Legal Entity Controller - Associate

This is a great opportunity to be a member of our growing Vietnam Legal Entity Control (LEC) team.

As a Legal Entity Controller - Associate in our Vietnam Legal Entity Control team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a team that owns the control agenda of the location. You will partner with colleagues across various functions and locations in Asia, and be responsible for the financial reporting and regulatory filings of the legal entities in Vietnam. This role offers the chance to maintain accurate financial records, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and support location and regional initiatives.

Job responsibilities:

• Be In-charge of the legal entity control functions for the branch
• Ensure compliance with the LEC Standards, Corporate Accounting and Control policies under US GAAP as well as local GAAP.
• Prepare, analyze, and submit the reports to the regulators timely and maintain high quality reporting standards & accuracy
• Participate in the implementation of new regulatory reporting requirements and automation process including development of Business Requirement Documents, UAT for regulatory reporting projects
• Participate in new business initiatives
• Liaise with the regulators, internal and external auditors
• Keep abreast with the recent regulatory banking and accounting changes/developments and analyze impacts, implement to comply
• Collaborate with tax teams to support tax returns and including VAT, WHT, CIT, Transfer Pricing, and other tax related tasks/queries).
• Coordinate in expense process and management
• Support senior LEC/Managers in other ad-hoc tasks, projects assigned

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or a related discipline
• 3 plus years of experience in accounting, finance, or banking
• Good knowledge of local GAAP, IFRS, and US GAAP
• Broad understanding of local regulations pertaining to banking industry
• Possess strong communication, inter-personal and organizational skills
• Good computer skills - strong in MS Excel and MS Word
• Analytical, end-to-end process and process enhancement mindset
• Self-starter and team player
• High level of fluency in Vietnamese, and English skills (speaking, reading, writing)

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Holder or student of Professional qualification e.g. ACCA, CPA is an asset
• Knowledge/experience with one or several dash-boarding/automation tools (Tableau, Alteryx, UIpath etc.) is an asset
• Knowledge of MS Office especially Power Point, Excel macros, and Project Software may be preferred