About Us
Fast Retailing is a global company that operates multiple fashion brands including UNIQLO, GU, Theory, Princess Tam Tam and Comptoir des Cotonniers. With a corporate statement committed to changing clothes, changing conventional wisdom and change the world, Fast Retailing is dedicated to creating unique value to enrich the lives of people everywhere.
At Fast Retailing, we aim to become a company that is the first, and the best, in the world one that achieves what the world has never seen before and contributes to society in a meaningful way.
If we can change what we do, one task at a time and on a daily basis, this in turn will surely change the world, even if step by step. So, if you have courage to change, and are aspired to take the first step, then join our team. Help us to reinvent everything at Fast Retailing.
We are committed to live together with the times to make our world better. We are determined to grow and prosper, together with you.
Job Summary
We are looking for Order-To-Cash (OTC) Operation Junior Analyst to join our new and growing Global Business Services (GBS) based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the delivery of end-to-end RTR scopes in more than 18 countries (Japan, Greater China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Philippines, Europe, North America, Canada, Bangladesh).
The RTR scopes covering operation transactional processing and closing activities which including analysis and reconciliation. This is governed under three main key process which is Inter-Company (Recharges expenses, Reconciliation and Aging Management), Fixed Asset (Master Data, Capitalization, Disposals, Closing, Reconciliation and Aging Management), and General Ledger (Accruals, Prepayments, Cost Allocation, Closing, Analysis and Reconciliation).
This position is essential in the RTR management process to provide consistent, efficient, effective, and quality deliverables of the operation, enforcement of accounting standards and global process design, compliance to company policies and procedures, and achievement to operational performance KPIs set.
Key Responsibilities
Business Engagement
- Work with Operation Manager, Global Process Manager and Performance Improvement Team on regular end to end process review to identify process changes and improvements as necessary to improve performance and efficiency.
- Report to and work with Team Lead as well as other internal stakeholders such as Global Headquarter, Local Management and Line of Businesses
Operations
- Ensure sales receivables are reconciled and settled timely, discrepancy is investigated and solved completely, take active action with stakeholders to build awareness and business solutions to prevent possible financial risks
- Analyze and clarify aged and outstanding items with follow-up action to ensure timely clearance, always monitor and track the movement to keep the account clean and up-to-date. Discuss and agree finding with stakeholders for operation process improvement and preventive control.
- Maintain Master Data, Prepare Journals, Reconciliation Reports, Accounting Analysis report to ensure completeness and accuracy of transactions, and in accordance to the requirements stipulated in the process handbook/desktop procedure(DTP)/Close Task List (i.e. timelines, quality checklist, etc.)
- Ensure closing activities are carried out effectively and efficiently adhering to the relevant closing schedule, no deviations from standard procedures and if deviations are necessary due to business requirements, there must be proper documentation and agreement obtained
- Compliance to internal control, accounting standards and company procedures to ensure integrity of financial information
- Involve in issue management (within process and/or cross-process) and perform root cause analysis.
- Support in continuous improvement initiatives within OTC regime that drive productivity and strengthen control whilst support in driving process improvement and standardization
Team Development
- Constantly develop the required business and process knowledge and make recommendations to support continuous process improvement
Skills and Qualifications
- Minimum qualifications: Advance Diploma/Degree in Accounting/Finance/Business or CPA/MIA equivalent
- Minimum 1.5 years of relevant practical working experience in Accounting/Finance or SSC OTC area
- Proficiency in financial/accounting tools (SAP HANA/ FIORI/ Business Intelligence SAP Analytics/Cadency/ Blackline/LINKKI/ POS/ TEAMWORK) and other operation systems (MS/Google Office, SNOW, Power BI, Power Query, Tableu, Google Looker, Concur, etc).
- Good analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written in English and other language i.e. Mandarin
- Able to work with wide range of stakeholders both internal and external
- Ability to interpret and apply professional accounting standards and principles such as IFRS
- Ability to prepare, analyze and interpret the accounting analysis or investigation, and root cause to support business decision making
- Exposure in handling migration and improvement projects/initiatives (both local and global) is an advantage
- Experience in process modelling/documentation.
- Good problem-solving skills and proactively explore opportunities to enhance and improve processes
