Experienced Statutory Accountant - Corporate

Job description

3220579
Additional Cities

Budapest
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Global Operations
Business Segment

Global Operations Controllership
Function

Finance
Country/Territory

Hungary
Postal Code

1138
Role Summary/Purpose

As a Statutory Lead finance specialist you will be responsible to work with all Ge functions (Business, TAX…) and external providers including auditors cross the border. You will act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in every local GAP accounting projects including migration, systems and process simplification. You will provide support to more junior team members by clarifying local GAP accounting and legal requirements.
Essential Responsibilities

You will be the point of contact for the GE business relating to regulatory reporting queries. Local reporting is an excellent way to gain exceptional awareness of GE operations and grow your technical and soft skills.
- Manage statutory reporting of a portfolio of GE legal entities for a region
- Lead migration projects of statutory processes from country to Budapest
- Set up, reconcile and maintain US GAAP to local GAAP adjustments for a region
- Primary point-of-contact for queries relating to the local regulatory timelines, process steps, status updates in terms of statutory preparation & audit
- Coordinate Statutory planning & audit with all related internal and external stakeholders
- Manage various accounting and finance projects related to Systems simplification, legal organisation structure simplification included Mergers & Acquisitions and Liquidations
- Support local tax audit requests
Qualifications/Requirements

- Written and verbal fluency in English
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Economics/Business Management/Accounting and Finance
- Extensive Multi GAAP experience - preferably external audit / public accounting experience
- Expertise in MS Excel
- Good working knowledge of US GAAP / IFRS and any other local GAAP
- Excellent communication – proven ability to develop strong professional relationship with auditors, corporate tax
- Strong analytical ability to find any potential risks and initiate improvements
- Flexible approach with a strong team spirit
- Effective interpersonal skills and highly professional style when dealing with business clients
Desired Characteristics

- Second European language
- Experience with Oracle, SAP or Oracle HFM
- Experience in an audit firm
- Chartered Accountant / ACCA certificate

What we offer
· Onsite gym
· Health Insurance
· Young and multinational organization - 53 Nationalities
· Flexible working hours
· Opportunity to work from home
· Outstanding training and language course opportunities
· Cultural communities (Volunteer, Working Parents, Women’s Network)
About Us

GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE’s mission and deliver for our customers. www.ge.com
Primary Country

Hungary
Primary State/Province

Budapest
Primary City

Budapest