ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS MANAGER (M/F/D)

<h1><span class="emphasis-3"><b><b><b>Job Description Summary</b></b></b></span></h1>This role is the driver of the global statutory reporting framework. The Statutory Reporting &amp; Data Excellence Specialist ensures that the underlying statutory data, processes, and templates are robust, cleaned, and standardized to support an intelligent, automated production environment. This role owns the end-to-end integrity of the process: identifying data quality and integrity gaps, resolving process inconsistencies across legal entities, standardizing inputs and templates, and translating business requirements into specifications that support AI and automation. This is a core delivery role within the Statutory Center of Excellence (CoE), reporting to the CoE Leader. The person in this seat owns the end-to-end health and ongoing evolution of the statutory ecosystem, ensuring consistent, high-quality data inputs and reliable solutions across all phases of the reporting lifecycle.<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h1><span class="emphasis-3"><b>Job Description</b></span></h1><p><b>Key Responsibilities</b></p><ul><li>Conduct foundation readiness assessments by legal entity / country: data quality, chart-of-accounts mapping, trial balance structure, and source-system gaps.</li><li>Perform hands-on data cleanup and normalization of statutory source data (COA mapping, TB tagging, master data alignment) ahead of automation waves.</li><li>Document current-state process maps and standard work (feeding Value Stream Mapping) for statutory filing production and Stat-to-GAAP (S2G) reconciliation.</li><li>Identify, size, and prioritize standardization opportunities using an effort-vs-impact lens, based on guidance provided by the CoE Leader.</li><li>Partner with in-scope regional statutory teams to gather requirements, validate data readiness, and resolve entity-specific complexities.</li><li>Translate readiness findings and standardized templates into clear, automation-ready requirements and specification documents for the AI/ML Specialist and Automation Developer roles.</li><li>Track readiness KPIs (entities assessed, exceptions resolved, templates standardized) and report progress and roadblocks to CoE leadership and the Steering Committee.</li><li>Support pilot and scale waves of the two core AI solutions — AI-assisted financial statement production and automated S2G adjustments — by ensuring clean, standardized inputs are in place ahead of each wave.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Required Qualifications</b></p><ul><li>Should be part of ELEC Statutory reporting teams</li><li><span>Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field</span></li><li>Solid experience in statutory reporting, controllership, or finance transformation and experience in ELEC statutory reporting</li><li>Strong data analysis skills (advanced Excel required; exposure to Power BI, or similar a plus).</li><li>Strong experience &amp; knowledge in Electrification statutory processes</li><li>Experience working across multi-country / multi-entity finance operations.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to document processes and standard work (process mapping / VSM experience preferred).</li><li>Comfortable working at the boundary between controllership/statutory teams and the technical/automation team — able to translate statutory process knowledge into clear requirements for the AI/RPA specialists to build, without having to write the code themselves.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Preferred Qualifications</b></p><ul><li>Prior exposure to GE Vernova (or comparable) statutory processes, Oracle FCC, or similar consolidation/ERP systems.</li><li>Working knowledge of RPA or AI concepts sufficient to translate business requirements into technical specifications.</li><li>Prior coding or scripting experience (e.g., Python, VBA, Power BI/DAX, Alteryx, UiPath, or similar RPA tools) is a plus, along with familiarity with AI agent workflows.</li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h1><span class="emphasis-3"><b><b><b>Additional Information</b></b></b></span></h1><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:left"><b>Relocation Assistance Provided: </b>No</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>#LI-Remote - This is a remote position<p></p><p></p>