Commercial Controllership Leader at GE Nigeria

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Commercial Controllership Leader

Job Number: 2191528
Location: Lagos
Business: GE Healthcare
Business Segment: Healthcare Finance

Role Summary/Purpose

• The Commercial Controllership Leader provides guidance to both finance and operations leaders for a specialist area within controllership, and/or support to Africa regional controller as well as to Senior Assistant controller.

Essential Responsibilities

• Ensuring that Terms and Conditions of GEHC Sales Contracts don’t impose any risks, liabilities those are not approved (Policy 5.0),
• Monitoring and increasing the effectiveness of the controls for the T&C reviews and their approvals
• Working with the Commercial Teams to pro-actively assess and manage the risks of the existing contracts’ backlog (Policy 6.0)
• Coordinating with the EAGM and the Global Teams in the areas of Commercial Contracting
• Partnering with the regions to create Dashboards to monitor the Contractual Risks in Afrıca
• Standardization of the Accounting of the Contractual Obligations for consistency on the Financial Statements
• Working with the local finance teams, HR and Commercial Teams to account properly for the Variable Compensation Plans
• Standardizing and monitoring the accounting of Commercial Reserves across the legal entities considering the applicable policies
• Working with internal and external auditors to address to the issues in the area commercial controllership
• Participate and provide input into GE Healthcare simplification initiatives
• Identify potential risks & opportunities & and communicate effectively
• Interpret finance risks & opportunities to local circumstances & present workable solutions

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or other Business related field and minimum 8-10 years progressive accounting or finance experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in U.S. GAAP and local GAAP
• CPA / CA or GE Corporate Audit Staff
• Familiarity with Oracle, SAP or any other ERP systems
• Experience working in a global business environment with sound understanding of global process and transactional flows
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear/concise manner
• Strong analytical skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change
• Ability to work with databases in order to pull the required details,
• Clear thinking/problem solving: successfully led projects/process improvements within operations/finance functions; able to quickly grasp new ideas
• Adaptable/Flexible: being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations
• Integrity: accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions and when dealing with others
• Confidence/Assertiveness: strong influencing skills
• Experience working in a matrixed environment

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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