Chief Accountant

Job Description

• Manage the daily operation of accounting department.
• Set up the internal expenditure management regulations.
• Manage the Accounting Team to provide accurate and timely accounting reporting to the Director, to ensure all accounting functions are efficiently undertaken and to ensure full legal compliance in the area of accounting.
• Making financial report (P/L, BS, CF, SGA) and appropriate analyze then submit to BOD with deadline set.
• Manage, declare VAT, Corporation income tax, transfer price report.
• Directly liaise with local tax authority, banker, consultant, and relevant local government authority as appropriate
• Take main responsibility on working with the external auditor from audit schedule, planning to final audit report step.
• Be responsible for compliance with laws relating to taxation, ensure there are no risks in taxes, consultant to departments related to taxation.
• Control cash flow: coordinate to prepare and review monthly/ quarterly/ annual financial report, consolidation at group level for internal and external requirement.
• Update and report to Director about changing of VAS (Vietnam Accounting Standards) or new Tax regulation.
• Lead year-end inventory count and cooperate with auditor to reconcile discrepancy and close the count.
• Maintain/update company’s charter regulation/documents a line with the Vietnam laws.
• Participating in or leading internal audits to assess the effectiveness of internal controls within an organization’s financial management system.
• Identifying issues with accounting processes or procedures that could lead to future errors or misinterpretations of data.
• Be the main person in charge of setting up and present yearly budget with the input from management team.
• Work closely with the management team to set up the yearly expense for each department.
• Budgeting management: Month, quarterly and annual budget planning. Monitor budget expense of across departments.
• Explain the difference between budget and financial statement in monthly report.
• Coordinate with mother company about transfer pricing.
• Other diverse tasks assigned by BOD.

Job Requirement

Required Skills/Abilities: 

·         Outstanding communication skills, written and verbal in English.

·         Good knowledge of the regulations

·         Confident with numbers

·         Good knowledge of taxation

·         Good analytical and synthesizing skills

·         Master accounting standards (IAS/IFRS, UK-US GAAP) are preferred.

Education and Experience:

·         Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.

·         Min 5 years of experience for a similar position as Chief Accountant.

·         Experienced to work in manufacturing environment.