Business Controller - Operations Bangkok

UD Trucks Thailand (Bang Sao Thong)

Samut Prakan, Thailand

UD Trucks Corporation is a leading Japanese commercial vehicle solutions provider, active in more than 60 countries on all continents. Since its inception in 1935, the company has been an innovation leader with a clear vision to provide the trucks and services the world needs today. With headquarters in Ageo, Japan, the company is committed to go the extra mile for smart logistics with the most dependable solutions for demanding customers. To best support across applications and geographies, UD Trucks offers a full range of trucks; heavy-duty, medium-duty and light-duty as well as associated operational and financial services. Established in 1990, UD Trucks Corporation (Thailand) Co. has more than 30 years’ experience in understanding the local market demands and providing customers with sustainable transport solutions. The company has expanded its dealer network with 13 owned and 6 private strategically located dealerships and is focused on helping customers maximize their profit potential at every given opportunity.

About this position

The Business Controller - Operations in Bangkok is responsible for analyzing financial performance, preparing estimates, and driving cost awareness to achieve financial targets while collaborating with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Analyst, report and comment on monthly actual financial performance vs. Estimate, Prior year, target etc.
• Prepare financial estimates including deviation analysis according to group guidelines and instructions.
• Perform proactive controlling and drive the cost awareness in Operations Bangkok in order to achieve short and long-term financial targets.
• Initiate and follow up progress of improvement actions, work cross functional with other stakeholders supporting manufacturing cost work stream.
• Support business to manage daily issue on financial and control matters.
• Support yearly Standard cost of sales on snapshot process.
• Collaborate with A&CC to secure quality in financial closing process and result.
• Assurance key internal control process are performed by Operations, gaps are addressed and closed.
• Support decision-making in providing relevant and thorough financial analysis and insights.
• Challenge and support in terms of efficiency and performance in line with the overall strategy and objectives, consistently striving to maximize the added value in order to improve the business performance in UDT Group.
• Maintain authorization in system such as PALM to align with UDT Authorized directives.
• Review and approve PO and expense in Ariba according to Authorization in Business manual.
• Secure controlling master data in related system are set up in accordance with business /controlling requirements.
• Support and back up of others business controllers in the team.
• Support on ad-hoc tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master degree in business administration/Accounting/ finance.
• At least 8 years of working experiences in business control and accounting roles, prefer in Automotive manufacturing.
• Audit background will be advantage.
• Good accounting knowledge, internal mark-up elimination concept.
• End to End process of Order to delivery, manufacturing and its system overview.
• Knowledgeable in Lean Principles.
• Understand and able to identify internal control weakness, strengthen control process.
• Understand Standard cost of Sales principle.