Finance Specialist - Controllership at Baker Hughes

About the Job

• You will responsible for driving technical accounting compliance, financial and operational internal controls, process simplification, and operational excellence to deliver accurate actual financial reporting and analysis. 
• Positions requiring thorough understanding, application and mastery of approaches, theories, methodologies and application in a concrete organizational context.

Responsibilities
As a Finance Specialist, you will be responsible for:

• Being responsible for general accounting and policy application & process administration for all cycles including inventory, revenue recognition, receivables/payables, intercompany, etc across  West Africa.
• Understanding and interpreting applicable Enterprise Standards, SOP and Process Maps to deliver globally competitive financial process/accounting services.
• Advising Functional managers or other Functions regarding approaches, processes and procedures in the own field.
• Handling communication with direct colleagues and the business about approach and methods for solving complex problems
• Leading as a project leader of medium sized projects or is a major contributor to bigger projects. Work goals typically take 3-6 months to complete and the time horizon for results/impact is typically 2-12 months after the event
• Driving overall ownership and accountability regarding Controllership initiatives across the region including key controllership metrics
• Ensuring controllership and compliance of all finance activities and documentation within local statutory, Baker Hughes and business practices, policies, and procedures
• Working with Corporate functions and the finance team to implement new accounting standards and other controllership initiatives
• Ensuring compliance with local stat & US GAAP policies
• Being responsible for Baker Hughes maintaining and strengthening of internal controls, including working closely with the broader team to remedy Internal Controls or SOX deficiencies.

Requirements
To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor’s, Master's or equivalent Degree in either Finance, Accounting, Economics, Math or Business
• Have 7 years of experience in Finance out of which  3 years in lead or supervisory position
• Have experience in a Finance Controllership role.
• Have great verbal and written communication skills and the ability to build collaborative relationships with teams and customers
• Have experience of leading or working with teams to deliver successful projects and initiatives
• Demonstrate the ability to multi-task effectively and balance priorities in an ever changing, fast-moving, time-sensitive environment
• Be a good team player, enjoy collaborating and solving problems with others
• Have knowledge, using software like SAP & Oracle