and timelines
• Perform first-level validation, prior-period and variance checks, follow up on submission issues, and consolidate approved inputs into regional views.
• Support budget allocations, forecast updates and data maintenance or uploads in Tagetik

2. Monthly Reporting & Financial Analysis

• Coordinate and monitor monthly Flash P&L, actual reporting and forecast submissions from OpCos
• Validate the completeness and reasonableness of submissions, investigate errors or exceptions, and perform predefined variance, trend and anomaly analysis
• Prepare regional reporting summaries, Balance Sheet analysis and initial management reporting materials for RHQ review.

3. Business Review Support

• Prepare or consolidate Business Review materials using Tagetik and other financial information, and perform completeness, consistency and reasonableness checks
• Highlight significant variances and draft preliminary discussion points or questions for RHQ review
• Coordinate meeting schedules with OpCos and maintain action trackers to support timely follow-up.

4. Period-End Reporting & Consolidation Support

• Reconcile source financial information to Trial Balance and other reporting sources, and map the data into standardized regional formats.
• Review account mappings and investigate unmapped or exceptional items
• Execute data conversion and Tagetik uploads, perform post-upload validation and coordinate issue resolution.

5. Tagetik & Reporting Administration

• Maintain Tagetik user access, licence records and relevant Finance reporting or Interim Solution distribution lists
• Process approved additions, removals and access changes, and support routine data administration and reporting activities. Ensure records remain accurate, current and aligned with approved requests.

6. Treasury & Corporate Finance Coordination

• Coordinate annual dividend and royalty payment requirements with OpCos, monitor payment status and follow up on outstanding items
• Prepare supporting information for RHQ and Global Treasury discussions, including cash flow and funding requirement analysis
• Support annual or ad-hoc Borrowing Facility Limit reviews and coordinate approved renewal requests and documentation.

7. Process Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain process documentation, procedures, review criteria, reporting calendars and trackers for deadlines, exceptions and outstanding actions
• Monitor adherence to agreed processes and support timely escalation of unresolved matters.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify and automate recurring regional Finance activities and reporting.

Knowledge and Skills Requirements

Required Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in financial planning and analysis, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial accounting, consolidation or a related finance function.
• Hands-on experience using financial planning, consolidation and reporting systems, preferably D365 and Tagetik system
• Experience in system and reporting administration support including data maintenance, data uploads and user access support.
• Exposure to treasury and corporate finance coordination, including dividend and royalty payments, cash flow analysis, funding requirements and borrowing facility reviews, is advantageous.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial statements, identify significant movements and translate data into clear preliminary insights for RHQ review.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, financial accounting, consolidation principles and regional reporting processes.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and good proficiency in PowerPoint for financial analysis, reconciliations, reporting summaries and Business Review materials.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective coordination with RHQ, HQ/Global Finance and Treasury, APAC OpCo Finance teams, external accountants and RBS colleagues.
• Well organized and able to manage concurrent budget, forecast, reporting, consolidation and treasury coordination activities within defined deadlines.

Pay: From RM7,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Maternity leave
• Opportunities for promotion
• Parental leave
• Professional development
• Vision insurance
• Work from home

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Shah Alam: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• What is your current salary?
• What is your expected salary?
• Experience working in APAC exposure?
• What is your notice period?

Experience:

• Financial planning: 3 years (Required)
• Treasury management: 2 years (Required)
• Corporate finance: 2 years (Required)
• Financial management: 2 years (Required)
• Microsoft Excel: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person