Financial Controller & Chief Accountant - Vietnam

1. Financial Leadership & Ownership
• Lead the Finance and Accounting function for Maisa World Vietnam.
• Maintain the integrity and accuracy of company financial records.
• Establish strong financial controls, policies and approval processes.
• Act as an independent financial control point across Sales, Supply Chain, Procurement and Operations.
• Take ownership of financial risks and resolve issues within approved authority.
• Support achievement of company revenue, gross-profit and net-profit targets.
2. Profitability Management
• Actively monitor revenue, gross profit, operating expenses and net profit.
• Identify margin leakage, excessive discounts, abnormal costs and unprofitable activities.
• Challenge commercial and operational decisions where profitability is at risk.
• Review customer, product, channel and promotion profitability.
• Work with Sales and Supply Chain to improve gross margin and operating profit.
• Ensure company resources are directed toward commercially sustainable activities.
3. Cash Flow & Working Capital
• Take ownership of company cash-flow management and liquidity planning.
• Maintain rolling cash-flow forecasts.
• Monitor AR, AP and inventory working capital.
• Identify potential cash shortages early and coordinate corrective action.
• Prioritize payments based on business requirements and liquidity.
• Work with Sales and Supply Chain to improve cash conversion.
4. Accounts Receivable & Collections
• Lead the AR Accountant and own overall customer collection governance.
• Monitor customer balances, credit terms and overdue exposure.
• Work with Sales to drive timely collection.
• Establish appropriate customer credit limits and payment terms.
• Recommend or implement credit holds according to approved policy.
• Monitor DSO and overdue receivables.
• Maintain controls over deductions, credit notes, rebates and claims.
• Ensure revenue growth is supported by appropriate cash collection and customer credit quality.
5. Accounts Payable & Payment Control
• Lead the AP Accountant and oversee invoice verification, supplier reconciliation and payment processing.
• Ensure payments are fully supported and approved.
• Prevent duplicate, unauthorized or unsupported payments.
• Coordinate payment timing with cash-flow requirements.
• Maintain disciplined supplier-payment management.
6. General Ledger & Financial Closing
• Lead the GL Accountant and oversee month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing.
• Maintain accurate General Ledger records.
• Review journals, accruals, provisions, prepayments, fixed assets and reconciliations.
• Ensure accurate management accounts.
• Maintain complete supporting documentation and audit trails.
• Treat accurate and timely closing as a fundamental responsibility rather than a standalone measure of exceptional performance.
7. Inventory Financial Control
• Lead the Stock Accountant and maintain accurate inventory accounting and valuation.
• Reconcile accounting inventory with warehouse and operational records.
• Review landed-cost allocation and inventory costing.
• Monitor inventory value, ageing and working-capital impact.
• Review provisions for slow-moving, damaged, obsolete and near-expiry inventory.
• Control write-offs and stock adjustments.
• Independently investigate material inventory discrepancies.
• Supply Chain owns physical inventory management; Finance independently controls inventory value, financial accuracy and accounting treatment.
8. Tax & Statutory Compliance
• Lead the Tax Accountant and fulfil responsibilities required of the Company's Chief Accountant under applicable Vietnamese requirements.
• Ensure accurate and timely VAT, CIT, PIT and other statutory filings.
• Maintain complete statutory accounting and tax records.
• Monitor changes in tax and accounting requirements.
• Coordinate with auditors, tax advisers and authorities.
• Identify and mitigate statutory and tax risks.
9. Revenue Recognition & Commercial Control
• Ensure revenue is recognized according to applicable accounting standards and company policies.
• Distinguish actual sales from consignment or other conditional transactions where applicable.
• Review material discounts, rebates, promotions and commercial arrangements.
• Ensure revenue and gross-profit reporting reflects actual economic performance.
• Verify sales incentive eligibility according to approved company rules.
10. Financial Controls & Governance
• Maintain proper segregation of duties across the five-person Finance team.
• Establish approval and authorization controls.
• Prevent unauthorized expenditure.
• Challenge transactions outside approved budgets, margins, policies or authority.
• Ensure financial controls remain effective as the company grows.
• Investigate unusual transactions and control failures.
11. Business Partnering
• Work with Sales to improve revenue quality, margin and collections.
• Work with Supply Chain to improve landed cost, inventory and working capital.
• Support financial evaluation of significant commercial decisions.
• Provide financial input into budgeting, forecasting and business planning.
• Promote financial ownership across all departments.
12. Team Leadership & Department Ownership
• Lead, coach and develop the existing five-person Finance & Accounting team.
• Establish clear responsibility across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Tax, Stock Accounting and General Ledger.
• Delegate routine transactions and operational activities to the appropriate accountants.
• Establish measurable performance expectations for each team member.
• Review team productivity, quality and accountability.
• Build cross-training and backup capability.
• Identify skill gaps and implement development plans.
• Recommend additional resources only where justified by business growth or workload.
• Create a Finance culture focused on accuracy, ownership, commercial awareness and financial performance.