Experience

SAIGON PAPER CORPORATION| Representative Office

• Vietnam
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Risk Management Specialist

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  - Set up Credit limit / Credit Rating for customers and suppliers following internal procedures: analyze risks, credit judgements and review assessments on credit proposals; analyze their financial health, other non-financial information. The analyzing result shall be used to reject or set up annual credit limit - Negotiate payment term to balance between revenue and business risks - Manage credit performance of over 200 small-to-large customers to identify negative and positive changes, including but not limited to monitor outstanding AR balance and sale limit daily/ weekly to limit overdue, excess credit limit and report to higher levels and relating departments - Set up purchase credit insurance process from insurance company to special customers and select proper ones yearly together with finance & sales departments - Handle debt collection process for long overdue customers and current overdue to reduce collection risks, including: research, plan and release to-do list for collecting long outstanding in co-operation with Accounting department, Sales department and Legal department; negotiate with customers and relating departments for deals/ solutions - Ensure all internal credit policies & procedures are adhered and updated from time to time - Work with related internal and external parties to have better understanding on credit related matters - Take part in other process projects relating to risk department: identify, assess and evaluate initial risks for projects to in-charge departments (inventory risk, production risk, etc.,). Then, plan and coordinate the process with other departments for some ad-hoc projects relating high risk, report to Department Head the potential risk threatening assets, earning capacity and organizational success - Cross train as backups for other members in the case of emergencies



CMA CGM

• France
• Maritime Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Receivable Accountant & Support in AP/ Cash Accountant (10 months)

  • Nov 2015 - Jun 2019

  A. Receivable Accountant: - A/R improvement: Monitor and administer over 100 customers for non or delayed payments and other irregularities; Communicating and negotiating with customers during collection calls and emails - Dispute handling: Researching and resolving payment discrepancies with customers and other departments - Customer inquiry response: Checking, finalizing customer’s refund in case of wrong / excess/ double payments, deposit amount, etc., - Monthly/Year-end close: Help businesses accelerate month-end/ year-end close - Financial control: Generating and analyzing AR reports for daily, weekly and monthly period; support documents/ confirmations for annual audit - Cash Management System Project: Working with Global IT Team, Share Service Center of Group (India) and monitor in Vietnam agency to accomplish new system project and record to group’s systems faster completely. Involved as tester, mistake founder, reporter to IT and manager - Train and manage new AR comers: guide company polices, regulations, processes, working environment, tasks. - Performed such other accounting, financial, or administrative tasks required by the Financial Controller B. Support in Payable and Cash Accountant (10 months) of Vietnam & Cambodia agencies: - Accurate financial record: Booking all relating refund and payment transactions into accounting software - Ensure efficient, accurate and timely performance of the company's accounting activities: Verifying invoices, cash advances, staff claims, payment vouchers, etc. to ensure compliance with company policies and tax requirements; Booking and generating payment for stakeholders timely and properly - Work with Share Service Center: Scanning documents to system and advising GL account - File document: Numbering and saving hard, soft copy for review and audit purpose - Cash and bank book reconciliation: Reconciling cash book/ bank book and resolving variance between system and actual collection amount daily/ monthly



L'Oréal Vietnam

• Ho Chi Minh CIty, Vietnam

• Accounts Receivable Accountant

  • Dec 2014 - Oct 2015

  - Maintain healthy credit status of customers: Main in charge of over 70 customers of MT/GT/ Salons... by follow up payments via receivable customer files and records, checking credit status of daily orders, frequent remind by phones, emails and formal dunning letters - System processing: Posting payments, rebate invoices in SAP and daily reconciling bank balance - Key contact point for responsible account: Resolving payment discrepancies with customers, implement monthly rebate, conduct monthly AR and revenue reconciliation, offering new credit limit or contract termination - Monthly close: Assisting with month-end closing (SAP System); Preparing AR reports - Financial control: A new project of supply chain department who controls issuing & delivering invoices (warehouse and logistic team), I was assigned to lead this project and report to Supply Chain Director. Building, developing and managing invoice tracking files and invoice hard copies based on data in system (SAP System) and actual invoices issuance for tax and internal / external audit purposes - Other tasks assigned by direct manager.