Chief Accountant

*Overall Purpose Of The Job
• Responsible for driving month end closing process (posting, submission and reporting) to ensure accounts are closed on a timely and accurate manner
• Assist in preparation of annual budget, co-ordination of business plan with other dept and regular forecasts
• Overseeing monthly intercompany billing, balance confirmation and reconciliation
• Leading the local accounting team
• Liaise with external stake holders - Tax dept for all tax matters, auditors for ad hoc or yearly statutory audit and bank for day to day issues
• Ensuring compliance with all financial related local regulations and requirements

*Key Responsibilities
Month end accounts closing and General Ledgers
• Manages monthly closing of financial records and posting of month end information; ensure accuracy and timeliness
• Responds to financial questions from other dept. and Region/Group
• Review and analyze monthly Revenue, COS and G&A including accruals and provisions, recommend action plan where necessary
• Ensure monthly intercompany reconciliation is fully reconciled
• Prepare monthly balance sheet schedules, ensuring accounts are clean / up to date

Annual budget, monthly and quarterly forecast
• Assist in annual budget, monthly forecast and quarterly forecast preparation and submission
• Report and track monthly variances vs budget and forecast

Accounts Payable and cost management
• Reviews accounts payable documents prepared by subordinates for accuracy, completeness and conformance to policy; authorizes for payment
• Recommends modifications to existing system and implements modifications through coordination with all department heads involved to meet operational needs, improve accuracy and efficiency of the accounts payable and invoice processing system
• Liaise with service providers to negotiate for credit terms and streamline payment process
• Review expenses, establish tracking tools and initiate cost controls

Cash and Bank
• Work with the team to consolidate cash flow information to prepare weekly and monthly cash flow forecast for submission to region
• Managing cash balances and working capital, optimizing as much as possible
• Liaise with bank on day to day operational issues and maintaining relationship with core banks

Taxation and Statutory Audit
• Review monthly tax submission report to ensure timely and accurate submission
• Liaise with tax agent and tax dept for any tax related issues
• Provide relevant documents to auditors as required to facilitate audit process
• Liaise with auditors to ensure audit is completed on a timely manner as per Group audit schedule
• Compliance to local tax laws and statutory reporting requirements

Others
• Compliance - Ensure day to day operation and accounting records comply with company policies and VAS at all times
• Manage Capex approval process between country and region/Group
• Other duties as assigned, and ad-hoc projects

Required Skills and Knowledge (Brief description of technical knowledge or skills needed to perform the job)
• Ability to lead a team
• Ability to express ideas concisely and clearly, orally and in writing
• Have experience dealing with tax dept, auditors, and relevant authorities
• Very good or excellent in MS Excel
• Attention to details and results-driven

Required Competencies (Critical behaviors necessary to successfully perform the job)
• Commitment to meeting deadlines with very short notice
• Ability to communicate fluently in English in both verbal and written
• Good ‘people skills’, for working with a range of colleagues and clients
• Proactive and with initiative to explore new skills / ideas / solutions
• Perseverance and determination when working through issues
• Always with Can-do attitude, flexible and adaptable to change and ready to take on new tasks with very short notice
• Always deliver the best
• Quality service mindset – both to external and internal customers

Required Work Experience (Brief description of the job-related experience needed to perform the job)
• Minimum of 5 years of working experience in financial and/or accounting functions at supervisory level
• Experience in working in organization dealing and liaising with people at all levels, both internal and external
• Experience in audit (preferred)
• Experience in MNC is an added advantage

Required Qualifications (Brief description of the educational background needed to perform the job)
• At least University graduate preferably in Finance and Accounting
• Possess Vietnam Chief Accountant Certificate
• Partial or full professional accounting qualification (preferred)

Required Languages (Brief description of the language skills needed to perform the job)
• Good spoken and written English and Vietnamese

Travel / Rotation Requirements (Brief description of any travel or rotation requirements)
• Minimal

- Mandatory and fringe benefits package provision

Hồ sơ theo yêu cầu của nhà tuyển dụng khi liên hệ trực tiếp