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Posted Position Title Region Operations & Healthcare IT Finance Leader
Career Level Experienced
Function Finance
Function Segment Operational Finance
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available Kenya
Nigeria
Relocation Expenses Yes
Role Summary/Purpose This position in charge of providing financial leadership for Healthcare Africa (HCS Operations and the Africa HCIT Business. This role will provide financial leadership for the Productivity initiatives within the region.He/she will also be responsible to integrate & develop processes that meet business needs across the organization, manage complex issues within functional area of expertise, be involved in long-term planning, and contribute to the overall business strategy.
Essential Responsibilities • Right arm for Zone Operations & HCIT GMs for short and long term strategies; play a key role to grow the businesses profitably.
• Provide financial support and leadership on Variable Cost Productivity projects both on Equipment and Services sides of the business.
• Help the HQ Finance teams do forecasts by providing information about business trends, unusuals etc.
• Own and drive the healthcare Service P&L for Africa … by partnering with the operations organization, and driving day to day accountability of financial targets.
• Own & drive clean accounting through strong independent use of Hyperion, BOXI, MUST.
• Drive better cash performance for the service & equipment P&L by highlighting disputes and driving the commercial teams to closure.
• Play an active role with business partnering to realize opportunities and mitigate risks; primary owner of the month-end closing process.
• Partner with finance teams to analyze, report operating performance via development and implementation of focused growth & profitability metrics.
• Co-work with Cash team to minimize Service & HCIT Past Due Receivables and DSO.
• Ensure the highest levels of controllership and compliance.
• Support finance simplification or process improvement projects including implementation and optimization of various shared service functions including cash and accounting.
• Provide Ad hoc analysis for the requests from Finance/Commercial teams.
• Work in close coordination with Commercial MFs for large deals that include HCIT or multi-year Service; to provide business insight as well as to ensure alignment with business strategies.
Qualifications/Requirements • Graduate BA/BSc or MBA in finance with 10 + years of progressive accounting & finance experience including developing forecasts & operating plans and leading business / finance reviews
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of Accounting Principles and Controllership
• Strong analytic skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change.
• Clear thinking / problem solving: successfully led cross-functional projects/process improvement within operations/finance function involving process improvement; able to quickly grasp new ideas
• Demonstrated experience in setting up/working in shared service environment
• 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
• Proven ability to work on multiple projects & to meet strict deadlines
• Fluent English speaking & reading
• 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
Desired Characteristics • Experience working in global business environment with sound understanding of global process and transactional flows
• Experience leading in a matrixed environment
• Experience with leading a cross functional team in a complex business organization.
• Trained and/or certified in process improvement methodology such as LEAN or Six Sigma
• Graduate of GE’s Financial Management Program (FMP), Experienced Financial Leadership Programme (EFLP), CAS or external audit experience or graduate of other financial leadership programs
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