Lead Operational Controller

Company Overview:

Are you ready to see your career take flight? At GE Aerospace, we believe the world works better when it flies. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. We have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen.

Site Overview:

For more than 40 years, our advanced facilities in Singapore have led aerospace innovation across the Asia Pacific region. From automating processes to leveraging smart factory technologies, robotics, and additive manufacturing, GE Aerospace is shaping the future of aviation. Responsible for more than 60% of our global repair volume, our Singapore site is the largest site for engine component maintenance, repair and overhaul work. We can’t do this work without talented people like you.

Join us and be part of our journey to innovate and excel in the aerospace industry.

Role Overview:

• Shared Service Focal: Lead collaboration with Business and remote Finance teams to drive high service performance for Invoice to Cash, Buy to Pay and Payroll functions ensuring controllership, cashflow and operational needs are met in a timely and compliant manner.

• Statutory & Compliance: Focal person for Annual Statutory Audit, Tax & GST filings, coordinating with global accounting resources to ensure all statutory timelines are met on time and compliantly. 

• Accounting policy and application: Support general accounting and the application of accounting policies for areas such as revenue recognition, leases, receivables/payables, intercompany, etc., ensuring compliance with GE Aerospace GAP, Operating Policies & Procedures, Enterprise Standards, US GAAP and FRS.

• Month-end closing: Support closing activities, proactively identifying, escalating and resolving issues with the relevant support functions in a timely manner.

• Cashflow Forecast: Lead cash flow forecasting and reporting process for key balance sheet accounts, delivering on cash flow metrics and providing insights to support decision making.

• Treasury: Manage Bank and Treasury matters with the Centralized Treasury team, including cashflow forecasting needs for the business.

• SAP Project Implementation: Actively engage with the business Finance team, offsite extended Finance support, cross-functional stakeholders and IT/Digital/SAP team to support change management and adoption of SAP processes.

•  Government Grant: Support and ensure accurate accounting and compliance to government grant accounting 

• Controllership initiatives: Support to drive controllership synergy and lead process improvement initiatives using Lean/FLIGHT DECK principles to enhance accuracy, reduce workload and lead time.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a collaborative finance professional who ensures accurate accounting and rigorous compliance with GE Aerospace and local statutory requirements, partners closely with HQ, remote Finance and cross-functional teams to sustain a strong control environment and leads high-impact controllership and process improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of working experience previously gained from big 4 or second tier accounting firm, coupled with hands-on operational controllership experience in industrial/manufacturing business 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting

• Professional accounting qualification with CPA or CA preferred.

• Experience with SAP project implementation will be an advantage

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong controllership and compliance mindset with high level of integrity

• Proficient in SAP Finance modules 

• Knowledge and application of IFRS and US GAAP

• Ability to partner effectively across diverse and cross-functional team to deliver business expectations

• Structured, clear thinker with strong planning and execution skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills, with experience managing relationships in a complex matrix environment with both local and virtual teams.

• Strong oral and written communication skills 

At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate.