Financial Planning And Analysis - Senior Manager

General description

Established in 2004 and licensed by the Vietnamese Government, Vietnam Australia International School (VAS) is a private school group with the national education system offering K-12 education programmes.

About this job

This job-holder will be responsible for setting up and driving robust budgeting, financial planning, financial performance management, and forecasting process. This role is also tasked with driving a step-change in data analytics and actionable insight generation using financial and non-financial data sets. The role will report directly to CFO.

Scope of work:

1. Re-build the budgeting and financial planning process, including a significant leadership on change management

• Lead the analysis of the As-Is process on budgeting and financial planning

• Coordinate and drive the formulation of the new To-Be budgeting and financial planning process, template and workflows

• Build and lead the change management around the new budgeting and planning process

• Build the training documents and conduct coaching/training documents where necessary

• Lead the annual budget exercise and provide inputs and analyses to strategic discussions

2. Drive and own the in-year delivery of P&L target

• Implement a more structured, data-driven and regular cadence on P&L review with relevant stakeholders including CEO and/or Division Heads and School Directors

• Highlight risks and opportunities on P&L delivery with suggestions on gap-closing actions and/or actions to accelerate financial performance

• Maintain a tight control over budget delivery and spending, ensuring financial discipline at all levels of organization

• Lead the revision and implementation of the more decentralized level of decision-making and budget approval through a robust Schedule of Authority review, in conjunction with Financial Controller

3. Lead the budgeting, forecasting and management of Capital Expenditure

• Set up the end to end Capex budgeting, management and reporting mechanism

• Set up and drive regular review of Capex spending

• Build business case template and process to validate and approve Capex

• Work closely with Facility, Campus and IT team to track and understand gaps to Capex budget and provide corrective actions

• Ensure a robust recognition and reporting process for Capex

4. Build strong financial business partnering culture

• Drive close working relationships with divisions and campus to support the financial performance and budget delivery

• Conduct in-depth reviews of financial performance, combine with non-financial performance data to come up with proposals to improve efficiency and RoI

• Be responsible for campus EBITDA deliveries as well as the RoI of divisional budget

• Lead the delivery of the right financial models for different business areas

5. Lead the delivery of the new forecasting and budgeting system

• Based on As-Is analysis, propose and own the To-Be budgeting, forecasting and planning process

• Lead and coordinate the implementation of the new budgeting and forecasting system

• Manage smoothly the transition from the legacy system to the new one

6. Drive team performance and growth

• Set up the FP&A team, including processes, workflows, templates and systems

• Provide regular coaching and training to build a high performing team

• Work closely with regional teams to ensure the team is well aware of the latest changes and stay updated

• University graduate

• Solid c

Yêu cầu công việc

• University graduate

• Solid communication and stakeholder management skill

• Good attention to details, well-organised and strong logical thinking

• At least 4-5 years of experience of financial planning and analysis, with a strong background on financial business partnering

• Strong English command

• Possess robust strategic thinking and team leadership

• Experience in managing ERP and budgeting system is a clear advantage

* Benefits:

- Compulsory Insurance (HI, SI, UI) and Personal Tax are covered by VAS.

- The company provides compulsory insurance enrollment starting from the probation period

- 13th monthly salary and KPIs bonus

- Lunch at school, Tet gift, ….

- Manager will get 100% discount of tuition for 2 children (other fees such as meal fee, school bus fee, expenses for textbooks, uniforms, extra curricula activities, entrance test fee,… are still applied as stipulated)

- Benefits include lunch allowance, uniforms, annual company trips, birthday gifts, and bonuses for holidays and Tet according to company policy.

- Annual Company trip, Team building

- Working in professional environment

Quyền lợi

• Thưởng: 13th monthly salary and KPIs bonus
• Chăm sóc sức khoẻ: Compulsory Insurance (HI, SI, UI) and Personal Tax are covered by VAS.
• Căn-tin: Lunch at school, Tet gift, ….