Valerie, Van Nguyen profile on Anphabe.com. Finance Manager at LTD (Singapore – International Trade & Lease car & folklift)

Overview

Current:

Finance Manager at GOLDBELL EQUIPMENT LTD (Singapore – International Trade & Lease car & folklift)
Past:
- Finance cum HRA Manager at VITRA Int’l Co. / Muller & Partner (Germany – International Logictics)
- Finance Manager at Brown Forman Corp (USA- FMCG: Spirits & Wine)
- Finance Manager cum HRA Manager at ROHLIG AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD., WORLD-WIDE FORWARDING AGENT,HCMC-VN
Education:
- UK Oxford Centre of Leadership, Vietnam
- Foreign Trade Metropolitan Australia, Vietnam
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Summary

OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position where I can maximize my multilayer of management skills, finance and accounting quality, set up & maintain project development and management, training experience, customer service, and a successful track record in the world-wide Forwarder, Logistics – Supply Chain Management, Whole seller & retail of spirit & wine product… FMCG/MNC environment.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Results-oriented, high-energy, hands-on professional, with a successful record of accomplishments in the International companies, and multi-national environment. Experience in world-wide Forwarder, Logistics – Supply Chain Management, telecommunications product, entertainment, producing and distributing spirit & wine … industry, training, and quality of internal and external customer service with focus on providing the recipient with the highest quality management services. Fully compliant with Code of State Regulations and accreditation, accordance with Government laws.

Major strengths include can-do attitude, strong leadership, excellent communication skills, competent, strong team player, attention to detail, dutiful respect for compliance in all regulated environment, as well as supervisory skills including hiring, termination, scheduling, training, payroll, PIT and other administrative tasks.

Thorough knowledge of manufacturing practices, and a clear vision to accomplish the company goals. Having computer and internet literate.

Job Function:

Accounting/Finance
Industries:

Tobacco/Wine & Spirit, Retail/Wholesale/Distributor, Freight/Logistics
Specialities:

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Finance Manager/ Chief Accountant (Financial & accounting system build-up and management):

Be getting involved as a first person and facilitated accounting / financial setting up and then management successfully over the past 22 years for Goldbell Equipment Ltd. (Trade & Lease commercial car & folklift); Muller & Partner, with Rohlig Australia Pty. Ltd (Forwarding, transportation, import - export) ; Diageo Indochina Ltd and with Brown Forman Corp, a regulated distributing and manufacturing spirit and wine environment, as pertaining to updating and follow up state regulations, and assure compliance with local and global organization quality systems.

Tasks detail:
- Writing Standard of Policies (SOP) and guidance of finance and accounting department; maintenance, compliance and improvement to match BOM's management needs or by government changed.
- Do financial budgets and forecasts vs actual- Review and analyze financial statement, Financial ratio, P&L - Prepare Monthly, Quarterly & Yearly financial report, comparison report.
- Manage & supervise all accounting systems and accounting activities of the company
- Advise Global Director Board (Head Quarter) on laws, regulations and/or procedures on accounting & finance, tax, bank
- Verify all tax report and ensure those reports comply with relevant tax laws and policy.
- Ensure compliance of local regulations and laws - Cost controlling, cost management including review and analyze operating results in relation to cost, budgets and operating, overhead policies - Controlling of receipt , payment voucher , bank remittance - Financial conducts.
- Be involved with management in the directional setting of the projects goals and targets
- Monitors and Ensure compliance of group company policies and internal procedures are under control, Projects operating and financial statements, Monitor and manage the project‘s working capital and liquidity
- In charge of Logistics, Purchasing, C&B, Payroll functions advisor.
- Ensure efficient cash-flow management,
- Ensure capital expenditure requests comply with budgets and approval systems
- Participate in project contract reviews and continually monitor project performance against forecast
* Set up project of financial and accounting system IAS can mapping VAS, configuration software and maintain it.

Office Manager (HR-Admin Management):
Tasks detail:
- Running general operation of the office smoothly.
- Handling all administrative management, scheduling the appointment, correspondence, contract, deal with Government for legally administrative issues, organize company’s annual trip, parties, office costing budget, cost controlling, recruitment plans, training scheme, take care labor contract and count on social / health insurance, prepare payroll and bonus scheme, local website design … etc…

WORK HISTORY
• 6/2016 – Present : GOLDBELL EQUIPMENT LTD (Singapore – International Trade & Lease car & folklift), Finance Manager
• 2014 – 5/2016 : Vitra Int’l Co. / Muller & Partner (Germany – International Logictics), Finance cum HRA Manager
• 2011 – 2013 : BROWN FORMAN CORP (USA – FMCG, Spirits & Wine),
• 2008 - 2010 : DIAGEO INDOCHINA LTD. (100% FDI – UK and J.V with Sabeco Vietnam),
Senior Accountant, Distributor’s Chief accountant acting.
• 1996 – 2007 : RRO ROHLIG AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD, HCMC – Vietnam : Financial Manager, Internal Auditor / Office Manager cum Assistant to Chief Representative. From 7/2002 – 7/2007 : R.L.G VIETNAM CO. LTD (REGIONAL LOGISTICS GROUP), this company is Sole Agent of Rohlig Australia Pty. Ltd - Chief Accountant; cum Human Resource and Administration Manager.

