Marou – Internal Controls Manager

Our Finance Team is responsible for all Legal Entities (currently HK, Vietnam, Singapore and France) & Business Units (Maison Marou, Domestic Wholesale and International Wholesale) within Marou. In Vietnam, our Head Office is in Thu Thiem, Ho Chi Minh City, our main manufacturing site is based in Binh Chieu, Ho Chi Minh City, with 4 regional central kitchens, and 20 Maison Marou retail/café/patisserie locations.

Our Internal Controls Manager, reporting to the CFO, works directly as a business partner to ensure governance, risk management, compliance, policies and effective controls are at the heart of everything we do at Marou.

• Build and implement a fit for purpose Governance & Risk Management Framework for Marou.
• Drive the improvement of existing policies and implement additional policies to balance value creation and value protection across the company.
• Design and implement effective, risk based, business controls.
• Complete enterprise wide and process level risk assessments, partnering with internal stakeholders to design and implement risk management action plans.
• Identify areas where internal audits are required to validate risk mitigation and management actions plans are implemented and operating effectively.
• Plan, complete and report the results of internal control & compliance audits, and partner with internal stakeholders to improve the effectiveness of internal controls and compliance activities.
• Drive the education and training of internal stakeholders on business risks, risk management, policies and internal controls.
• Drive the implementation of data driven risk assessment and data driven internal risk based auditing.
• Prepare regular internal and external stakeholder reports on Governance & Risk management at Marou.
• Proactively monitor and internally report on Marou’s compliance obligations with external stakeholders, and implement any required corrective action to prevent non-compliance events.
• Drive the implementation of effective business controls as part of Marou’s Digital Transformation.
• Provide support to internal stakeholders on matters related to VAS, IFRS and External Audit activities.

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• ACCA, CPA, CIA or other relevant certifications.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive finance & audit experience, specifically in F&B, manufacturing/ supply chain industries. At least 5 years of experience in an Audit role.
• Expertise in governance, risk management, audit, internal controls, compliance.
• Expertise in end-to-end business processes related to Marou’s business activities.
• Strong understanding in ERP (e.g. BRAVO) systems and MS Office software & Power BI
• Strong financial & data analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• Adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Bi-lingual in Vietnamese and English.