Statutory Leader - South Europe

Overview

The South Europe Statutory Leader is responsible for providing key controllership leadership and guidance to the finance and non-finance teams for the Region.

Todas las habilidades, cualificaciones y experiencia relevantes que necesitará un candidato seleccionado se enumeran en la siguiente descripción.
Role & Responsibilities

• Audit requirements
  • Manage internal and external audit works for your Region to ensure on-time delivery of the statutory requirements, execution of the audit plan against the regulatory deadlines
  • Utilize technical knowledge to discuss technical matters with the audit team
  • Coordinate all deliverables with the relevant owners & responsible parties to ensure documentation is provided to high quality and on time
  • Ensure that any findings are resolved with appropriate owners (Stat, OTR Finance, FP&A, HR, Tax, Legal, other functions) for both US GAAP and local statutory purposes
  • Look for opportunities to improve the audit process, including identifying opportunities to reduce stat to GAAP adjustments by addressing the root cause
  • Direct and guide the business organization with the required disclosures and notes for statutory filings using technical knowledge and expertise
  • Support the compilation of local supplementary statistical filings
• Transactional tax
  • Oversee the compliance of the transactional tax filings required for your region e.g. VAT and WHT
• Technical controllership
  • Ensure compliance with GE policies. Facilitate implementations of new rules and new tools impacting finance reporting
  • Review processes to improve overall efficiency, particularly LEAN simplification initiatives
  • Collaborate with the Vernova Hub and Genpact teams to ensure the compliance and integrity of the accounts, and harmonisation of the accounting treatment
• Team leadership
  • Responsible for the oversight of a team that will support the execution of the statutory goals
  • Drive and encourage process improvements and legal entities simplification
  • Collaborate with in-country service providers to identify opportunities to reduce statutory costs and manage risks

Qualifications

• A degree in accounting or finance and/or a recognized accounting qualification
• Proven years of experience in auditing, accounting, or financial reporting – ideally over 8 years within this area
• Managing statutory audits/project management experience – ideally over 5 years within this area
• Demonstrated proficiency of accounting principles (IFRS/GAAP/local accounting standards and legal requirements)
• Must be fluent in English
• Highly proficient use of MS Office, SAP experience preferable

Desired Characteristics

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear/concise xcskxlj manner to multiple levels of the organization and other functions
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Previous experience with tax aspects (direct and indirect)
• Established project management skills, ability to execute according to timelines
• Strong analytical skills - able to link financial results to operational performance drivers
• Adaptable/flexible - open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations
• Integrity - high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions and when dealing with others
• Proactive and determined, committed to delivering high-quality work

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Other

Industries

Electric Power Generation

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