Statutory Specialist - South Europe

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

This will include the active involvement in financial reporting of the company, the implementation of its policies and internal controls and leading audit requirements. This position will report to the South Europe Statutory Leader and will work closely with the rest of the Region Controllership team to ensure we meet our key controllership objectives. 

In this role you will use your experience and expertise to solve problems, execute objectives for self and others, and impact short-term and some long-term business goals. The candidate will be responsible for effectively executing the statutory activities for all legal entities within the region, as well as overseeing the execution of the statutory organization deliverables. We are expecting the candidate to lead and drive actions, understanding complex issues and providing resolutions. We also expect the candidate to be able to work under pressure and adhere to tight deadlines at times to ensure the objectives of the organization are met.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Audit requirements
  • Lead the preparation and timely submission of statutory financial statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with local regulations and corporate policies
  • Lead deep-dive analysis and drive reduction of legal entity-level Stat-to-GAAP (S2G) reconciling items, ensuring alignment with corporate policies and simplification goals
  • Coordinate all deliverables with the relevant owners & responsible parties to ensure documentation is provided to high quality and on time
  • Look for opportunities to improve the audit process, including identifying opportunities to reduce stat to GAAP adjustments by addressing the root cause
  • Support the compilation of local supplementary statistical filings.
• 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 GEVernova Hub and Genpact teams to ensure the compliance, integrity of the accounts, and harmonization of the accounting treatment.

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 5 years within this area
• Managing statutory audits/project management experience – ideally over 3 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
• Established project management skills, ability to execute according to timelines
• Strong analytical skills - able to link financial results to operational performance drivers
• Adaptable/Flexible - being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations
• Integrity - accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions and when dealing with others
• Someone who is proactive and determined, committed to delivering high-quality work