Regional Finance Manager

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GE Gas Power

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Access to affordable, reliable, flexible, and sustainable power is fundamental to modern life. As the world is shifting towards a lower carbon future, GE Gas Power is ready to be your partner in leveraging the role of natural gas for powering the world today and tomorrow. GE’s foundations were laid by Thomas Edison nearly 130 years ago to provide innovative solutions for a wide range of critical problems around the world. GE’s deep-rooted culture serves as the backbone for every step we’ve taken at GE Gas Power. With more than 300,000 employees and operations in over 170 countries, GE employees reflect both the local communities we serve and the people with whom we do business.

Diversity at GE

We believe diversity makes us more competitive and creates value for our customers, shareholders, and employees. We believe in the value of each person’s unique identity, background, and experiences and are committed to fostering an inclusive culture, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work because they feel accepted, respected, and that they belong. By embracing diverse teams and perspectives, we are better equipped to build a world that works.

Our approach to diversity will be based on the following objectives:

• Our employees – to continue to strive to ensure that our workforce is as diverse as the communities we serve, while always upholding the importance of merit.
• Our workplace – to foster an inclusive culture that recognizes employees’ unique needs, helps them reach their full potential, and nurtures their diverse talents.
• Our community – to strive for diversity in suppliers and partners and engage with the communities in which we operate to support diversity.
  
  

Responsible for driving Technical Accounting compliance, Financial and operational internal controls, process simplification, and operational excellence to deliver accurate actual financial reporting and analysis. Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible to ensure all statutory regulatory filings are completed timely, efficiently and in compliance with the country regulatory requirements. This includes branches, legal entities and statutory consolidations from outside the US, as well as the management of the statutory audit process where applicable.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of a discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired expertise to execute functional policy/strategy.
• A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor, with proven interpersonal skills. Communication with direct colleagues and the business about design and coordination services rendered. Provides informal guidance to new team members. Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations.
• Impacts projects, processes and procedures in own field. The role operates with some autonomy, but is focused on execution of activities/provision of advice within an enabling discipline covered by standard functional practices and procedures. Activities require professional judgment, but may require more senior levels of guidance.
• Utilizes technical expertise and judgement to solve problems. Leverages technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university.
• Proven Experience including statutory reporting expertise.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of tax and compliance processes and requirements.
• Proficiency in MS Suite.
• Able to travel 10% in their work schedule in region.
• Strong command in English and Arabic
  
  

Desired Characteristics

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration or equivalent international degree.
• CPA or equivalent other accounting graduate preferred.
• Prior audit experience at big four or international big four auditor’s firm.
• Prior work experience in META and Europe region.
• Experience in Power Generation industry expertise.
• People/Staff management experien.
• Good Interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to work in a global matrix team environment.
• Good planning and organizational skills.
• Must be a self-starter, team player, work well with others and have a positive attitude.
• Must be a creative thinker, results oriented, focused, and attentive to detail and accuracy.
• Preference will be given to current Gas Power Finance employees.
  
  

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No