Chih Wei Chen Email & Phone Number

Taiwan

• Manage operation finance team of 13 in supporting China (Xi’an), Taiwan (Taichung) Backend Assembly and test operation. Combined operation HC of 7000 with annual manufacture value add spending budget of US$1B to US$1.3B
• Strategic partner of Greater China Site VP to drive long term growth initiative including site expansion and manufacturing efficiencies to drive for best cost performance. Activities include lead the China acquisition.
• Enhance finance process between Greater Chinas sites to standardize report and documentation.
• Other activities include monthly close, quarterly budget/forecast cycle, capex planning and various operation projects such as ROI study, optimize site level inventory scrap and cost saving projects.

• As head of finance for the UK/Taiwan JV, support local GM and responsible for overall finance and accounting function.
• Providing guidance and direction in the preparation of diverse financial reports, forecasts, models and budgets; presenting results and providing recommendations to the Ineos UK partner.
• Negotiate and work with Taiwan JV partner in aligning partnership responsibilities in Joint Venture Agreement. Discussion involved product pricing, outsource/inhouse back-office support analysis of future organization.
• Review and approve applicable financial statements on a routine basis; ensuring data accuracy and integrity in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Serve as the primary financial point of contact for JV, including preparation of Board meeting material

Due to a change in company ownership, the board relationship concluded in July 2020. As one of the three board members of the Taiwan project company, the company owns and operates the Miaoli Wind Farm, a 49.8-megawatt onshore wind farm located in Miaoli County, Taiwan. The company is 100% owned by Singapore-based fund Challenger Emerging Market.

Taipei City, Taiwan

Leading a team of 30+ in finance, accounting and business commercial. Support Chief Executive Officer and 3 Managing Director from different media agencies under the group. Responsible for financial strategies/planning, change management including rebuilding of finance team, improve process/procedure, treasury management, bank relationships, risk, audit.

• Overall responsibility for Greater China Region covered three manufacture sites with total capacity of $350M and 40 finance staff. To inspire a world-class financial business partnering team that fosters continuous.
• Responsible providing internal data for Group IPO and lead M&A activity in the GC region
• Project lead for SAP Requirement Gathering Blueprint stage, scope include corp and 8 factories WW.
• Stabilize and transform finance organization from accounting centric toward business partner. Align policy and procedures among GC sites to allow easier leverage among resources.
• Create a transparency atmosphere between sites to better information sharing and best practice learning.
• Move RFQ Costing functionality into site finance to enhance better business visibility and tighten the relationship between operation and business opportunities.

Provide full business finance leadership for $300m Power Conversion BU and set up BU financial goals and targets. Assist group GM on BU’s performance, project development and spending analysis. Also engage in analysis of product cost between in-house and sub-con to continue strives for best-cost mix structure for margin improvement. Consistently study.

Initial responsibilities are to build the APAC FP&A Organization to support a $2B business cross Asia including China, HK, Taiwan, Japan and SEAsia. Business Partner for VP of APAC in establishing financial reports for cross segment, BU level analysis, monthly review rhythm and working with sales in identifying business risk and opportunities. Coordinate.

Taiwan

Provide full business finance leadership for Power Conversion BU Assist group GM on BU’s performance, project development and spending analysis. Provide analysis of product cost between in-house and subcon to continue strives for best cost mix structure for margin improvement. Consistently study internal support structure against competitor bench mark to.

Lead 2 senior analyst supporting GM, Segment Sales, Business Group and Sr. Finance Director to drive creative business thinking, perform cross business group financial analyses; coordinate and contribute to executive business reviews and work to identify business opportunities & investment opportunities in support of this business organization. Developed.

As a strategic business partner to the local GM with dotted line reporting to VP Finance International. Acting as deputy GM, responsible for finance & accounting department, and also have oversight for logistic, warehouse and IT. Responsibilities include support and influence the decision making process thru the provision of timely, appropriate and fact.

Manage a team of consultants supporting product design center in Taipei and Shanghai with focus on NB and Servers. Developing business case, product planning, and profitability analysis of new products that covered annual revenue over $10b.Business partner for Senior Program Manager, Engineering and Marketing teams to manage product margins, R&D expense.

Held various positions within Asia and U.S and ultimately promoted to lead a cross-regional team in building financial models and establishing financial structure guidelines to support business development objectives for Southeast Asia countries. Consult Executive Deal Review Board on financial matters underlying new business opportunities. Advise sales.