Senior Director Finance Country Vietnam

Responsibilities / Tasks

Senior Finance Director – Vietnam

1. Financial Strategy, Business Leadership & Value Creation

• Shape and lead the financial strategy for GEA Vietnam, ensuring strong alignment with divisional and global priorities while directly supporting revenue growth, margin expansion, and long-term value creation.
• Act as a trusted strategic advisor to the Managing Director and leadership team, providing forward-looking financial insights, challenge, and recommendations to drive business performance.
• Partner closely with the business to translate strategy into actionable financial plans, including growth initiatives, investment decisions, and portfolio optimization.
• Lead strategic planning, scenario analysis, and stress testing to anticipate market shifts, identify opportunities, and mitigate risks.

2. Financial Management, Performance Management & Insights

• Own end-to-end financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, P&L performance, balance sheet optimization, and cash-flow management.
• Deliver clear, timely, and insightful financial reporting in compliance with IFRS, VAS, and local statutory requirements.
• Develop and present executive-level dashboards, KPIs, and business performance analyses that highlight trends, root causes, and actionable insights.
• Move beyond reporting to proactively identify performance gaps, growth levers, and profitability improvement opportunities.

3. Business Partnering, Profitability & Commercial Excellence

• Serve as a senior finance business partner to commercial, operations, and project teams, actively influencing business decisions from a financial and value-creation perspective.
• Lead profitability, margin, and cost-to-serve analyses to support pricing strategies, contract structuring, and portfolio decisions.
• Provide financial leadership in major commercial negotiations, bids, and contract reviews, including risk assessment and return analysis.
• Drive cross-functional initiatives to improve operational efficiency, working capital, and overall financial performance.
• Challenge assumptions, spot trends early, and provide fact-based recommendations to improve both top-line and bottom-line results.

4. Governance, Risk Management & Controls

• Ensure robust financial governance, compliance with VAS, IFRS, tax regulations, and GEA Group policies.
• Strengthen internal controls, risk management frameworks, and audit readiness in line with best practices.
• Lead internal and external audit processes, ensuring timely issue resolution and continuous improvement.
• Conduct financial risk assessments and scenario analyses to support strategic and operational decision-making.

5. Tax, Treasury & FX Strategy

• Oversee tax planning, transfer pricing compliance, and statutory obligations, balancing compliance with business efficiency.
• Lead treasury and cash management, including working capital optimization and FX exposure management.
• Monitor currency trends and provide strategic guidance on FX implications for pricing, contracts, and investment decisions.
• Implement best-practice hedging and risk mitigation strategies aligned with corporate policies.

6. Financial Modeling, Forecasting & Decision Support

• Develop robust financial models to evaluate strategic initiatives, investments, M&A opportunities, and major projects.
• Continuously track performance against budgets and forecasts, identify variances, and recommend corrective or opportunistic actions.
• Use data and analytics to provide predictive insights, not just historical analysis.

7. Leadership, Talent Development & Collaboration

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing finance team with a strong business partnering mindset.
• Build finance capabilities in commercial acumen, analytical thinking, and stakeholder influence.
• Collaborate closely with regional shared-service centers to ensure efficient, high-quality service delivery.
• Actively support the local leadership team in achieving strategic objectives and performance KPIs.

8. Additional Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level financial advisory and controlling support for Vietnam operations as required.
• Undertake other responsibilities and strategic initiatives as assigned by the Line Manager.

Your Profile / Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Experience Finance with a MNC with minimum 10 years of related working experience
• Qualified accountants from accounting graduates or from CPA, ACCA, CFA professional accounting bodies is an advantage
• Chief accountant certificate holding
• Fast learner and hands on in month end closing, tax and treasury matters
• Technically strong in accounting and reporting
• Audit experience with big 4 is an added advantage
• Well using of Dynamic Axapta (AX6)
• Work independently with inquisitive mind, and attending to details
• Resourceful and proactive. Able to meet reporting deadline
• Good Excel and ppt skill
• Highly motivated and open-minded
• Fluent in written and spoken English

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