Legal Entity Controller Vietnam

The Coca-Cola Company is a 135+ years old total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories. We’re constantly transforming our portfolio, from reducing sugar in our drinks to bringing innovative new products to market. We’re also working to reduce our environmental impact by replenishing water and promoting recycling. With our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people, helping bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide.

**Position Overview**:
The Legal Entity Controller is primarily responsible for the end-to-end accounting and reporting of US and statutory financial statements for a defined set of legal entities covering Vietnam and Cambodia, including “sign-off” (certification, validation) of the related full set of financial statements (incomes statement, balance sheet and cash flow). In addition, this role is responsible for (a) identification and mitigation of strategic tax risks; (b) establishing processes to ensure sustainable compliance with local tax regulations; (c) proactively managing accounting processes and routines at the relevant Franchise Units to ensure compliance with US GAAP, IFRS and / or other local accounting regulations as well as company accounting policies; (d) safeguarding the resources of the company by enforcing internal controls & company policies, and continuously improving them to ensure smooth operations of the business.

This role partners and engages proactively with Senior Leadership, Corporate Stakeholders, EY and Corporate and ASEAN South Pacific Operating Unit (ASP OU) clients, as well as strongly collaborates with Platform Services Finance Operations (PS Fin Ops) pillars, 3rd party services providers and other global peers to ensure a coordinated approach in managing business deliverables and processes.

This role provides advanced financial support to our business units to function efficiently and effectively, providing the financial understanding on which key decisions are made. By providing accurate analysis and revealing insights, we add value to core commercial processes and provide the support to our teams to continue innovating and driving results. We are looking for someone who is results-oriented and has a drive to develop and improve processes through digitalization.

**What You’ll Do for Us**
- Provide leadership, decision support, and analytical resources to deliver on strategic priorities for the division by developing monthly performance and forecasting that allows the business unit to achieve annual business plan.
- Develop and present financial analyses and manage P&L responsibility with insights to internal and external clients, identifying contingency plans and gap closures to mitigate risks and accelerate profitable growth.
- Maintain adherence to GAAP and compliance with quarterly deadlines and deliverables.
- Focus on identifying opportunities for digitization and driving efficiencies with systems and processes.
- Highly collaborative, adept and building value-based relationships with sales teams, cross-functional teams, and functional peers.
- Drives innovative business improvements by developing ideas and gaining others’ commitment, as well as seizes opportunities that can deliver the greatest value while promoting an environment of creative thinking and innovation.
- Meets critical objectives while considering the impact of those activities on longer term goals and translates strategic direction into personal actions/plan.
- Manages & synthesizes diverse internal and external data sources to identify key brand trends.
- Leverages synthesized insights to define key takeaways and recommended action plans to drive profitable growth for customers and The Coca-Cola Company.
- Develops and implements scorecards and communication routines against key brands or initiatives.

**Qualification & Requirements**
- Bachelor’s degree Finance, Accounting or related field is required, Master’s degree is preferred
- 3-4 years of experience, ideally in Consumer-Packaged Goods industries
- Knowledge of syndicated marketplace information & data (e.g., Nielsen) are required
- Strong data analytical skill is required; must be able to utilize Excel data warehouse by extracting key data and summarize with financial implications for management review
- Good knowledge in cost accounting is required
- Working knowledge of key internal data resources (e.g. Matrix, MRE, Margin Minder, EVC) is preferred
- Experience with collaborating and influencing cross-functional teams is needed

**What we bring to you**:

- **Iconic & Innovative Brands**: Our portfolio represents over 250 products with some of the most popular brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Costa Coffee, Innocent, Simply, Fairlife & Topo Chico.
- **Expansive & Diverse Customers**: We work with a diversified group of customers which range from retail & grocery outlets, theme parks, movie theatres, restaurant
- **Purpose Drive