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Role Description and purpose
To provide critical support in the production of APAC management reports by ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timely maintenance of financial and sales databases. This role is responsible for the execution of Business-As-Usual (BAU) reporting and consolidation processes. It offers significant exposure to the core financial drivers of the Asset Management business, making it an ideal opportunity for a detail-oriented professional with a strong technical aptitude seeking to build a career in financial management.
key responsibilities
Management Reporting (BAU & Budget exercise)
1. Data Management & Financial Integrity (Primary Focus)
- Database Administration: Execute the daily and monthly update and validation of regional financial and sales databases (including AUM, P&L, and Run-Rate), ensuring high data availability and accuracy.
- Quality Assurance: Perform rigorous data reconciliation and quality checks; identify discrepancies and implement corrective actions to ensure the integrity of management reporting.
- Financial Consolidation: Manage the month-end financial data submission and upload for designated Joint Ventures (JVs) into the group consolidation system (e.g., Finbox), ensuring compliance with group accounting standards.
2. Management Reporting & Sales Analysis
- Report Production: Support the preparation of standardized monthly management reports, executive dashboards, and presentations for the APAC region.
- Consolidation: Coordinate the financial and sales consolidation process for APAC, gathering, validating, and synthesizing inputs from various country teams.
- Visual Analysis: Maintain and enhance report templates in Excel and PowerPoint, transforming raw data into clear, actionable visual insights for management.
3. Budgeting & Forecasting Support
- Cycle Support: Provide operational support during annual budget and quarterly forecasting cycles, including the consolidation of templates and tracking of submissions from local entities.
- Variance Tracking: Assist in the preliminary analysis of actuals versus budget/forecast to support the commentary process.
Key Internal / External Relationships
- Internal:
- Reports to the Head of Management Reporting.
- Collaborates with local Finance teams across APAC for data collection and validation.
- Acts as a liaison for Central Finance teams regarding ad hoc data and reporting requests.
- Supports various APAC business stakeholders by resolving queries related to financial data and reporting.
Role Requirements
Essential qualifications & experience
- Education: Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (Basic accounting knowledge is essential).
- Technical Proficiency: Strong IT skills are required. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., complex formulas, Pivot Tables, Power Query) is mandatory. Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI) or automation (VBA) is highly desirable.
- Analytical Mindset: Exceptional attention to detail and a methodical approach to data validation and reconciliation.
- Communication: Ability to interface professionally with diverse stakeholders across different geographies.
Essential skills / competencies
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Competencies (Technical / Behavioral / Leadership)
Qualifications & Experience
- Mandatory proficiency in VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and complex nested formulas.
- Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint for the efficient production of management-level presentations.
- A strong understanding of financial analysis principles and their application in a corporate setting.
- Fluency in English and Cantonese; proficiency in Mandarin is highly advantageous for regional coordination.
- Prior exposure to Financial Services or Asset Management is a plus.
- Basic experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) or VBA is a plus