Assistant Financial Controller

Role Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as Assistant Financial Controller based in Vietnam to provide key support of all aspects of Finance functions. The role provides long term development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in a challenging and fast paced soft commodities environment. The role will report to Financial Controller and will be based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Volcafe Ltd is one of the world's leading international green coffee trading companies, operating in over 20 countries globally. Our expertise spans green coffee procurement and preparation, sustainability, blending, quality control, risk management and export as well as importing and distribution. We supply the world's major coffee roasters and retail distributors with their green coffee requirements, with significant strategic growth ambitions for the future. We are part of ED&F Man Commodities, a world leading trader of agricultural products including coffee, sugar, molasses and animal feed.
Volcafe works across the whole green coffee supply chain to make coffee business better, together with our partners and employees. We have built and operate sustainable coffee supply chains across all our origins, addressing key economic, social and environmental issues in coffee farming communities. Our Volcafe Way farmer support programme engages with thousands of coffee farmers and provides a holistic response to the challenges they face.
Key Accountabilities
• The Assistant Financial Controller will Leading finance team to manage daily finance activities for Vietnam, Singapore, and Shanghai.
• Undertake all aspects of financial management including group reporting, statutory reports, budget and forecast, business analysis, etc.
• Be instrumental in the development of internal control procedures.
• Timely and accurately delivery of Group reports including monthly P&L and balance sheet, performance review against budget, cost analysis and country risk report.
• Coordinate and lead the preparation of budgets and forecasts.
• Ensure compliance with Minimum Control Standards and maintain a high level of finance risk management. Perform limit & exposure reviews and take corrective action (if needed).
• Tax & legal compliance including experience of monthly VAT submissions and annual corporation tax submissions, monthly review and ensure tax exposure are minimized.
• Manage cash position including allocation of financial resources & weekly cash forecasts.
• Streamlining and improving accounting systems & finance procedures.
• Liaising with internal/ external auditor for any issues related to statutory reports and risk controls.
• Bi-monthly prepare Borrowing Base Report and directly dealing in audits of those reports.
• Contribute and support management in decision making.
• Provide support to business segment managers in analysing performance and efficiencies.
• Others tasks assigned by the Finance Controller.