Lead Controller, Philippines

Job Description Summary

This role will manage core Controllership processes for all GE HealthCare entities in the Philippines LCT by working closely with Zone Finance and other business teams as well as remote & shared service teams with unyielding integrity.

This role is responsible for driving technical accounting compliance, financial and operational internal controls, process simplification, and operational excellence to deliver accurate actual financial reporting and analysis.

This role will report directly to the AKA Controller and will work in close partnership with the Philippines LCT Finance Leader. This role will also support AKA Controller on various Controllership matters across AKA Zone.

This role requires a strong partnership with the Controllership, Commercial Finance, FP&A, Financial Systems & Reporting teams and Accounting COE teams.

GE Healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support business growth through proactive engagement in strategic and commercial discussion, provision of clear technical and operational guidance where applicable as well as alternative creative solutions
• Review contracts and identify contractual related risks
• Lead cross-functional as well as cross-regional projects focused on 1) improving rigor in key Finance and Operational processes, and 2) standardization across regions, reducing manual touch points and increasing efficiencies
• Engage in monthly/ quarterly close process to ensure compliance, integrity of account balances/financial reporting and effectiveness of business processes.
• Provide Corp Governance in Legal Entities by ensuring all matters from Stat Reporting, Operational Controllership (e.g. reconciliations and controls), external reporting and compliance are managed
• Ensure appropriate internal controls are in place for operating processes, in line with statutory laws, local accounting standards and US GAAP, and critically examine potential issues where financial risks & opportunities may be drawn out
• Streamline Accounting & Controllership practices across legal entities, and work with Commercial Finance & Operational teams to adopt Healthcare SOP’s; drive controllership through operational teams and ensure SOX compliance
• Coordinate internal and external financial audits for the business and ensuring all legal, tax, statutory and GAAP requirements are met. 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
• Perform ad hoc special projects.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors’ degree in accounting, finance, or other business-related field and minimum of 5 years progressive accounting or finance experience in multinational business / experience in Healthcare industry/similar Industrial sector is highly valued
• Demonstrated proficiency in U.S. GAAP and local GAAP Ability
• Excellent communication skills: experience working across multiple levels (including executive level), functions and regions; able to clearly communicate complex accounting information in an easy-to-understand manner; able to deliver message effectively verbally and in writing
• Extensive experience working with financial systems including but not limited to Oracle, Hyperion, Business Objects and/or other related tools.
• 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
• Clear thinking/problem solving successfully led projects/process improvements within operations/finance functions; able to quickly grasp new ideas
• 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 across business functions
  
  

Desired Characteristics

• Demonstrated ability working in cross functional teams or in matrixed organization with sound understanding of global process and transactional flows.
• CPA or prior experience with international accounting firms
• Prior experience/ exposure working with GE’s financial/ operational processes and IT applications is preferred. However, commensurate experience in other organizations can be considered.
• Understanding of LEAN principles or actual business experience in developing/ improving existing processes
• Has very good understanding of risks and controls and is able to apply it in the context of achieving business objectives.
• Adaptable/ Flexible: Ability to work beyond role boundaries or with uncertainty & fluid situations- able to embrace change in response to new information, unexpected or different circumstances and ambiguous situation.
• Ability to disrupt process with better way of achieving the same goals and objectives
• Is quality conscious- provides quality deliverables consistently and has an eye for details.
• Is Organized and manages time well.
  
  

Inclusion and Diversity

GE Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No