Senior Financial Accounting Analyst
Posted on: 22 Mar 2022
Detroit, MI
Job Description
Description
The Senior Financial Accounting Analyst will service as a Strategic Business Partner, bringing timely and insightful decisions to all strategic and tactical matters as they related to SEC requirements, accounting, audit/SOX compliance and financial analyses, leveraging financial systems and processes that increase clarity, improve efficiency, shorten decision cycle times, and reinforce financial integrity and accountability.
- Monitor and report FASB activities to identify changes in existing guidance that will have an impact on GM’s financial statements.
- Participate in FASB outreach, industry groups, and Big 4 roundtable activities; facilitate process for correspondence with the FASB through Comment Letter submission.
- Research, interpret, and document all new accounting standards and how each applies to GM as well as comply with external 10-Q/10-K reporting requirements.
- Participate in M&A and other business development activities and identifying accounting issues with a global viewpoint and a focus on risk.
- Develop or coordinate transaction impact assessments from a financial documents standpoint.
Additional Description
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business
MBA or Masters of Science degree in business field (preferred)
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA) (preferred)
Public accounting firm experience (preferred)
Knowledge and experience working with global ledger systems and business processes
Demonstrated ability to work and lead with minimal supervision on unstructured assignments and identify process improvements
Identify, interpret and analyze potential accounting risks and issues
Understanding of and ability to apply accounting and financial reporting standards (GAAP)
Willing to take on additional responsibilities, attend training, and learn new technical skills
Ability to collaborate with business, IT, and data analysis resources to capture, prioritize and document solution requirements, and drive measurable results
Desired Skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Complex problem solving and analytical abilities
Ability to take a strategic, transformational point of view on the position
Passion for innovation, automation, and technology
Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated commitment to teamwork and partnerships
Understanding of (or interest in learning) data structure, data interfaces and how data flows from source systems to the consolidation system to the forecasting systems
Experience with (or interest in learning) HFM, SAP, Power BI, KNIME, and/or Robotics Process Automation
General Motors
Detroit, MI
We envision a future of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion, and we have committed ourselves to leading the way toward this future.
General Motors has been pushing the limits of transportation and technology for over 100 years. Today, we are in the midst of a transportation revolution. And we have the ambition, the talent and the technology to realize the safer, better and more sustainable world we want.
As an open, inclusive company, we’re also creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued for who they are. One team, where all ideas are considered and heard, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential, with a culture based in respect, integrity, accountability and equality.
Our team brings wide-ranging perspectives and experiences to solving the complex transportation challenges of today and tomorrow.
Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, GM is:
Over 180,000 people
Serving 6 continents
Across 23 time zones
Speaking 70 languages
At General Motors, innovation is our north star. As the first automotive company to mass-produce an affordable electric car, and the first to develop an electric starter and air bags, GM has always pushed the limits of engineering.
GM is the only company with a fully integrated solution to produce self-driving vehicles at scale.
We are committed to an all-electric future.
2.6 billion EV miles have been driven by drivers of five GM electrified models, including the Chevrolet Bolt EV.
Our future depends on responsible stewardship of the earth, and we continually seek creative and innovative solutions for the environment. Our policies and technologies promote a cleaner planet from supply chain to manufacturing to the vehicles we put on the road.
Across 14 recent new-vehicle launches, we’ve trimmed an average of 357 pounds per vehicle, saving 35 million gallons of gasoline and avoiding 312,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year.
Today, our vehicle manufacturing process has the lowest environmental footprint in our history, thanks to steady progress toward achieving our 2020 operational commitments to reduce energy, carbon, water and waste intensity.
We are General Motors. We transformed how the world moved through the last century. And we’re determined to do it again as we redefine mobility to serve our customers and shareholders and solve societal challenges.
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IndustryAutomotive
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No. of Employees173,000
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