ProdERP Finance Project Leader

Business Unit: GE HealthcareFunction: FinanceResponsibilities: Clinical Systems is a complex global business with multiple process and technical integration challenges with a 300-person finance team. We are looking for a strong business partner to lead our ProdERP Project and improve our capability to support the business. This person needs to be able to juggle the strategic and tactical challenges in designing & maintaining ProdERP enhancements. In addition, they will be expected to make the environment more streamlined and scalable for future organic and inorganic growth.Responsibilities include:
Staff Team of competent finance/system savvy individuals to implement ProdERP upgrade
Aggressively communicate finance requirements to program team
Define the scope, methodology, and resources for deployment within Finance
Drive team performance to achieve plan deliverables
Communicate project plan, issues, status to Finance staff and organization
Help coordinate/balance strict controls between process/systems improvements and upgrade execution
Make decisions on design alternatives and escalate as needed
Evaluate and communicate risks which impact schedule and deliverables
Assess quality of Standard Operating Procedures, training, and testing plans~HJ~
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance and minimum of seven years of financial work experience; or High School Diploma/GED and minimum of fifteen years financial work experience
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 projects/process improvement within operations/finance function involving process improvement; able to quickly grasp new ideas
Leadership experience: has minimum of two years experience leading team members
Excellent communication skills: experience working across multiple levels (including executive level), functions and regions; able to clearly communicate complex information in a easy to understand manner; able to deliver message effectively verbally and in writing
Solid PC skills: experience with financial systems/applications (i.e.: Oracle, Hyperion, COGNOS, etc.), strong Excel skills including pivot tables, VLookup, Macros
Experience with major IT implementations/integration/data migration projects
Experience working in global business environment with sound understanding of global process and transactional flows
Willingness to travel 20-30% of time as needed to global locations (Americas, Europe, Asia)Desired: * Experience with Clinical Systems ERPs and reporting environments a plus
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
Experience leading in a matrixed environment
Adaptable/flexible: being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations
Integrity: Accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others
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 Program (EFLP) or Corporate Audit Staff (CAS); or graduate of other financial leadership programsGeneral: GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care. GE Healthcare's expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring and life support systems, disease research, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping physicians detect disease earlier and to tailor personalized treatments for patients. GE Healthcare offers a broad range of products and services that are improving productivity in healthcare and enhancing patient care by enabling healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases, and other conditions. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $15 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 43,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. GE is an equal opportunity employer.
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