Cash FP&A Leader Job in Kenya - GE Healthcare

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Lead the cash flow planning and analysis function, ensuring accurate and timely cash forecasting and reporting.
  • Develop and execute strategic initiatives to optimize collections processes and reduce Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) across all customer segments.
  • Drive forecasting accuracy improvement, and ensure zones are accountable for delivering on targets & forecasts, with clear visibility on variances
  • Centralize reporting, forecasting & analysis to ensure reviews with zones focused on operational performance and actions
  • Cultivate strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including zone cash leaders & CFOs, and Operations teams, to facilitate timely resolution of customer disputes and billing inquiries.
  • Conduct regular reviews of cash flow forecasts and variance analysis, identifying root causes of variances and implementing corrective actions as needed.
  • Leverage technology solutions to streamline collections forecasting and improve efficiency & predictability.
  • Analyze working capital metrics and identify opportunities for improvement, such as reducing inventory levels, optimizing payment terms, and accelerating cash conversion cycles.
  • Partner with Healthcare Financial Services to improve visibility on funding solutions impact, and implement working capital improvement projects, driving process efficiencies and maximizing cash flow.

  • Prepare and present to Senior leadership financial reports related to collections, working capital, and cash flow to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Provide regular updates and insights to Senior management on key performance indicators (KPIs) related to collections & billing effectiveness, and working capital efficiency.
  • Collaborate with Finance and Accounting teams to ensure accurate and timely reporting  metrics and performance.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance processes, streamline workflows, and improve overall efficiency.
  • Lead change management efforts to ensure successful adoption of new processes and technologies within the cash function.

Desired Characteristics:

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration with relevant accounting background
  • Strong previous experience in finance cash management, controllership, Financial planning & analysis
  • Big picture thinking/creative problem solving ability to identify roadblocks, connect the dots to find solutions
  • Excellent communication skills: experience working across different levels (incl C-suite); able to synthesize complexity and communicate concisely verbally and on power point.
  • Effective people management skills and an ability to influence in a matrix and indirect organization
  • Highly organized, self-starter with a sense of urgency in a fast paced environment to balance multiple priorities and possess high accountability to deadlines and results
  • Strong analytic skills & precision with numbers: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change
  • Solid excel skills: experience with financial modeling
  • Integrity: Accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Graduate of GE’s Financial Management Program (FMP)
  • Operation Financial Leadership Program (OFLP) or Corporate Audit Staff (CAS); or graduate of other financial leadership programs Financial acumen
  • Preferably in the Healthcare industry
  • Matured Leadership : strong influencing skills across business functions;
  • Confidence to approach all levels of management and staff and facilitate necessary dialogue
  • Adaptable/Flexible: ability to deal with high level of work stress due to deadlines and open to change in response to unexpected/ambiguous situations
  • High understanding of GEHC financial and commercial processes

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