Financial Manager

I. SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY
- Overseeing long-term financial planning, management accounting, advanced data budgeting, commercial performance insights, forecasting models, and delivering direct strategic presentation packs to the executive board.
- Working Location (Can Tho): 4th Floor, Trung Son Building, 12 Mai Chi Tho Street, KDC 586, Hung Phu Ward, Can Tho City, Vietnam
- Benefits: Full social insurance contribution based on the employee's full gross salary.
II. POSITION OBJECTIVE:
Serve as a trusted strategic partner to the executive leadership team, particularly the CFO, by leading Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), corporate performance management, and management accounting. Deliver forward-looking financial insights, robust business analytics, and executive-level reporting that support strategic decision-making, enhance commercial performance, maximize profitability, and safeguard the organization's long-term financial sustainability. Act as a key business partner to the CFO by providing financial analysis across business functions, evaluating the financial impact of operational decisions, and translating data into actionable insights and recommendations that support executive decision-making.
III. FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Corporate Financial Planning & Strategic Forecasting
• Lead the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts, and long-term financial planning.
• Develop and maintain driver-based financial forecasting models covering Revenue, Gross Profit, Operating Expenses (OPEX), Cash Flow, and EBITDA.
• Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to evaluate business risks and strategic opportunities.
• Prepare financial feasibility studies and investment analyses for new store openings, relocations, capital expenditures, and other strategic initiatives.
• Monitor budget utilization and recommend corrective actions to ensure financial targets are achieved.
2. Management Accounting & Business Performance Analysis
• Develop and manage monthly management reports highlighting business performance, financial trends, and key operational drivers.
• Prepare and analyze Profit & Loss statements by store, region, business unit, and product category.
• Perform detailed variance analysis on revenue, gross margin, pricing, sales volume, product mix, inventory shrinkage, stock aging, operating expenses, and labor costs.
• Monitor key financial and commercial KPIs including gross margin, promotion ROI, inventory turnover, working capital, labor productivity, and SKU profitability.
• Identify business risks and improvement opportunities through financial and operational performance analysis.
3. Executive Decision Support & Business Partnering
• Prepare and present monthly FP&A reports, financial dashboards, and executive performance packs for the CFO, CEO, and Executive Leadership Team.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Category Management, HR, and Accounting teams to improve business performance and profitability.
• Provide financial insights and recommendations to support strategic planning, pricing decisions, cost optimization, and commercial initiatives.
• Establish financial KPIs and performance dashboards to support data-driven management decisions.
• Ensure consistency, transparency, and integrity of financial data across all business functions.
• Lead continuous improvements in financial reporting processes through automation, Business Intelligence (BI), and data analytics solutions.
• Analyze the financial impact of initiatives and operational decisions across all business functions, providing recommendations to support effective decision-making.
• Translate financial data into meaningful business insights and strategic recommendations for the CFO and Executive Leadership Team