Finance Manager
Location: Northern

*Responsibilities:

Full ownership of entire factory controllership, costing and financial analysis
Manage the plant month-end, quarter-end and year- end closing process and prepare monthly operation performance reports including the relevant variance analysis;
Ensure adequate costing and accounting process in place, including standard cost updates, physical inventory verification, periodic cycle counts, CIP and FA physical count, detect risky control deficiencies;
Manage plant operating budget, quarterly financial planning estimates as well as production;
Manage budgeting and financial reporting systems to provide timely and relevant plant financials;
Work closely with operational teams to establish the standard Supply Chain Policy, operation processes and performance KPIs in compliance with the Company guidelines;
Drive factory finance digitalization/automation transformation
Provide timely insights of costing variances;
Drive operation functional teams to fully comply with Company Accounting policy and ERP utilization requirements;
Identify and implement cost reduction initiatives as well as executing the planned cost control actions
Manage the deployment of cost saving and other programs to improve operating performance. Monitors and provides opportunities to support continuously improving Plant Productivity;
Work closely with the purchasing team in vendor management, to balance sourcing risk and opportunity;
Ensures plant quality policy and ERP program are thoroughly implemented in the finance function;
Evaluate plant capital requisition request supported by the in-depth analysis of the expected productivity, operation efficiency and saving. Monitor and report purchase commitments and spending for all capital programs. Conduct follow-up audits to ensure compliance for all significant capital investments;
Ensure adequate control to safeguard plant assets, documents and financial records;
Manage plant finance staff and provide timely coaching support staff career development;
Provide full support to all Compliance investigations and Audits;
Lead ad-hoc projects as required including appropriate ERP implementations and system upgrades;

*Requirements:

Degree in Finance or Accounting, CPA/CMA preferred or equivalent local professional qualifications;
Experience: Minimum of 15 years professional experience. Experience in a manufacturing environment is a plus;
Lead with a strong compliance and integrity mindset
Familiar with IFRS GAAP, and local statutory requirements;
Strong leadership skills required to drive environment of continuous improvement;
Mature operation skills of Microsoft office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word etc.);
Fluent in spoken and written English and Vietnamese;