Company Name: AIA (Vietnam) Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Position Title: Specialist, Reporting & Accounting Policy

Department/Functional Area: Finance & Actuarial

Reports to: Manager, Reporting & Accounting Policy

Work Location: Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam

Position Objective/Role definition

The specialist position in Reporting & Accounting Policy team play a critical role in ensuring quality and timely delivery of operational results and financial performance.

Roles and Responsibilities/Work to be done

A. Key routine accounting activities (80%)

– Timely manage delivery of financial information, reports and analysis to respective stakeholders for both International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and Vietnamese Accounting standard (VAS) basis;

– Timely manage delivery of statutory reports to comply with VAS, insurance regulations and other relevant regulations;

– Analyze financial reports and scrutinize data from accounting system/core system to provide promptly and satisfactory responses on all queries (mostly from Actuarial team) to enable business decisions;

– Review reconciliations owned by Financial Reporting Team to ensure accuracy and completeness of accounting transactions; detect and recommend areas for improvement and enhancement on current systems and processes;

– Update local accounting policies and processes in accordance with Group Accounting Policies as well as local law and regulations;

B. Other key ad-hoc activities (20%)

– Coach and provide support to other team members.

– Engage and support Finance team (both local and Group) for any development and implementation of new processes and information systems.

Communication Requirements 

Internal: all sections within Finance & Actuarial Department & other Departments (Investment, Actuarial) and Group Office

External: External auditor and vendor if using outsourcing services

Minimum Job Requirements (Skill – Will – Thrill)

Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance, or related disciplines. CPA/ACCA is preferable

Experience:

  • – 4 – 5 year experience in finance or accounting (Big 4 experience is preferable).
  • – Decent exposure in life insurance company is a plus.
  • – Hand on experience with accounting system (e.g. SAP) and programming languages (e.g. SQL).

Knowledge:

  • – Thorough knowledge in VAS and IFRS.
  • – Knowledge in insurance industry is a plus.

Hard skills:

  • – Proficient command of spoken and written English (Must).
  • – Have a strong sense of number to yield insight from complex data.
  • – Be able to handle big data volume (e.g. by policies, agents) via MS Excel, Access, SQL (Must).

Soft skills:

  • – Be good at the following key attributes.
  • – Communication (both Vietnamese & English)
  • – Team works
  • – Proactivity
  • – Independence
  • – Time management

For more information and support, please contact Ms. Khanh Trịnh [email protected]