Financial Controller

WHAT WE ARE
We are a small AI-native engineering team based in Ho Chi Minh City. We are the central technology delivery engine for a diversified group spanning financial services, F&B, retail, hospitality, and real estate.
We build shared platform utilities, run AI pilots across group entities, and set the engineering standard for how software gets built. We are not a consultancy. We do not hand off blueprints. We build, run, and own what we ship.
We are early. The entity is being stood up now. The financial function needs to be built properly from the start - not retrofitted later.
WHAT THIS ROLE IS
We operates with board-level governance and expects financial transparency and rigour at that standard. This role is the financial backbone of the company - responsible for ensuring that the money is managed properly, reported accurately, and that the board has what it needs to make decisions.
The company is well funded, with a multi-million dollar operating budget. This is not a role for someone who has managed petty cash and a few invoices. The financial complexity is real from day one.
This is not a shared-services role. You are not inheriting a finished function. You will build the financial controls, reporting cadence, and operational finance processes that we runs on - and you will own them.
Concretely, the Financial Controller is responsible for three things:
- Financial management and control. Budgets, forecasts, actuals, variance analysis. Month-end close, accounts payable and receivable, payroll oversight. The numbers are accurate and the CEO is never surprised.
- Board and group reporting. Monthly board pack financials, statutory compliance, and the
financial reporting cadence the board runs on. You own this end to end.
- Operations finance and team oversight. Vendor contracts, entity establishment costs, software license spend, and the Operations Manager who reports into this function.
WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY DO
Financial management and control
• Own the annual budget and rolling forecast; track actuals against plan and flag variances early
• Manage month-end and year-end close processes, including reconciliations and accruals
• Oversee accounts payable - vendor invoices, contractor payments, expense
reimbursements
• Oversee payroll administration directly, or in coordination with group functions where applicable
• Maintain a clean audit trail and ensure internal controls are fit for a board-governed entity
• Manage banking relationships and cash flow forecasting
Board and group reporting
• Prepare the financial section of the monthly board pack - actuals, forecast, burn rate, key variances
• Manage statutory compliance: tax filings, corporate secretarial, local regulatory requirements in Vietnam
• Support the annual audit process and act as the primary contact for external auditors
• Contribute to the Business Value Realization framework - ensuring cost savings and AI value delivery are tracked and reported with financial rigour
Operations finance and team oversight
• Own vendor contract administration - NDAs, MSAs, SOWs - in coordination with the CEO
• Track software license and infrastructure spend against budget; flag consolidation opportunities
• Line-manage the Finance & Payroll Administrator and Operations Manager; set clear expectations and maintain quality
• Support entity establishment activities - legal entity costs, corporate structure, registered office
• Build financial processes from scratch where none exist; document them so the function is not person-dependent