Distributed Controllership Leader SSA at GE - General Electric

Job Number: 2739653
Business: GE Global Operations
Business Segment: Global Operations Middle East & Africa

Role Summary/Purpose

• GE Africa’s Controllership Team has oversight of Operational Controllership in the region, across 40+ diverse countries.
• The team is responsible for supporting GE businesses in the region in regional risk assessment and risk mitigation, simplification, talent & people development and above all for regional compliance.
• The GE Africa Controllership Team also owns the regional external audit relationship and the roll-out of Global Controllership initiatives.

Essential Responsibilities
The ideal candidate's specific roles & responsibilities include:

• Support the Global Operations Finance Site Leaders in Sub Sahara Africa & GE Africa Controllership Team by performing Country specific Controllership & Compliance risk assessment.
• Provide Country specific inputs to global and regional risk management programs including scope & timing of Internal Control team reviews and Corporate Audit Staff audits
• Plan and ensure execution of Internal Control team’s monitoring processes to ensure the effectiveness of the Finance & Compliance related controls across GE’s Enterprise Standards and Policies
• Coordinate with process owners to close out remediation actions to close control gaps; this will include discussing and agreeing the remediation actions with the owners and following up to ensure timely closure of the issues.
• Prepare reports and other deliverables from the monitoring processes for the GE Africa, Country and Regional Leadership.
• Support Enterprise Standards Leaders and other process owners to implement and monitor remediation actions.
• Identify and implement Simplification opportunities in Finance processes & controls.
• Execute and report on compliance investigations, where required
• Participate in projects and/or regular tollgate reviews with the various SSA project teams where key Controllership projects are in place.
• Participate in transition process of the “outlier” legal or management entities into having rigorous processes and controls (especially important for recently acquired entities)
• Report progress on projects and provide inputs into key Controllership dashboards for presentation to GE Africa Leadership
• Coach and monitor deliverables of team members to ensure output is of the right quality and knowledge is transferred.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business or Finance
• Qualified/Chartered Accountant or equivalent preferably with strong controls, audit & accounting technical knowledge from a Professional audit firm or Internal Audit Function
• 6 - 8 years’ experience in Audit, Controllership, or Internal audit function
• Experience with identifying sub-optimized controls & process and identifying & implementing process improvements
• Experience with working in multicultural teams and executing projects (planning, coordination, communication with senior leaders, etc.)
• Working knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS
• Knowledge of Country’s key regulatory requirements
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Influencing Skills - Ability to influence across businesses, functions, cadres and cultures
• Experience leading teams.
• Motivated self-starter who can operate with minimal supervision
• Exhibit agility and resilience
• Excellent MS Excel skills
• A valid NYSC discharge or exemption certificate will be required (please indicate clearly on your resume)
• Must have valid authorization to work full-time without any restriction in Nigeria

Desired Characteristics:

• Demonstrate clear and critical thinking
• Individual who could thrive within a matrix organization and manage ambiguities to define & deliver clear objectives.
• Fluency in French and/or Portuguese will be an added advantage
• Must be willing to travel up to 30% of the time