SA-People Leader, Product Cost and Inventory

Job Description

Sponsorship: GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.  DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the office three times per week or other frequency dictated by the business.

The Role

This People Leader is responsible for managing a team of accounting and finance professionals who handle Product Costing and Inventory day-to-day finance & accounting activities and migration of these activities, if any, into the area from various organizations (business units, other GBS sites, etc.). This role also has a strong focus to lead process improvements and automation to drive quality, compliance, and acceleration of activities. More importantly, the People Leader plays a key role in maintaining a culture of success such as developing, coaching, motivating, and evaluating his/her team members' performance on a regular and consistent basis; and in guiding them in their career aspirations and career pathing.

What You’ll Do

• -Responsible for managing a team of accounting and finance professionals who handle day-to-day finance & accounting activities and migration of these activities into the area from various organizations (business units, other GBS sites, etc.)
• Responsible for managing the execution of:
• Review and approval of Journal Entries and reporting as per US GAAP and Local GAAP, as necessary
• Review and approval of account reconciliations and ensure timely completion, with variances resolved appropriately
• Quarterly/Annual closing as per US GAAP
• Monitor and review accounting and related system reports for completeness and accuracy, and direct investigation to ensure integrity of financial information in the general ledger including:
• Understanding the flow of information between local SAP and S4 global ledger’s product costing
• Understanding trade flow
• Lead analysis, insights, and recommendations to ensure financial transactions are complete, accurate and consistent with US GAAP, Local Requirements and GM Policies
• Understands, promotes and documents an environment of effective controls within team and ensure team members understand company and regulatory requirements (i.e. SOX, record retention, audit, etc.) and are continually verifying all their actions and processes for compliance
• Support internal and external audits
• Interact with internal/external stakeholders (impacted Business Units, Global Controller’s Team, Global Finance Teams, Auditors, etc.) and be responsible for monitoring performance and quality metrics
• Considered a leader and/or technical expert in areas of responsibilities and can ensure requirements are understood and met by internal and external resources
• Bring any suspected issues (accounting or control related) forward immediately and works to quickly find solutions thereto
• Strong focus on leading process improvements (including LEAN/OPEX) and automation to drive quality accounting and compliance, including:
• Working with the global teams on standardization and process improvement projects
• Working effectively across teams
• Ability to redefine processes and push for automation as needed
• Troubleshooting of accounting issues/systems/processes to identify/develop/ implement process for continuous improvements and ensure delivery of efficient and effective processes
• Work on special projects and prepare ad hoc reports and analysis as needed
• Adept on people leadership such as to:
• Train, develop, coach, motivate, and evaluate employees
• Develop appropriate employee goal setting/CAP and development linked to specific job function goals, and assist with training, coaching, developing and evaluating employees
• Develop and implement improvements to create efficiencies, drive communization, and obtain savings
• Timely, consistent, and effective communication of operational and other team matters with PCI Manager
  
  
  

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree with accounting major or similar desired
• Minimum 4-6 years of relevant experience in Accounting
• With leadership experience preferred
• Experience in implementation, project management/leading, defining and re-engineering a process
• SAP knowledge and experience
• It is an advantage that the candidate has robust experience in cost & inventory accounting for a manufacturing organization
• Physical presence at the office as required by the needs of the team or the organization such as workshops, training & development, office events (Townhalls, All People Meeting, etc.)
  
  
  

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Product Costing and Inventory accounting experience, multinational culture experience
• Nice to haves but not required for the role: LEAN or OPEX experience
• Integrity and Trust
• Problem Solving
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Customer Service Mindset
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to pursue open issues to resolution
• Works effectively with others and as part of a team
• Effective time management
• English Fluency
• Experience in leading people and projects preferred
  
  
  

NOTE: 9AM to 6PM, may slide earlier or later depending on meetings with global teams, etc.

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