Lead Finance Specialist - Accounting Operations

Role Description

Are you a strong accounting professional with deep controllership experience and a passion for accurate financial reporting, compliance, and process improvement? We are looking for a Lead Finance Specialist – Accounting Operations to play a critical role in ensuring the integrity of our financial records across the region while driving high-quality close, statutory reporting, and governance processes.

In this role, you will partner closely with Finance, Operations, Corporate teams, and external stakeholders to deliver timely and accurate monthly and quarterly close activities, support statutory and US GAAP reporting, manage reconciliations, and strengthen internal controls. You will also help lead transformation and simplification initiatives that improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability across legal entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the monthly and quarterly close, ensuring timely and accuracy, including FRP preparation.
• Identification and booking of adjusting entries identified during and post-close.
• Support the account reconciliation process implementation and drive preparation, review and open-item resolution.
• Develop and execute any necessary remediation plans for unreconciled account reconciliations and monitor and collaborate with other functions to assure completeness.
• Drive quality account reconciliation reviews to ensure application of accounting standards across all legal entities in scope, consistency and accuracy.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and internal accounting policies & ensure consistent application of accounting standards across all legal entities.
• Review transactional tax calculations and filings, including management of external service providers.
• Monitor USGAAP and statutory KPIs to assure the execution and completion of the plan.
• Prepare timely and accurate statutory-to-GAAP reconciliations & drive implementation of a standard process across legal entities under scope.
• Assure maintenance of statutory ledgers.
• Prepare all statutory financial statements, filings, and disclosures in compliance with local regulations.
• Support the resolution of statutory accounting matters, including identification, analysis, documentation, and conclusion of technical accounting issues.
• Responsible for the submission of financial statements and their quality in compliance with internal and governmental regulations.
• Execute geography-specific reporting requirements (i.e., US escheatment, statistical reporting).
• Support on SOX readiness and implementation through process documentation and the design, testing, and implementation of internal controls.
• Drive and lead simplification processes understanding wing to wing process, identifying opportunities for process improvement and standardization, partnering with Global Process Leaders.
• Support transformation, simplification, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, quality, and scalability.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Grid Solutions business.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or related field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in Controllership / Accounting.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, and Group Accounting policies.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills for driving discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Analytical mindset and a proactive attitude towards problem-solving.
• Ability to manage time effectively and handle multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Fluent in English.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions.
• Access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Tuition assistance.
• Adoption assistance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Disability benefits.
• Life insurance.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Permissive time off.