Service Finance Manager-Africa at GE Healthcare

Job Description Summary

The Service Finance Manager role serves as a business partner to Africa LCT Services Business to drive sustainable growth & operations excellence including efforts to drive operational rigor and simplification. The role covers the African Countries (North East Africa and SubSahara) under EAGM Zone and reports to Service Finance Manager – EAGM

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Act as Finance business partner with Africa LCT service leadership and staff to drive operating performance and act as finance champion for strategic initiatives within the LCT service organization.
• Provide financial expertise and process ownership to developing quarterly and monthly estimates, operating plans/forecasts/reviews, and strategic planning
• Drive monthly and quarterly operating reviews by providing analysis of results and identifying and tracking key metrics while advising the leadership team on risks and opportunities, as well as recommending actions.
• Work with LCT Service Leadership to establish the right commercial framework per country
• Contribute to improving efficiencies and performance as well as providing quality financial information. Actively participate with the LCT Service leadership to improve cost productivity and effectiveness,
• Develop and improve financial processes: Finance and Management reporting tools, budgeting and estimating processes.
• Finance and Accounting leadership to monthly/quarterly results close process to ensure accuracy of results in partnership with Controllership, LCT Commercial Finance and other stakeholders

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with minimum of six years financial work experience including developing forecasts & operating plans and leading business / finance reviews
• Strong analytic skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change
• Experienced on driving cross-functional projects
• Proficiency in reading and analyzing Balancesheet, Income Statement
• Clear thinking / problem solving, successfully led cross-functional projects/process improvement within operations/finance function involving process improvement; able to quickly grasp new ideas
• 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
• Solid PC skills: experience with financial systems/applications
• Confidence, strong influencing skills across business functions;
• Experience leading / working in a matrix environment
• Basic understanding of financial compliance: SOX, GAAP