Role Purpose
As the strategic financial lead for a manufacturing company, you will oversee financial controlling and accounting across three manufacturing plants and commercial entities. You are responsible for delivering top and bottom-line growth through robust governance, standardization of SOPs, and high-level partnership with Factory Directors and Sales Managers. You will champion a compliant-first mindset, ensuring the organization meets the highest standards of Vietnam Accounting Standards (VAS) and trade regulations.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Controlling & Strategy
- Robust framework: develop and implement rigorous financial control frameworks across all factory entities and subsidiaries.
- Standardization: drive group-wide standardization of financial policies and systems to ensure data consistency across multiple manufacturing sites.
- Performance leadership: lead the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and oversee high-accuracy month-end and year-end close processes.
- Consolidated reporting: oversee consolidated financial reporting and provide deep-dive analysis for executive decision-making.
- Margin & profitability: implement standardized margin analysis to identify and eliminate profit leakages across the value chain, from raw Aloe sourcing to export.
- Cash Flow:ensure healthy working capital and optimized cash generation to support the liquidity needs of a fast-moving manufacturing environment.
Functional Business Partnership (FBP)
- Production controlling: oversee financial controls for sourcing operations, focusing on the volatile pricing of raw Aloe vera and Nata de coco.
- Costing & variance: partner with Factory Directors to supervise production costs and variance analysis to identify optimization opportunities.
- Supply chain: lead financial controlling for S&OP, procurement, and logistics to reduce landed costs for 35 export markets.
- Commercial strategy: partner with Sales and Marketing to refine pricing strategies and analyze customer/product performance.
- Support functions: provide financial decision support and business case development for R&D, IT, HR, and Legal.
Accounting, VAS Excellence & Corporate Governance
- VAS mastery: ensure 100% compliance with Vietnam Accounting Standards (VAS) and statutory local reporting requirements.
- SOPs: design and audit financial SOPs to ensure operational discipline across the three factories.
- Audit management: manage relationships with external auditors and financial institutions to ensure smooth statutory audits.
- Internal controls: ensure regulatory compliance across all whiles maintaining strong control environments.
- Risk assessment: develop frameworks for financial risk assessment and support mitigation planning.
- Contract management: support legal and commercial teams with financial risk assessments during B2B contract reviews.
Team Leadership & Compliance Mindset
- High-performing team: build and lead a finance team that proactively supports business needs and fosters cross-functional collaboration.
- Cultural leadership: cultivate a Compliant-First mindset, ensuring every team member maintains corporate governance.
- Talent development: conduct performance reviews and mentor staff in accounting, costing, and financial analysis.
- Knowledge exchange: facilitate sharing of best practices and specialized finance resources across subsidiary teams.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting is mandatory; MBA preferred.
- Certifications: professional certifications such as CPA (Vietnam or International), ACCA, CMA, or APA are required.
- Experience: 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including 5+ years in a senior leadership role in manufacturing.
- Industry context: extensive experience in Agro-processing, F&B, or high-volume B2B sectors.
- Technical mastery: deep knowledge of VAS, tax laws, and ERP systems (e.g., SAP or Microsoft Dynamics).