EDUCATION / TRAINING COURSES
• CFO Certificate – conducted by Oxford Centre of Leadership – UK,
• Certificated of Uncollectible Debt Management – conducted by VCCI, 2014
• Certificated of Chief Accountant, 2009
• Advanced American Accounting, The FTTC Foreign Trade Training College – belongs to Metropolitan MBC, Australia, 1996 - 1999
• Vietnamese Accounting, The Technical Training High-school Le Thi Hong Gam, 1988 - 1990
• Quality Manager Certificate ISO 9001:2000, conducted by QMS Australia associated with The HCMC Economic University, 2003
• Illustrator 8.0, conducted by DPI, 2001
• HTML programming, Front page ‘98 Certificate, conducted by MS Informatics Vietnam, 2000
• Computer Certificate.
Job Level:

Manager

Experience

Finance Manager

GOLDBELL EQUIPMENT LTD (Singapore – International Trade & Lease car & folklift)

May 2016 - Present (9 years 1 month)

- Writing Standard of Policies (SOP) and guidance of finance and accounting department; maintenance, compliance and improvement to match BOM's management needs or by government changed.
- Do financial budgets and forecasts vs actual- Review and analyze financial statement, Financial ratio, P&L - Prepare Monthly, Quarterly & Yearly financial report, comparison report.
- Manage & supervise all accounting systems and accounting activities of the company
- Ensure compliance of local regulations and laws - Cost controlling, cost management including review and analyze operating results in relation to cost, budgets and operating, overhead policies - Controlling of receipt , payment voucher , bank remittance - Monitor Financial conducts
- Bank Guarantee
Finance cum HRA Manager

VITRA Int’l Co. / Muller & Partner (Germany – International Logictics)

January 2014 - May 2016 (2 years 4 months)

Worked as a Finance Manager in this corporation and responsible for: re-setup local accounting system and internal control process (code/cost centre), handle whole finance and accounting issues, looked after all general ledger accounts (accrual entries, prepaid, deposit, accumulated depreciation, contra AR-AP, internal loan...); All kind of sales analyses reporting, periodic & ad-hoc financial statements; Budgeting and actual comparison; Approval role and ensure its compliance with both internal versus external legislation but not limited to all tax obligations for both direct and indirect (VAT, CIT, PIT, WHT); Training, monitor, supervise finance staff; Work with local Bank and issues solved. – Report to HQ directly.
Worked as a HRA Manager: taken care of payroll, employee’s contract and benefit, social insurance, PIT, 24/7 insurance, trade union. Renovation. IT supervisor.
Finance Manager

Brown Forman Corp (USA- FMCG: Spirits & Wine)

January 2011 - December 2013 (3 years)

Worked as a Finance Manager in this corporation at Vietnam office, and responsible for following duties and work: taken care of set-up local accounting system and internal control process, handle whole finance and accounting issues, looked after all general ledger accounts but not limit involve in accounts receivable and payable, inventories, capital, accrual expenditures, approval and process; updated and prepared new strategies, new business plans for the accounting department, prepared weekly/monthly sales report and analysis, financial reports and statements, preparing financial budget, supervised the employees of the financial department. Report to Head Quarter [Asia Pacific] directly. Work with AP Finance Manager for international and local advisers to ensure compliance with all legislation but not limited to all tax obligations both direct and indirect. Be involved with management in the directional setting of the projects goals and targets. Review, compare and analyze operating results in relation to cost, budgets (SG&A, AnP, PnL…) and operating policies.
Key Achievements:
 Prepared matrix accounting system to manage the fund, difference budget for procurement, overhead, all type expenditure, its variance forecast, actual and vice versa
 Contributed new policies to achieve targets.
 Support HR Payroll, PIT, social insurance and healthcare
Finance Manager cum HRA Manager

ROHLIG AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD., WORLD-WIDE FORWARDING AGENT,HCMC-VN

January 1995 - December 2007 (13 years 1 month)

Worked as an FC, CA cumulated HR-A, the following responsibilities are most interested.
Key Achievements:
 Established new accounting policies for the department, relevant parties like operation, sales, customer services, driver
 Organized new training programs for the employees, new employees.
 Established HR profile. Performance access tools.
 1st Registration new company
 Oversee all merger and acquisition activity at the corporate level.
 Reduction of 10-15% in operating costs by balanced & eliminating redundancies/ overhead expenses & also giving advice re-structure labor forces in reasonably.
 Successful negotiation with Prime Constructor for new office fitting out, design and saving 20% costing, and keep 1 year delay payment 10% contract due to warranty reason.
 For over ten years running, financial statements for state, shareholders were prepared on time.
 Substantially reduced significant audit adjustments through better financial controls.
 Opened the way for a 20% growth in services and revenues.
 Provided improved controls for internal operations with ISO tools applied.
 Translate business demand into flowchart.

Education

UK Oxford Centre of Leadership (Vietnam)

CPA , CFO Certificate

2011 - 2012
Foreign Trade Metropolitan Australia (Vietnam)

College , Completed Associate Diploma

1996 - 1999

Training/Certificate

Chief Finance Officer

2012

CFO Certificate with Oxford Centre for Leadership – UK (9/2011 - 3/2012)
Chief Accountant

2009

Certificate of Chief Accountant from Ministry of Finance associate with HCMC Economics University in 2009
Quality Manager

2003

Manager ISO 9001:2000 from QMS Australia in 2003

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