Job Title: Asst Controller 1
Employer: General Electric (GE)
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Number: 1824799
Business: GE Healthcare
Business Segment: Healthcare Eastern & African Growth Markets
Posted Position Title: Asst Controller 1
Career Level: Experienced
Function: Finance
Function Segment: Controllership
Relocation Assistance: No
Role Summary/Purpose: The Assistant Controller I provides technical Controllership guidance to both finance and operations leaders
Essential Responsibilities:
• Maintain the financial ledger of a legal entity in compliance with local laws/GAPs, tax codes, government regulations and filing requirements.
• Book Journals to reflect financial activities in compliance with above same (may include some or all of: accruals, fixed assets, stock/inventory, accounts receivables, accounts payables, expenses, payroll)
• Ensure timely and defect-free account reconciliations.
• Ensure all expenses paid & recorded in ERP system, ensuring compliance within SOPs and business/company policies.
• Participate in regular balance sheet reviews and variance analyses
• Provide accurate and timely statutory & management reporting
• Provide Ad hoc reporting for Corporate/Business requests
• Partner with GE Corporate Audit Staff and Finance Managers for internal and external GE compliance reviews.
• Drive closure of open audit issues and proactively work to prevent future issues / manage risk. Lead resulting corrective action process implementation and follow up throughout the organization.
• Execute on policies and procedures during monthly/quarterly close process including account reconciliations, account reconciliation audits, GE Corporate Data Request (DR) submissions, representation letters and adjusting entries.
• Participate in annual pre-close, quarterly CFO risk reviews and monthly controllership reviews with key operations and financial management personnel..
• Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley 404 requirements
• Perform financial analysis of balance sheet accounts to ensure compliance, integrity of account balances/financial reporting and effectiveness of business processes.
• Participate and provide input into GE Healthcare simplification initiatives
Qualifications/Requirements:
1. Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or other business related field and 1 year progressive accounting or finance experience; OR high school diploma / GED and 4 years accounting or finance experience
2. Demonstrated proficiency in U.S. GAAP and local GAAP
Additional Eligibility Qualifications:
Desired Characteristics: 1. CPA / CA
2. Experience working in a global business environment with sound understanding of global process and transactional flows
3. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear/concise manner
4. Strong analytical skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change
5. Clear thinking/problem solving: successfully led projects/process improvements within operations/finance functions; able to quickly grasp new ideas
6. Adaptable/Flexible: being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations
7. Integrity: accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions and when dealing with others
8. Confidence/Assertiveness: strong influencing skills
9. Experience working in a matrixed environment
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