Senior Accountant - Product Development

Job Description

• The Role

  The Product Development Controller Group team is looking for an innovative forward-thinking detail-oriented analyst to join their team. The Product Development Sr Finance Analyst is responsible for understanding GMs royalty transactions and related impacts on our joint venture accounting. The role requires a high level of independent judgment and initiative decision making and serving as a strategic business partner across the enterprise to bring timely and insighted decisions.

  What Youll Do

• Coordinate monitor and analyze results of royalty accounting process
• Support and collaborate with finance and international business partners and other key stakeholders to ensure compliance with APM requirements effective controls and accurate reporting
• Analysis and reporting of month-end Product Development related results
• Navigate and understand various systems eSAP Global Ledger FINCORE GCARS etc.
• Oversight review and consolidation of all royalty related contracts and associated processes including enhancements modernization and expansion of current processes.
• Utilize new technologies and solutions to create more robust controls process efficiencies and impactful reporting packages
• Presentation of financial results to other members of the organization including leadership
• Assist with special projects and ad hoc requests
• Develop strong relationship with business partners support requests/inquiries including Controllership Finance International and various other operational partners
• Maintain controls and work with Financial Assurance and external auditors to support audit requirements streamline existing business processes and develop new/enhanced control procedures
• Model GMs desired behaviors including safety
• Actively promote GMs culture of inclusion

Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in accounting finance business or related field
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA)
• Public accounting firm experience
• 5 years of relevant experience
• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to understand and apply accounting and financial reporting standards (US GAAP)
• Ability to prioritize assignments/projects take on additional responsibilities and deliver within restricted time constraints
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated commitment to teamwork and partnerships
• Focus on learning and personal development
• Ability to embrace and manage change

Desired Qualifications

• Develop a detailed understanding of GMs processes and systems to identify control gaps and any opportunities to streamline processes and controls
• Assist with internal and external financial reporting including analyzing consolidated results drafting SEC documents and management review reports
• Research and interpret new accounting standards and brainstorm how each apply to GM as well as comply with external 10-Q/10-K reporting requirements
• Support strategic initiatives and transformation activities focused on empowering our all-electric future
• Develop analytics and tools to provide insights into the results for business units and regions
• Recommend types of automations analytics and data processing approaches to meet business objectives
• Initiate and support enhancements that improve the quality and speed of the monthly close process
• Resolve complex accounting issues impacting strategic business initiatives and identify potential accounting risks
• Complete special assignments outside of core job responsibilities

• Location: Hybrid. This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the GM - Global Technical Center HQ Warren MI three times per week at minimum or other frequency dictated by the business

  
  
  
  Relocation:This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate

  GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g. H-1B OPT STEM OPT CPT TN J-1 etc.)

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