CFO-CIO
SAScoat Vietnam
Total years of experience :15 years, 6 Months
- Manufacturing and exporting Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA)/Labelstock with annual turnover of $25+ million having $40 million in assets and 140 employees (highly automated operations).
- Introduced inventory management system and reduced overstock by 80%.
- Managing cash flows and working capital and reduced cash operating cycle by 20%.
- Actively working on turnaround of the company and managing operations in cash-starved company for more than 20 months.
Managing a strong team of 18 people in Finance, Accounting, IT and HR functions.
- Reduced financial closing time from 28 days to 7 days within 1 year.
- Designed and implemented KPIs and other tools including dashboards to monitor performance.
- Designed and implemented Management Accounting and Reporting guidelines and templates.
- Managing the implementation of ERP and integration with the manufacturing plants.
- Improved IT infrastructure security including updated policies and risk management procedures.
- Leading the team to implement ISO 9001 and other quality management systems.
- Increased revenues six-fold within seven months and exceeded budget targets by 30% for 2012.
- Established and managed Business Risk Services department. Services provided include Internal Audit, IT/IS Audit, Corporate Governance, Business Process Review, Fraud Investigation, Forensic Accounting and SOX compliance review and audit.
- Led the Cambodian office providing services in the areas of Audit and Assurance, Tax Advisory and Compliance, Corporate Finance Advisory, Business Risk Services and Outsourced Services.
- Vietnam and Cambodian offices had 130 and 30 employees respectively.
- Brought new key accounts in Grant Thornton including MNCs such as PepsiCo etc.
- Enhanced the quality of Technical Reviews and Business Development activities.
- Actively involved in Practice Development and delivered in-house training for all staff.
- Mentored and led teams of professionals consisting of CPA and ACCA members and students.
- Provided technology (IT) and technical (financial audit) support to other departments.
- Initiated the introduction of the proprietary software ExpeditionGRC™ to provide internal audit and compliance services.
- Enhanced the use of financial audit tools such as Voyager™ (for statutory audits).
- Big 4 practice in financial (statutory) audit department.
- Performed financial audits (IFRS and US GAAP) of Multinationals and local companies, including being the team leader for IT audits, extensively in banking and oil and gas industries.
- Extensive hands-on experience in ERP and computerized accounting software.
- Performed various other audits including IT/IS audit, internal audit and compliance review.
- Developed professional development program for new and existing staff.
Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning
Master in Economics
Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
