Finance Controller

1. Position level: Head of Department
2. Title: Finance Controller
3. Working location: Ha Noi, Vietnam
4. Salary: Competitive
5. Main responsibilities:

• Ensure the quality and the content of reports from factory i.e. Variance report, Actual cost, SCB.
• Participate in business planning; prepare and coordinate the factory budget with factory management; Perform revisions or simulations if needed
• Ensure clear control and visibility of assets and liabilities, including  the development, implementation and  compliance with internal controls
• Challenge assumptions in seeking cost improvements in factory. Seek for and support cost improvement opportunities, be an active contributor to improvement projects and initiatives validate and review proposed savings
• Coordinate reporting of actuals (including organizing and overseeing timeliness and accuracy of period-end close, and promoting ownership of data at source); and forecasts for the factory; ensure transparency of this process;
• follow up  and monitoring of progress to close gaps, ensuring company's financial policies, Accounting Standards and Costing Standards are followed
• Develop, control and ensure robust evaluations of capital investment plans and requests
• Promote clear understanding of financial key figures and costing within the factory, including organizing training sessions for non-specialists.
• Organize internal and external benchmarking of factory performance and factory product costs
• Coordinate and be key contact for internal and external audits within the factory
• Coach and develop the factory finance personnel as individuals and as a team, including career and succession planning.

       6. Job requirements:

• Formal financial qualification of appropriate level (ACCA is prefered)
• Prior experience in Accounting / Finance function (e.g.: Costing, accounts payable, ideally within a factory or supply chain)
• Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry experience
• Experience within a network organization (internal and external providers)
• Good organizational and planning skills
• Good knowledge of business principles and best practices to ensure sustainability of business and drive continuous improvement
• Understanding of business environment/ competition/ capacity to benchmark
• Solid understanding of GLOBE supporting the business E2E processes
• Solid understanding of product and brand profitability
• Extensive knowledge of company's costing (CSM, CSD)
• Thorough knowledge of local and company's accounting & reporting guidelines
• Good knowledge of control issues and framework for stewardship/governance
• Good knowledge and understanding of the manufacturing conversion process, industrial footprint and physical / technical aspects of a factory