Elanco

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Position Description / Key and Responsibilities:

Primary Accountabilities/Responsibilities: Has wide responsibility across all aspects of business finances, financial planning, financial and administrative processes, process improvement and internal controls, organizational development, management of all accounting, treasury, transfer price and tax activities with country corporate organization and shared services. Lead and build up strong team to achieve business performance to comply with Global and Local regulation. 

• Timely prepare and account for Annual Business Planning and Forecast as well as the Monthly Performance Report. The role is responsible for the monthly review of performance variances vs Plan or Outlook, provides a monthly summary of gap drivers to have a factual basis for action plans. The role closely coordinates with Business Units to come up with viable options to improve performance or identify opportunities and risk that may impact affiliate, review of pricing to ensure alignment with Global Pricing Policy.
• Accountable for Accounting & Tax to ensure all transactions and processed are comply with Global and Local regulation.
• Accountable for Financial Statement report with data integrity, ensure this report comply with Global and Local regulation.
• Manage and forecast the cashflow of affiliate to ensure business continuity.
• Perform the assessment of financials for new product launches; business development and perform review and secure approval for new pricing request; price changes request; alternative pricing request; transfer pricing request.
• Timely review and manage OPEX spending to ensure spending are within plan or outlook and provides guidance on how to address OPEX gaps as needed. Cooperate with Business units/ key stakeholders to manage OPEX.
• Accountable for Order to Cash (O2C) and ensure the key control in place.
• Manage Sales support for promotional materials. 
• Ensure effective controls are in place.
• Must be knowledgeable of all financial and business processes and be able to coach, train and develop team, streamline finance to play an active and effective role. 
• Provide proactive financial leadership for the Country by developing analytical and financial insight for all important long and short-term decisions.
• The role is also responsible for ensuring that financial risks are identified and escalated during monthly Sales & Operations review in coordination with Supply Chain.
• Perform the role of Vietnam Ethics & Compliance officer and ensure necessary compliance and responsibility for maintaining effective internal control system and process improvement. Strengthen compliance environments in Vietnam.

Ensuring of myself and my subordinates (if any) comply with the company rules and regulations including Ethics and Compliance and external laws and regulations.

Minimum Qualification (education, experience and/or training, required certifications):

• Education and Training: Bachelor’s degree holder in Finance or Accounting, a Certified Public Accountant with excellent analytical skills; MBA an advantage
• Work Experience: At least (10) years’ experience in Financial planning and analysis and Controllership functions; minimum 3 years experiences leading finance team, preferably in a multinational company.

Skills and Knowledge:

• High standard of ethics and compliance
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage projects from inception through execution.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• A hunger to learn and ability to flourish in a dynamic, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment.

Core Competencies:

• Business Operations: performs activities associated with transaction management and understands the business operations within the industry. Demonstrates the ability to process financial transactions without error, resolves cash discrepancies, and maintains accurate records of transactions. Understands the principles of confidentiality as they relate to transaction management.
• Financial Reporting: knowledge of the documents associated with measuring a business financial information and demonstrates the ability to prepare and interpret balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and statements of retained earnings. Adheres to record keeping requirements associated with financial statements.
• Strategic Planning and Organizing: developing plans and efficiently using resources to accomplish goals.
• Problem Solving/Decision-Making: considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Critical and Analytical Thinking: processing information to make logical decisions.
• Customer Service/Service Orientation: actively looking for ways to identify market demands and meet the customer or client’s need.
• Adaptability/Flexibility: being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
• Interpersonal Skills: demonstrating the ability to work effectively with others.
• Communication Skills - Listening and Speaking: communicate in order to make oneself understood by supervisors and co-workers.
• Integrity and Ethics: displaying accepted social and work behaviors.

Other Information:

• Travel: Ability to travel to meet market, business, regional and headquarter office
• Location: Based in Affiliate home country

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status