Finance Business Partner

Your role:

As the Finance Business Partner, you are responsible for leading the partnering agenda for the Supply Chain and Manufacturing department, whether in terms of long-term business cases, benchmarking exercises, or short-term financial evaluations and driving gap closure initiatives.

This position is responsible for providing annual budgeting, monthly financial forecasting and insights for manufacturing & SC and support Manufacturing Leadership team & SC Head to manage the performance management.

You report directly to the Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Manager.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Forecast: Consolidate the overall forecasting inputs for factory production forecast, SC forecast, etc. and to provide explanation on variance between actual & forecast production cost, purchased pricing, etc.

2. Business Partnering

• Be a key partner coordinate between FP&A with SC and Manufacturing, helping to translate Supply Chain and Manufacturing strategies into financial plan and monthly financial forecast/target.

• Be responsible for monthly reporting to Manufacturing leadership team & SC team for performance as well as support weekly / monthly finance operating processes, including inventory deep dive, plant financial ops reviews.

• Tracking and validating TSC savings (cost savings) and lead GM improvement project with SC and Manufacturing.

3. Cost Controlling & Capex investment

• Consolidate the overall forecasting inputs for factory production forecast, SC forecast, etc. and to provide explanation on variance between actual & forecast production cost, purchased pricing, etc.

• Monthly reporting to Manufacturing leadership team & SC team for performance tracking (e.g. Cost per ton, efficiency, variance report (BOM vs. FACT), productivity, PPV, etc.).

• Prepare monthly cost center report and work with cost center owner to identify & analysis variance between target and actual spending, forecast expenses. In liaise 0th accounting team to allocate the cost is appropriated following internal control, accounting standards.

• Analyses business case for new investment project (Capex investment) and deploy financial planning for 3-5 years for Capex projection.

• Provide leadership in controllership related to inventory accounting/processes (physical inventory controls, costing & production order accounting).

4. Others

• Support Finance Controller & FP &A Manager to drive the finance agenda and bring initiatives for automation improvement.

Requirements:

• Bachelor or higher degree in Accounting or Finance

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in management accounting, Supply Chain Finance experience in working for FMCG companies or Manufacturing companies

• ERP experience is preferred

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Advanced Excel and Presentation skills

• Ability to liaise with people at all levels of the business hierarchy (internally & externally)

• Ability to form effective working relationships (internally/externally)

• An analytical mind with strategic ability, good planning, organization, problem-solving skills

• A strong can-do attitude with strong drive for results

• Strong partnering mindset, detail oriented, change management skill

• Two days per week working at the Ba Ria – Vung Tau factory.