Assistant Financial Controller

2 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa GE Healthcare Full time

**Job Description Summary**: The Assistant Financial Controller - STAT and tax will provide support to the Southern Africa Financial Controller to maintain a robust control environment (both internal policies as well external laws and regulations) with the purpose of safeguarding/ mitigating operational and financial risk for GE across Southern Africa.

**Responsibilities**:

- Review and ensure all transactions are treated correctly per the relevant tax laws
- Ensure timely filing of tax returns (both indirect and direct)
- Monthly VAT returns in accordance with the VAT Act
- Withholding taxes
- Corporate income tax returns in accordance with the income tax act (Provisional tax returns based on estimated profitability and final annual tax returns)
- Liaise with tax authorities on regular ad-hoc requests (i.e. tax audits) and provide necessary information in a timely manner
- Conversion of TB from US GAAP to local reporting framework (IFRS, etc)
- Compile annual financial statements in accordance with the local reporting framework
- Manage external audits
- Maintaining and ensuring adherence to controls and related regulatory frameworks
- Conversion of the audited trial balance to local Mozambican reporting requirements (PGC-NIRF principles)
- Ensure the annual corporate income tax return complies with PGC-NIRF principles
- Manage both intercompany receivables and payables (including putting in place intercompany related SLAs, managing central bank approval process of the SLAs)
- Any ad-hoc commercial finance and limited customer order fulfilment responsibilities (guarantees, liaising with banks on customer receipts, importation license etc)
- Ensure integrity of the general ledger
- Ensure account reconciliation, manager inter-company balance reconciliation and quality metrics of quarter close process
- Oversee the accounting processes and withholding tax compliances
- Advise business leaders regarding complex financial accounting and reporting issues and transaction structuring
- Be the compliance focal point for accounting issues
- Maintain accounting, financial reporting, financial control, and information systems to ensure adequate records, appropriate authorizations of transactions, and safeguard assets
- Initiate process improvements
- Manage / support the business teams in preparing quarterly accounting documentation and preparation of appropriate accounting procedures and policies
- Manage the controllership reviews including quarterly balance sheet reviews, reserve updates, etc.
- Oversight for the monitoring of contractual risks of the existing commitments,
- Participating in the simplification projects in the cycles of Order Review and Entry,
- Sustaining the Compliance with Revenue Recognition Rules across the region,
- Working with Finance Controller and Commercial Teams to determine the appropriate Revenue Recognition approach for specific deals,
- Standardizing and monitoring the accounting of Commercial Reserves across the legal entities,
- Ensure timely closure of books and records
- Ensure 100% accounts are reconciled and well supported by the backups
- Risk related to accounts need to highlight upfront and plan accordingly for the mitigation
- In depth knowledge of US GAAP and International accounting standards

**Qualifications**:

- Gradate BA/BSc in finance with 5 years of progressive accounting and finance experience including developing forecasts and operating plans and leading business / finance reviews
- Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/CPA/CFA) and demonstrated experience and understanding of Accounting Principles and Controllership
- Clear thinking / problem solving successfully led cross-functional projects/process improvement within operations/finance function involving process improvement; able to quickly grasp new ideas
- Excellent communication skills : experience working across multiple levels (including executive level), functions and regions; able to clearly communicate complex financial information in a easy to understand manner; able to deliver message effectively verbally and in writing
Integrity: Accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others
- Fluent in Portuguese and English (written and spoken)
- Proven ability to work on multiple projects and to meet strict deadlines

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Confidence / Assertiveness: strong influencing skills across business functions; confidence to approach business leaders with difficult messages and defend position; for example, work closely with business leaders to achieve business objectives while driving controllership/GE Values
- Experience working in global business environment with sound understanding of global process and transactional flows
- Experience leading in a matrixed environment
- Fluent English, speaking and reading
- Experience with leading a cross functional team in a complex business organization.
- External Au

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