ISC Controller

Job Description Summary

This role provides operational and technical controllership leadership and guidance to the PDx Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) Finance Managers and the PDx ISC Operational teams. This role is responsible for the integrity of the Inventory and Fixed Asset balances in the PDx Balance Sheet. The role reports to the PDx Global Controller, with a dotted line to the GEHC ISC Controller and includes the direct leadership of the PDx ISC Controllership team. The role also requires close oversight of Centre of Excellence (COE) teams involved in ISC financial processes.

GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. We are harnessing the power of technology to make healthcare more precise, personalized, and accessible for everyone. We are partnering with our customers to fulfill healthcare’s greatest potential and living our purpose to create a world where healthcare has no limits.
Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Duties include (but are not limited to):

Business Partnering

• Providing support to PDx ISC Finance and Operations leaders and their teams to ensure that the controllership and financial accounting implications of transactions and other matters are managed effectively. This includes researching and advising on technical accounting issues.
• Supporting business initiatives to improve working capital and reduce global inventory levels.
• Working closely with PDx ISC leadership to proactively assess and manage financial risk.
• Supporting business changes and transformations including acquisitions / disposals and integration of new businesses and entities.
• Participating in finance reviews as appropriate, providing value added analytics to mitigate financial risk and provide senior management with decision-making information.
• Having controllership oversight of the annual PI process and working with the ISC teams on best practice sharing and consistency on processes like cycle count, inventory org structure etc.

Team Leadership

• Leading the PDx ISC Controllership team to provide “best in class” support to the PDx business.
• Planning and budgeting for the resources necessary to complete all activities efficiently and effectively.
• Developing and coaching the PDx ISC Controllership team to help them reach their full potential and be ready to take their next career step. 

Rigorous Reporting and Control Environment

• Performing financial analysis of ISC Balance Sheet accounts to ensure integrity of account balances/financial reporting, effectiveness and consistency of business processes and compliance with local statute, GEHC GAP and US GAAP.
• Partner with other finance teams to ensure timely and defect-free Balance Sheet account reconciliations and drive the migration of account recs still owned by the business to the COE.
• Reviewing PDx Fixed Assets, including Assets Under Construction (AUC) and software assets, for potential impairment on a regular basis.
• Driving timely closure of open external and internal audit issues and proactively work to prevent future issues / manage risk on PDx ISC matters. Lead resulting corrective action process implementation and follow up throughout the organization.
• Leading compliance with DISE (Disaggregated Integrated Supply Chain) reporting for PDx ISC.
• Leading the Global and Statutory audit for PDx ISC processes. Create centralized data sources for easy access to standard ISC audit support documentation and backup.
• Monitoring and reviewing that appropriate Internal Controls are in place, in line with Sarbanes Oxley 404  requirements as applicable and local statutory laws, GEHC GAP, US GAAP.

Simplification

• Providing leadership for PDx ISC Controllership simplification and integration projects, in conjunction with PDx ISC Finance and GEHC ISC Controllership, including assessing opportunities for AI automation to reduce manual work of PDx ISC Controllership team to allow focus on value-add analytical/strategic tasks.
• Driving consistent and effective finance policies and procedures, ensuring a consistent One GEHC ISC Controllership approach as far as possible. Identifying areas where a One GEHC approach can be taken and leading implementation of agreed approach.
• Providing PDx ISC Controllership leadership to ERP (S4HANA) and other system roll-outs.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA or Masters in Accounting, Finance, or other business related-field, with at significant progressive accounting or finance experience
• Significant experience working in global, complex, multi-location supply chain environment.

Desirable Skills

• Significant, ideally Big Four, experience in public accounting
• Demonstrated proficiency in US GAAP, local GAAP and authoritative accounting literature (i.e. FASB pronouncements) 
• Excellent collaboration and inter-personal skills
• Capable of forging strong relationships with finance and non-finance colleagues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear/concise manner
• Strong analytical skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change
• Strong systems skills and aptitude, experience with ERP and reporting systems
• Clear thinking/problem solving mindset: experience of successfully leading cross-functional projects/process improvements within operations/finance functions; able to quickly grasp new ideas
• Adaptable/Flexible: being open to change in response to new information and in different or unexpected circumstances
• Integrity: accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions and when dealing with others
• Confidence/Assertiveness: strong influencing skills across business functions
• Experience working in a matrixed environment
• Self-starter and a quick learner with a commitment to meet deadlines
• Strong experience in internal controls (including Sarbanes Oxley 404)
• Strong attention to details
• Externally focused and able to connect effectively with a broad group of stakeholders.
• Educated on global issues, curious about the world

Inclusion and Diversity

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Behaviors

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Total Rewards

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

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