We are on the lookout for a proactive and enthusiastic Partnership Senior Manager with a background in B2B or financial services area to grow and scale up our SME Lending business in Vietnam through effective partnership strategies. The role will report to Chief Business Officer.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop the relationships with large corporates to introduce supplier financing products to their suppliers chain

• Develop the strategic partnerships to distribute the relevant unsecured lending products to companies in their eco system network including customers, suppliers, distributors that are relevant for the company.

• Drive results from conversion of partnerships with suitable approach and cooperation with necessary internal and external stakeholders

• Coordinate the management of ongoing relationships with existing partners and where relevant, leverage those relationships to greater collective impact

• Develop and manage necessary partnership events to support partnership conversion

• Identify, approach and analyse the success factors of partnerships across relevant sectors to have effective partnership strategy for the company

• Ability to work with internal stakeholders to set up and implement agreed plans to deliver results

• Keep abreast of local regulatory requirements 

• Knowledge and experience in SME lending or closely related area would be a preference

Job requirements

• Business or Commerce Degree

• Excellent command of Vietnamese and English copywriting and editing skills

• Strong partnership background and experiences (5 years experiences) in relevant industries and areas (large corporates, finance, banking, fintech, digital…)

• Strong communication and presentation skills both speaking and writing

• Must be enthusiastic, well organised and adapt to change

• Familiar with start up environment and desire to success and overcome challenge

• Ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment, and confident working independently

• Hard working, passion to win, desire to success and overcome challenge

Validus Vietnam is looking for a Senior QA Engineer for Web and Mobile applications. 

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will be working alongside the Vietnam technology and product development teams to create and execute manual and automated tests to ensure product quality. This position works collaboratively with the regional technology team and is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Job Responsibilities

• Obtain a detailed understanding of Validus’ web & mobile applications, the lending engine platform, issues and potential issues affecting the platform 

• Work alongside internal and vendor product development teams across different locations (India and Singapore), communicate clearly and frequently with all team members, business stakeholders and product owners to ensure the quality of the Validus platform

• Work with teams to plan projects, assess risks and help meet product deadlines

• Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and develop testing strategies for improving or leveraging these systems

• Conduct tests before product launches to ensure software runs smoothly and meets client needs across our web & mobile applications, testing for different browsers, devices and versions for compatibility as needed

• Drive improvements in unit testing coverage, develop test suites, expand automation

• Automate test plans and test cases based on business requirements, user stories and technical specifications

• Create and execute test scripts, cases, and scenarios

• Conduct all types of application testing as needed, such as system, unit, regression, load, and acceptance testing methods

• Assist in reproducing, investigating and debugging technical issues with the product development team 

• Responsible for signing off on release readiness and documentation for all testing efforts, results, activities, data, logging, and tracking, closing out bugs and software issues

• Communicate test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders and management

• Cultivate and disseminate knowledge of application-testing best practices

Job requirements

• 5+ years directly testing and/or supporting web platform and mobile applications

• Experience with fintech and salesforce-based applications is a plus 

• Experience testing compatibility across Mac and PC operating systems, various browsers and devices, with knowledge of tools and best practices for testing applications 

• Go beyond essential QA testing to anticipate problems and alert them to developers and relevant stakeholders 

• Experience using developer/debugging tools and defect tracking tools like Jira

• Proven experience developing test cases and test plans, that cover positive, negative and edge scenarios

• Strong documentation and communication skills

• Experienced working on web and mobile app technologies that use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Android Studio, Native, Vue JS etc

• Experienced using Jira, Confluence and working in a scrum / agile development framework

• Experienced working in a fast-paced startup environment, with a can do attitude, capable of coping with urgent market needs and doing what is necessary to deliver exceptional product to market 

• Experience using creative skills to effectively break code

• Team player 

• Experienced working independently and with remote teams in other countries and time zones 

• Good and effective English communication skills is a must

• Organized, thoughtful and enjoy creating order out of chaos

• Keen attention to detail and consistency

• Vietnam citizens or Permanent Residents (with fluency in Vietnamese) preferred

About the team

The Risk team plays a crucial role in this business and we are the gatekeepers of the company. As volume builds up, we require experienced hands in ensuring that our credit and risk remain strong.

Target

• Comply with internal credit policy, product, process, system/platform and local credit regulations;

• Ensure the quality of loans for the whole credit portfolio.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform credit assessment of new and existing SMEs borrowers: (i) verify checklist, do KYC, fraud detection; (ii) assess legal status, check and evaluate the validity and legality of the loan; (iii) analyze and evaluate business situations, financial capacity (ratios and cash flow) of customers; (iv) analyze the efficiency of the business, the reasonableness of determining capital needs, assessing risks in debt management; (v) propose for loan decision making.

• Participate in site visits where required;

• Support all related credit operations work including loan disbursements, maintenance of database, compilation of data and preparation of periodic reports to various stakeholders;

• Ongoing monitoring of credit limits and exposures;

• Work closely with Data, Sales, Finance and Investor Relations teams to meet business objectives and internal processes.

• Support other work required by the Chief Risk Officer/Deputy Chief Risk Officer.

Job requirements

• Minimum 3 years relevant experience in SME credit analysis/assessment/underwriting, especially in unsecured lending

• Good command of both spoken and written English;

• Bachelors in Banking/Finance/Commerce/Accounting/Economics/Business Management or relevant disciplines from a reputable university. Master degree from a foreign university would be preferred;

• Good knowledge of law regulations related to credit and credit administration at all credit life cycle;

• Understand market trends for meaningful credit analysis;

• Ability to provide insightful financial statement and cash flow analysis in a clear and concise manner;

• Possess strong analytical and organizational skills;

• Team player yet being able to contribute independently;

• General IT proficiency (CRM, MS Office, GSuite, etc). Proficiency in MS Excel is a must;

• Ability and willingness to perform in a fast-paced start-up environment;

• A thinking-out-of-the-box approach is highly appreciated;

• Good command of both spoken and written English;

• CFA/FRM/CPA holder /equivalent job in local/foreign banks would be preferred.

Job Responsibilities

• Ability to solicit and source SME companies for short term financing needs that fit the product program of the company

• Ability to set up plan, manage time to deliver the target effectively

• Coordinate with other internal stakeholders (Risk, Product, Operations, Legal, Finance, Technology…) to deliver the good products and services to the customers

• Customer service mindset and delivery

• Be able to work independently and work in a team

• Deliver the good sales quality, follow policies and guidelines to control fraud and ensure compliance

• Keep abreast of local regulatory requirements

• Sales and result oriented, hard working

• Experience in SME lending would be a preference

Desired skills, attributes and qualifications

• Business or Commerce Degree

• 3-5 years experience in sales in relevant industries with outstanding result

• Strong sales skills and communication in Vietnamese and English

• Must be enthusiastic, well organised and adapt to change

• Familiar with start up environment and desire to success and overcome challenge

• Ability to work in a fast-paced start-up environment, and confident working independently

• Hard working, passion to win, desire to success and overcome challenge