- An-Chi Cheng has over 20 years of finance experience in Taiwan, including roles as Finance Controller at Fairchild Semiconductor Taiwan and Boston Scientific International B.V. Taiwan Branch.
- She has a proven track record of building strong finance teams, implementing internal controls and systems like SAP, and providing business partner support and financial analysis to drive decision making.
- Her experience spans multiple industries including medical devices, semiconductors, and chemicals, with a focus on cost control, tax optimization, and supporting regional and global initiatives.
Taiwan Finance Controller with 10+ Years Experience
1. An-Chi Cheng (鄭安琪)
1F, No. 762, SongHe Street,
Taipei, Taiwan, 115.
Home: 886 2 2653-9616
Cell: 886 976077886
E-Mail: ancheng03@yahoo.com.tw
SUMMARY:
• Finance Controller with well working experience in the foreign company in Taiwan,
focusing on complicity business finance analysis with multiple legal entities, data
consolidation and provide valuable information to make decision.
• I’ve spent ten years in Taiwan as the head of the Taiwan finance organization of a
leading medical device with annual growth of over 15%, and 7 years of a semi-
conductor company with five year CAGR of 8.1% growth.
• I was heavily involved in project implementations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, SAP,
distributor agreement, company integration, treasury management system. And also
involve a lot of set up local policy for finance, E-bank system, inter-company payable
settlement, customer collection risk analysis, Billing, DSO control, and manufacturing
cost analysis within different region and cost factor.
• Improve business process in managing cost and continuing increase gross margin in the
past six years through cost review with region and good relationship across the region.
• I have well experience in multiple organization companies in Taiwan with in depth
understandings of local taxation, GAAP and legal environment. I also cover China and
US tax filing with smaller organization on one single product line business.
• Negotiated experience with local tax bureaus in terms of tax exemption and tax return.
• Goal oriented person, strong communication skill, good team player with different and
difficult situation and environment.
• Demonstrate collaborative approach among the organization to gain positive feedback
Established track record in:
● Organizational development – building and developing a strong finance team
● Leadership within the finance organization as well as cross functionally.
● implementing effective internal controls including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
(404 reports)
● Strategic planning for company goal achievement
● Lead local SAP & PS system simulation and implementations
• Gain the company award for the best finance controller in 2006 in BSC
• Support FSC to achieve 150% stretch goal with good margin improvement
through cost control, better inventory management and spending control.
• Got the RD tax credit from Tax Authority through influence and good
professional knowledge.
2. • Support regional business finance analysis on both product line and sales finance
cross different country and provide good input to top management on decision
making.
• Be the Asia group project coordinator for global treasury management system
and implemented successfully in 2015
EXPERIENCE:
06/2008 to 03/2015 Fairchild Semiconductor Taiwan (about 250 employee, lead
team for eight people)
FSC is a leader in the semi conductor products and establish
over 60 years.
Finance Controller– Taiwan
• Responsible for total five legal entities accounting data consolidation, finance
analysis, tax, budget, and Internal Control. These are including Taiwan sales
office, Taiwan product line, Taiwan holding company, China and US instrument
business.
• Lead System integration for local and PeopleSoft system, also heavily involve at
system implementation based on head office requirements.
• Understanding and monitoring of business performance within different legal
entity and activities to perform financial analysis and recommend initiative
actions to management team.
• Responsible for the finance result on manufacturing/subcon cost as well as
general ledger accounting and review cost with Manufacturing Manager,
Business finance and division head to reduce the cost at certain level and make
higher profit.
• Business Partner with GM and Dept head in establishing financial reports for
cross segment, BU level analysis, monthly review rhythm and local relationship
with sales in identifying business risk and opportunities
• Enhance segment cost information, drive improvement with collaborative change
including PLs and Sales
• Ensure highest level of Balance Sheet integrity and no material close “surprises”:
• Co-work with Corp Tax group for TP report and I/C agreement where most
benefit to company and ensure compliance with countries’ fiscal and tax laws
• Set up the work flow and policy for under one Culture Company. Also drive the
process simplification/improvement to enhance the job efficiency
• Handle Sarbanes-Oxley compliance processes to enhance internal controls
• Review AR and Billing status with HK and China finance person and highlight
risk to top management team to reduce the DSO and bad debt.
3. 04/98 to 06/08 Boston scientific Int’l B.V. Taiwan Branch. (over 70 employee, lead
team for 6 people)
Boston Scientific is a leader in the field of less invasive medical devices.
Finance Controller– Taiwan
• Responsible for the Finance, Internal Control and IT for Taiwan ($32 M+ in
sales).
• Primary business partner to the Country General Manager to develop and
implement aggressive growth business strategies
- sales growth from $6 M in 1998 to $32 M in 2007
- operating income growth from $3 M to $19 M in the same period
• Implemented Sarbanes-Oxley compliance processes and strong internal controls
• Built and developed high quality finance team
• Guidant integration
- de-registered Guidant one rep offices and integrated legal structures
- Integrate Guidant Sales Rep into BST organization.
• Responsible for Information Systems in the country. Implemented SAP in
October 2005.
• Responsible for warehouse selection due diligence study
- selected right partner
- selected warehouse location with easy transportation and communication.
• Developed audit programs to perform compliance, operational and functional
audits
• Identified internal control weakness in various functions.
10/89 to 03/98 Imperial Chemical Industry (ICI) Taiwan Ltd. (over 100 employee, lead
team for 2 people)
Accounting Supervisor – 05/95-03/98
• Responsible for the Finance/Accounting and HR, IT for Taiwan.
• Responsible for projects such as system communication, payroll, payment and
receivable factoring.
• Responsible for manufacturing cost analysis by monitoring standard costs and
variances.
Corporate Senior Accountant – 06/92-04/95
• Responsible for report reconciliation for six different divisions.
• Responsible for Corporate division month end and preparing report.
• Responsible for Corporate budget and analysis.
• Assistant to Finance Controller for data collection, preparation, analysis and
documentation.
4. • Accounting system testing and implantation and set up report structure on the
system for running matrix reports.
Accountant – 10/89-05/92
• Responsible for trading and pharma division month end and preparing report.
• Responsible for payment and petty cash to all venders.
• Responsible for overdue AR collection and communication.
08/88 to 10/89 AURORA Taiwan Ltd.
Sales and Accounting Assistant – 08/88-10/89
• Responsible for taking customer order and issue GUI, quotation.
• Responsible for month end report and data collection.
LANGUAGES:
English Good in both written and spoken
Chinese Native speaker
NATIONALITY:
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION:
Master of Business Management major in Finance, Pacific Western University, -
June 2002.
Taiwan Ming Chuan University major in Accounting – June 1988