Operations Finance Specialist

I. PURPOSE

The Operations Finance Specialist works as trusted Finance partner with Operation stake holders (mainly Production and SC) across VTIS Plant & Operation Function across the company to support them to achieve company’s Operations & financial KPIs. His/her objectives are to maintain finance systems and controls in place and to ensure the implementation of good practice in Operations and provide 'real time' support and analysis in order to assist in decision making. He/she will also work closely with other members of the Finance team, in particular Commercial Finance, FSSC, IT, Internal Control to build a high performing Finance team.

II. KEY RESPONSIBILITES

2.1 Month-end/Year-end closing: Make sure month-end process in charge is conducted as per deadline in the compliance way of VAS, IFRS & Group guidelines. Continuously finding way to improve the process by automation, digitalization & simplification.

· Maintain master data (BOM, standard cost…) in the system based on approved document.

· Perform a check MO status and work with Operations to ensure MO is closed properly.

· Allocate variance to calculate actual cost, complete month end closing for costing.

· Prepare stock provision as procedure.

· Review and update standard cost for all items on system.

· Support auditing and tax review process

2.2 Reporting & Analysis:

· Review and analyze production overhead expense against budget.

· Liaise with Operations to calculate WCM saving on monthly basis & input on project tracker.

· Calculate CO2 and input on project tracker.

· Follow and control CAPEX. Input actual spending of CAPEX on capex +

· Prepare industrial KPI report. Highlight key points.

· Analyze cost of production and explain variance between actual vs budget and vs last month.

2.3 Fixed asset & inventory control: Proactively raise the concern or risk & recommendation/take action for improvement:

· Play the role as the Cooperator with Operations, Supply Chain to perform stock periodically as procedure. Review stock count result, work with relevant departments to find root causes, action plan for deviations. Monitor progress of action plan. Perform stock adjustment in the system based on approved documents.

· Work with related department to have solution for slow moving, damaged and obsoleted stock.

· Perform fixed asset count at a yearly basic as per procedure.

2.4 Budgeting & forecasting: Work as the key Finance coordinator at plant. Work with related department to prepare and calculate COGS & Capex request of RF cycles and budget. Continuously finding way to improve the forecasting/budgeting process including proactively working & alignment within Local Finance Team & with other Businesses.

2.5 Business partnering:

· Working and meeting with operation team to follow each of project savings, department expense

· Support plant manager in control expense, product mix and his requirement.

· Work with production and purchasing to provide cost of goods sold to marketing on the request.

· Update cost card quarterly and when having significant changing.

2.6 Consolidation: Benchmark cost with other BU with key highlight & recommendation

2.7 Others: Perform other tasks assigned by Line Manager.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

· Bachelor's degree in Finance/ Accounting/ Audit.

· At least 2 years experience as the same position in the manufacturing company.

· Understanding of Accounting & costing methods and techniques

· Working knowledge of GL, ERP system

· Good communication skills in dealing with internal contacts.

· Good at detail, analysis and action oriented.

· Fairly good command of English

· Good in computer office skill, i.e. Excel, Power point, word, etc.

· Be able to work independently and under pressure.