Manager, Accounting

Job Title: Manager, Accounting

Department: Finance

Location: Pandora Production Vietnam (VSIP3, Binh Duong Province)

Reports To: Director, Finance

About Company:

To meet the growing demand for our jewelry and enhance resilience to supply disruptions, Pandora is constructing a new facility in Binh Duong province from May 2024, expected to be opened in 2026. Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry brand by sold pieces, currently has 3 production facilities in Thailand with 13,000 staff. The US$160 million factory will cover an area of 7,5 hectares and will be powered by 100% renewable energy and using only recycled gold and silver supporting the Pandora Group’s target of net zero emissions by 2040. The establishment of Pandora’s sustainable jewelry manufactory in addition to the carbon-neutral exemplifies a new paradigm of environmentally conscious entrepreneurship in Vietnam and beyond.

Key objectives:

- Ensure finance setup is ready for operations for Pandora Production Vietnam when going live.

- Act as trusted advisor to business and provide guidance on company policies and procedures to ensure efficiency and compliance.

Key duties:

- Financial Setup: Ensure all finance processes are implemented and staff are trained within project timeline, including accounting, reporting, financial controlling, costing setup and business controlling.

- EPE: Ensure system and overall requirements are met related to company being setup as an Export Processing Enterprise.

- ERP Implementation: participate in SAP implementation for Pandora Production Vietnam in collaboartaion with Regional Finace and IT team

- Internal System Implementation: Be a driver in internal systems implementation, intergration between Group, PPT and Vietnam. Support on training for all users.

- Taking charge of the weekly payment, cash forecast and cash reporting.

- Compliance: Develop and execute key policy, guidelines and checklists for all areas within key operational areas to secure compliance, standard procedure. Drive implementation of schedule of authority and other approval matrixes. .

- Continuous improvement: Frequently visit existing standards and drive for better approaches, ensure all practices are updated and monitored closely for cost efficiency and business effectiveness

Qualifications & Experience:

- Minimum of 10 years plus of working experience with minimum 5 years in Finance management position. Experience from manufacturing company using standard cost

- Drive the solution to most complex business problems

- Possess the strategic perspective and create sustained results for Pandora (financial, non-financial)

- Demonstrate ability to make hard decisions, making the right trade-offs

- Demonstrated ability to implement and manage all aspects of the Finance function in line with current practices

- Is an inspirational leader; practices genuine humility and places the team above their own interests

- Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally and linguistically diverse staff

- Deep knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations, HR concepts and expertise

- Is self-motivated, hands on experiences

- Is smart about people; has an ability to lead, manage, motivate, and run own team of future leaders

- Strong stakeholder management especially with government