Finance Business Partner

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 & Senior FP &A Manager to drive the finance agenda and bring initiatives for automation improvement.

• 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, changing management skill.

• Please note you will be based in Ho Chi Minh City office most of the time but will need to work from the plant (My Xuan A, Ba Ria Vung Tau) on Tuesdays or/and Thursdays or as required.