Job Description Summary

Responsible for driving technical accounting compliance, financial and operational internal controls, process simplification, and operational excellence to deliver accurate actual financial reporting and analysis. In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

Accounting Operations Leader based in Turkmenistan is responsible for:

1. Manage statutory and tax general accounting activities of the branch, including Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Travel expenses, Banking, Payroll, Taxes, Contributions and Fixed Assets.

2. Manage and complete month end close of stat and tax accounts and books of the Company.

3. Prepare annual financial statements in accordance with statutory requirements.

4. Conduct internal policies and procedures in compliance with statutory legislation.

5. Ensure accounting practices and tax calculations comply with local statutory and tax requirements.

6. Ensure timely submission of statutory and tax filings and reports (Income Tax return, VAT, WHT and other local taxes) within required by law deadlines.

7. Perform regular reconciliation of settlements with the state authorities.

8. Lead and maintain all US GAAP accounting and reporting for the Company within corporate requirements and deadlines.

9. Analyze financial results and coordinate with business managers on reporting queries and information requests.

10. Understand and prepare US GAAP to STAT differences in Stat HFM in line with GE Vernova requirements.

11. Ensure assigned account reconciliations are accurately prepared, reviewed and submitted per corporate standards.

12. Understand wing-to-wing process KPIs.

13. Develop and maintain strong customer relationships.

14. Lead and support local STAT and Tax external audits and internal process audits.

15. Support with Global or Europe regional projects and best practice sharing.

16. Drive and lead simplification process and initiatives of the Company.

17. Lead and manage external accounting/tax service providers and consultants, as applicable.

18. Support with projects and other Management tasks, including potentially accounting coverage of other countries in the region.

Required Qualifications

1. Finance/Accounting degree or equivalent

2. Strong knowledge of local GAAP and US GAAP standards/requirements and main differences

3. Work experience in US GAAP accounting and reporting.

4. Knowledge of the local stat and tax legislation, familiarity with labor and immigration legislation, and ability to work with state authorities.

5. Strong system skills (MS Office including Excel, Smartsheet, Power BI, 1C)

6. Strong organization skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities

7. Ability to communicate complex messages in a clear and succinct manner

8. Proactive, ability to operate effectively on own scope with no or minimal guidance.

9. Ability to challenge processes and implement improved working methods and projects.

10. Ability to look for solutions in complicated work situations.

11. Ability to work under pressure/deadlines

12. Fluent knowledge of English/Russian/Turkmen languages

13. ACCA/CPA qualification is a plus.

Additional Information

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position