Sr Finance Staff Manager

What impact youll make

Lead monthly quarterly and year-end US GAAP close & reporting activities across multiple business units within GE Vernova in Israel. Responsible for driving technical accounting compliance financial and operational internal controls process simplification and operational excellence to deliver accurate statutory financial statements for the Wind segment within regulatory deadlines for Israel Lithuania and Poland. Further responsible for coordinating and managing the Wind statutory audits where Forvis Mazars (FM) was selected as the auditor. This encompasses working with the central FM team on all relevant statutory audit aspects and interacting with local FM teams where required. Has in-depth knowledge of best practices on how to interact with statutory and tax auditors and commercial and technical team leaders; knows how own area integrates with others and has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.

What youll do

• Leads monthly quarterly and year-end US GAAP close & reporting activities across multiple business units within GE Vernova in Israel.
• Responsible to ensure all statutory regulatory filings in Israel Lithuania and Poland are completed timely efficiently and in compliance with the country regulatory requirements and timelines. This includes branches legal entities and statutory consolidations from outside the US as well as the management of the statutory audit process where applicable.
• Responsible for coordinating and managing the Wind statutory audits where Forvis Mazars (FM) was selected as the auditor with special focus on facilitating central audit procedures.
• Has full in-depth understanding of the annual statutory cycle process.
• Acts as expert for G2S and S2T walks; besides statutory expertise this requires deep knowledge of US GAAP accounting and processes and a profound understanding of tax regulations and processes.
• Collaborates with Wind Tax Team during tax audits.
• Responsible to manage in-house teams as well as third-party teams (e.g. Genpact) to execute on goals and strategy for the statutory Wind organization and overall GE Vernova.
• Has profound knowledge on the overall audit process and procedures on how to manage and coordinate a statutory audit negotiate engagement letters and settle overrun discussions with auditors.
• Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest functional developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development and ensures delivery within area of responsibility.
• Skilled influencer able to communicate complex messages to others. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.
• Drive transparency discipline and accountability across all WIND entities and strengthen partnership with US GAAP team local stat teams tax teams and external auditors
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.

What youll bring (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university/college in Accounting Finance or relevant discipline

• 10 years of experience in the Statutory US GAAP & Tax area with main focus on Statutory expertise for various local GAAPs.

• Fluent English knowledge is essential

• Wind industry expertise of processes within respective Tier 2 business (ONW OFW LM)
• CPA or degree in Finance/Accounting is a must
• ERP knowledge of Oracle Races Oracle CCL and Axapta
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects

What will make you stand out

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Ability to document plan market and execute programs.
• Previous experience in GEV Wind segment.
• High level of resilience is an advantage
  

Additional Notes:

• The job is open to men and women equally.

Relocation Assistance Provided: No