British American Tobacco Vietnam - Finance

BAT operates in Vietnam with three types of structures: a Representative Office, Joint Ventures, and Contract Manufacturers, each of which has a distinct financial operating structure and working process.

Within this unique and complex business model in Vietnam, Finance talents at BAT are motivated to develop and stretch their functional knowledge as well as their engagement and leadership skills to a superior level. This environment provides a unique learning and development opportunity for aspiring Finance professionals, as well as mid-career Finance looking for new career challenges.

BAT remains my only full-time employer since my graduation 7 years ago. Starting as a Management Trainee, I have had numerous rotations and opportunities in and outside of Vietnam from Operations Finance, Corporate Finance to Commercial Finance. BAT enabled my professional growth through exposure in different countries (Cambodia & UK) or leading my remote team in Malaysia. Wherever you are, you are backed by a high-performance leadership team with a strong sense of ownership and empathy.

I am blessed to be a part of such an inclusive working environment and nonstop transformation journey that BAT upholds.

Nguyen Minh Hien – Commercial Finance Director

I joined BAT in 2013 as a financial accounting executive and since then I have been advancing through a series of 2 promotions and 5 rotations where I am currently in the Marketing Finance Team.

It is not every global corporation who offers its employees all the latest platforms, encouraging learning, freedom working environment and most importantly working and celebrating success together. But this is a primary part of BAT’s signature offering: it provides a full set of support, coaching, guidance, motivations, and opportunities to help me thrive in my career and bring out the best of me.

One of the things that I have been enjoying the most while working at BAT is that it never stops challenging status quo as in BAT we all well-perceived that the world keeps changing and so does business context. And the diversity of a team plays a crucial part in bringing the abilities to fully forecast and evaluate potential changes with agile and dynamic mindsets, to steer the business wheels.

Pham To Kieu Phuong – Senior Finance Manager (International Assignment)

As a global company with operations in more than 180 markets, we focus on standardization of all financial processes and systems. You will be exposed to the financial best practices from around the globe, as well as have the opportunity to interact and learn from international colleagues on a daily basis. BAT is truly a Global Company, providing professionals with unique perspective and insight, and culturally rich experiences, enabling them to develop on both personal and professional fronts.

Change and innovation are the trademarks of the Finance function at BAT in Vietnam. Here, you will be working in an environment that encourages constant learning, supported by passionate and high performing colleagues. Training and development are paramount to us - as tools to support all our employees in contributing to their full potential.

If you are a new graduate, or looking to start a career in Finance, a financial education background is not critical to join our BAT Finance Team as long as you have ambition and potential. Strong analytical and quantitative skills are required, and you have to be a self-motivated person with a passion for learning and a result-oriented working attitude.

Moreover, excellent communication and interpersonal skills are also very important to perform successfully at BAT. Upon joining us, your finance and business acumen can be developed through our 70-20-10 training structure (70% on the job, 20% from other successful peers and managers, and 10% from formal training).

For mid-career professionals, critical experience in Finance is required.  Professionals with the objective of expanding their skills, and growing to an even higher level in Finance at BAT Vietnam should be willing to take on responsibilities in different positions and entities of BAT to acquire well-rounded experience and understanding of the business and develop the agility to navigate through constant changes and new challenges.