Assistant Operational Controller - GE Africa Job

Essential Responsibilities - Own the risk assessment process across GE Africa (40+ countries) and design & implement a process to keep current the risk landscape of the region, partnering with the Corporate Audit Staff (“CAS”), business and country controllers to understand the key regional risks and challenges and to develop projects to address these.
- To achieve this, you will need to manage numerous inputs from different sources be a quick, clear thinker who is able to process information rapidly and sell your conclusions to your team of both direct & indirect reports, all of whom will have different views of the risk prioritization
This risk assessment process forms the cornerstone of the risk management & monitoring efforts of GE in Africa.
- On-going leadership of the Compliance, Statutory & Tax Filing Processes across SSA
- Coordinate project execution between Tax, GBS & business leaders at country & regional level for projects assigned by the GE Africa Ops Controller
- Transition the “outlier” legal or management entities into processes / tools that provide appropriate levels of regional oversight (especially important for recently acquired entities)
- Lead the IFRS implementation projects in the region where appropriate, ensuring engagement from all businesses.
- Ensure that GE is applying IFRS consistently across the businesses and in-line with Global strategy.
- Partner with the GE Africa Ops Controller to develop process in SSA, ensuring best practice sharing and consistency checks across all 12 GGO regions around the globe.
- Identify & drive simplification opportunities in the Region
- Lead regular tollgate reviews with the various SSA project teams where key projects are in place.
- Report progress on projects and provide inputs into key Controllership dashboards for presentation to GE Africa CFO, Global GGO Ops Controller, SSA Ops Controller & others.
- Work with HR, training & other Finance organizations to recruit, develop, retain & mentor Controllership talent in Africa for Africa.
- Become a mentor for more junior Finance staff, especially those who are considering a future within Controllership.
- Identify, design & deliver training & development opportunities to key high-potential Controllership Staff within Africa.
- Organize & Lead GE Africa’s Regional controllership conferences.
- Provide project and other updates at regional Controllership conferences

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