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Job Description Summary

Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition.

Job Description Summary

Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition.

The UK and Ireland Region statutory leader is responsible for providing statutory leadership and guidance to the finance and non-finance teams for the UK and Ireland Region.

In this role you will use your experience and expertise to solve problems, execute objectives for self and others, and impact short-term and some long-term business goals.

You will be responsible for effectively executing the statutory activities for all legal entities within the region, as well as overseeing the execution of the statutory organisation deliverables.

We are expecting you to lead and drive actions, understand complex issues and provide resolutions. We also expect you to be able to work under pressure and adhere to tight deadlines at times to ensure the objectives of the organisation are met.

As the successful candidate, you will also be responsible for managing a team based in different countries, so must demonstrate strong leadership skills.



Job Description

This will include the active involvement in financial reporting of the company, the implementation of its policies and internal controls and leading audit requirements.

This position will work closely with the rest of the Region Controllership team to ensure we meet our key controllership objectives.

You will also be expected to communicate with senior leadership from the business line, HQ and external auditors to execute your deliverables.

Audit Requirements



Roles and Responsibilities (but are not limited to):

• Manage internal and external audit works for your Region to ensure on-time delivery of the statutory requirements, execution of the audit plan against the regulatory deadlines.
• We expect you to be able to utilise your technical knowledge to discuss technical matters with the audit team.
• Coordinate all deliverables with the relevant owners & responsible parties to ensure documentation is provided to high quality and on time.
• Ensure that any findings are resolved with appropriate owners (Stat, OTR Finance, FP&A, HR, Tax, Legal, other functions) for both US GAAP and local statutory purposes.
• Look for opportunities to improve the audit process, including identifying opportunities to reduce stat to GAAP adjustments by addressing the root cause.
• Ability to direct and guide the business organisation with the required disclosures and notes required for the statutory filings using their technical knowledge and expertise e.g. within the UK, section 172, IFRS
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• Support the compilation of local supplementary statistical filings.

• Oversee the compliance of the transactional tax filings required for your region e.g. VAT and CIS / RCT WHT.

• Ensure compliance with GE policies. Facilitate implementations of new rules and new tools impacting finance reporting.
• Review processes to improve overall efficiency, particularly LEAN simplification initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Vernova Hub and Genpact teams to ensure the compliance, integrity of the accounts, and harmonisation of the accounting treatment.

• Responsible for the oversight of a team that will support with the execution of the statutory goals.
• Share knowledge and experience to develop the Regional team.
• Drive and encourage processes improvements and legal entities simplification.
• Collaborate with in-country service providers to identify opportunities to reduce statutory costs and manage risks.

• A degree in accounting or finance and/or a recognised accounting qualification.
• Proven years of experience in auditing, accounting, or financial reporting – ideally over 8 years within this area.
• Managing statutory audits/project management experience – ideally over 5 years experience within this area.
• Demonstrated…