Senior Financial Reporting Manager

Senior Financial Reporting Manager

Are you a Financial Manager looking for a new challenge?

Do you enjoy improving financial performance for a global company?

Join our Global Finance Team!

At Baker Hughes our purpose is clear; We take energy forward making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet. Our Finance Department Centre of excellence is responsible for providing financial planning, analysis and reporting for Corporate, a business, or a P&L within a business. Positions requiring thorough understanding, application and mastery of approaches, theories, methodologies and application in a concrete organizational context. 

Partner with the best
 

This Financial Manager will be responsible for leading a Financial Reporting Team, managing the necessary operating rhythms with the business and other functional teams to identify and mitigate business and controllership risks, support issue resolution, engage in ordinary and extraordinary/complex transactions to ensure controllership compliance by providing expertise and accounting guidance, involving Technical Controllership and the broader organization as required.

As a Financial Reporting Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring accounting compliance, effectiveness of financial and operational controls, with a focus on process simplification and operational excellence to deliver accurate financial reporting Leading Sub-Regions weekly forecasts and actively interface with Area Leaders to present clear estimate
• Being a change agent for the Controllership team to roll out new processes, system changes and upgrades, BD activities, and other Controllership matters related to Financial Reporting policies and procedures.
• Serving as a: problem solver, collaborator, and critical thinker; possess the ability to quickly understand complex items and efficiently propose solutions.      
• Partnering with relevant FP&A leaders (Product Company CFO, FP&A lead, Segment CFOs, Region CFOs, etc.) ensure efficient and effective closes. 
• Work closely with the Corporate HQ Controllership and Finance teams to timely meet all HQ reporting requirements.
• Managing the accounting of cross product company transactions via process called cross business schedule (CBS) involving various types of transactions such as equity and cost method investments, capital infusions, dividends distributions, acquisitions/dispositions and maintaining relevant governing policies.
• Leading quarterly and year-end analysis necessary for Baker Hughes consolidated financial statement and reporting requirements.
• Coordinating with Segment Controllers and teams as required to obtain information relevant for the financial close and related analysis.

Fuel your passion
 

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance or similar from an accredited university or college and 5+yrs of experience in Controllership management
• Have good oral/written communication skills and interpersonal/leadership skills.
• Must be able to influence others and lead small teams.
• Have effective problem identification and solution skills using analytical and organizational ability.

Work in a way that works for you
 

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working hybrid hours from Houston HQ and home office- flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Education Assistance
• Generous Parental Leave
• Mental Health resources
• Dependent Care
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.