ASSISTANT MANAGER, FP&A

Company description:

Ricoh began marketing Plain Paper Copiers (PPCs) in 1981 in North America and Europe. Over the next two decades, Ricoh became a leader in digital office solutions, capitalizing on the global office automation and networking boom. Today, with 81,900 employees and offices in over 150 countries, Ricoh Group has one of the industry's largest sales and support networks. With a turnover exceeding US$22 billion, we are a leading Global 500 company. In line with our expansion, we seek dynamic individuals to join our growing team.

Job description:

Job Summary

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.

Job Description

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.

Note:

• The scope of work may be revised based on management needs or requests. Other related duties may be assigned by the superior from time to time.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or a related field.
• A recognized professional accounting or finance qualification, such as ACCA, CPA or an equivalent qualification, is advantageous.

Skills

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.
• Detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to data accuracy, completeness, consistency, documentation and control compliance.
• Proactive problem-solver able to investigate submission issues, unmapped items and reporting exceptions, coordinate follow-up and escalate matters requiring business judgement or approval.
• Demonstrates sound professional judgement, integrity and appropriate handling of confidential financial information.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic, multicultural and regionally distributed environment.
• Fluency in English or another APAC language is an advantage.