Business Finance Manager

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Planning, Budgeting & Performance Management

• Lead annual business planning, budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long-range financial planning across the JV.
• Develop robust financial models to support strategic decision-making, including business scenarios for pricing, market expansion, operating costs, capex deployment, and profitability pathways.
• Track performance against budget, forecast, and business plan targets, highlighting variances, risks, and mitigation actions in a timely manner.
• Establish management reporting processes that provide clear visibility on P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, capex, opex, and key operating/commercial KPIs.
• Ensure financial plans are realistic, properly governed, and aligned with shareholder expectations and board-approved plans.

2. Business Finance, Pricing & Commercial Support

• Lead or oversee pricing activities, including price modeling, margin analysis, financial evaluation, and approval coordination to ensure decisions support profitability and strategic objectives.
• Evaluate commercial proposals, partnership arrangements, and investment cases to ensure they are financially sound and aligned with THE targets.
• Develop and maintain costing models for products, operations, infrastructure, and services across both the JV and AssetCo.
• Monitor and manage working capital requirements, including inventory, receivables, payables, deposits, and major commitments, and provide clear forecasts and intervention recommendations.
• Support the business with data-driven financial insights to improve negotiation leverage with partners, suppliers, OEMs, and infrastructure counterparties.

3. Financial Reporting & Management Information

• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
• Prepare management reporting packs for leadership and relevant shareholder stakeholders.
• Monitor P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, and capital expenditure performance.
• Maintain transparency on actuals, commitments, accruals, and forecast outlook.
• Support preparation of board and shareholder finance materials where required.

4. Cashflow, Treasury & Working Capital Management

• Manage cash flow planning and liquidity to ensure the JV has adequate funding to support operations and expansion activities.
• Monitor bank accounts, payment schedules, funding requirements, and working capital utilization.
• Support capital calls, funding requests, intercompany settlements, and shareholder-related finance processes where applicable.
• Track receivables, payables, deposits, and other key cash movements to ensure sound financial discipline.
• Drive working capital improvement and payment control processes.

5. Procurement Governance & Payment Control

• Ensure purchase requests, purchase orders, vendor contracts, and payment processes are in line with approved budgets, delegated authorities, and governance requirements.
• Review and challenge spend requests to ensure commercial soundness, budget availability, and proper supporting documentation.
• Partner with business teams to improve purchasing discipline, commitment tracking, and cost visibility.
• Monitor vendor payment timelines and cash commitments to support efficient working capital management.
• Ensure one-time and recurring expenditures are clearly tracked and approved through the appropriate governance process.

6. Business Partnering

• Act as a key finance business partner to commercial, operations, HR, and project teams.
• Provide financial perspectives on business plans, channel investments, marketing activities, site development, and operational initiatives.
• Support development of business cases, pricing logic, cost models, and profitability assessments.
• Challenge assumptions constructively and help the business balance growth ambition with financial discipline.
• Build financial awareness across the organization and support decision-making with fact-based analysis.

7. Audit, Tax & External Stakeholder Management

• Coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring timely preparation of requested documentation and closure of audit actions.
• Work with tax and accounting advisors to ensure tax compliance and efficient finance operations.
• Manage relationships with banks, auditors, payroll providers, outsourced accounting firms, and other finance-related vendors.
• Support implementation of finance policies, statutory processes, and local operating requirements for the JV.
• Ensure proper documentation and financial records are maintained for compliance and governance purposes.

8. Systems, Processes & Finance Setup

• Support finance process design and continuous improvement as the company builds and scales its operations.
• Establish fit-for-purpose finance workflows covering budgeting, approvals, payments, reporting, and controls.
• Work with internal teams and service providers to implement and improve finance systems, templates, trackers, and reporting tools.
• Identify process gaps and recommend improvements to enhance control, efficiency, and visibility.
• Contribute to building a lean, practical, and scalable finance operating model for the JV.

Key Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Professional finance qualification such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent is strongly preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 5-10 years of relevant finance experience, with solid exposure to FP&A, accounting, financial control, and business partnering.
• Prior experience in a finance manager or similar leadership role is preferred.
• Experience in start-up, joint venture, fast-growing business, or new market setup environments is a strong advantage.
• Experience in one or more relevant sectors is preferred: automotive, mobility, retail, infrastructure, energy, technology, or consumer-facing businesses.
• Experience managing outsourced accounting/tax service providers, auditors, and local statutory compliance is highly preferred.
• Experience working in Vietnam and understanding of local finance, tax, and compliance requirements is strongly preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong financial planning, reporting, and analytical capability.
• Sound understanding of accounting principles, internal controls, and statutory compliance.
• Strong business partnering skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Good commercial acumen and ability to translate business plans into financial implications.
• Strong attention to detail, governance mindset, and discipline in execution.
• Experience in budgeting, cash flow management, and cost control.
• Ability to work effectively in a lean organization and hands-on environment.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Fluency in English and Vietnamese is preferred.

Personal Attributes

• High integrity and strong sense of accountability.
• Hands-on, practical, and solution-oriented.
• Strong ownership and follow-through.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and a build-from-scratch environment.
• Commercially aware but disciplined on control and governance.
• Collaborative and able to work across functions and cultures.
• Resilient, organized, and detail-oriented.

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