Pricing Leader - GENERAL ELECTRIC

 Job Description

This Senior Financial Planning and Analysis role will oversee the Global Business Services (GBS) SSA Headcount, pricing and productivity. By aggregating these three dimensions, the person will have a full wing to wing overview of the financial dynamics. The candidate will be responsible for collecting, analyzing and evaluating data on products, costs, and markets to support development and presentation of appropriate pricing strategy.
Responsibility

• Leading planning cycles, including preparing and analyzing estimates for OP (operating plan/budget), GPB (growth playbook), and S2 (1 year plan) in terms of headcount, revenue and productivity for the organization.
• Lead the pricing function in a diverse organization with multiple large and complex pricing proposals.
• Coordinate with businesses to ensure regular customer feedback is incorporated into pricing policies through surveys, focus groups or other means.
• Drive pricing consistency across businesses.
• Liaise with tax and transfer pricing specialists within the global transfer pricing alliance
• Maintains product knowledge and regularly monitors industry pricing practices; particularly for major competitors and distributors.
• Understands value position of products against competition, competing alternatives, and internal product offering.
• Leading & coordinating monthly and quarterly reviews of key metrics between the centers, customers and GBS leadership.
• Performing quarterly reporting package- identifying risks and opportunities throughout the quarter and developing processes to mitigate risks
• Automating and simplifying processes to increase productivity and interest of the role
• Working closely with the FP&A manager to support ad-hoc projects
• Providing continuous coaching to interns & finance FMPs
• Maintaining a data warehouse where reports and analysis are available

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance / Marketing / Business Administration or other fields (Master’s Degree preferred)
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) / Chartered Accountant (ACCA) Minimum of 4-5 years of financial work experience Strong analytical skills, able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change Strong Excel proficiency in data compilation and aggregation (e.g. pivot tables, VLookup, Macros) Adaptable/flexible: open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or ambiguous situations

Desirable

• Strong compliance, controllership and process focus/mindset .
• Abilities to conduct research, perform data analysis, develop logical conclusions and prepare recommendations.
• Demonstrated skill to clearly analyze financial data, generate alternatives and provide negotiation support.
• Demonstrated skill to clearly assess financial impact of business actions, recommend and implement strategy.
• Strong Financial background with prior knowledge of pricing metrics. 
• Solid understanding of accounting principles. 
• Strong track record of working collaboratively to tackle cross-functional issues. 
• Leadership and influence skills for all levels of the business. 
• Results oriented with strong sense of accountability; prioritizes and effectively controls key milestones. 
• Proactiveness and responsiveness to internal customer needs. 
• Confidence / Assertiveness: possess influencing skills across business functions; confidence to approach business leaders with difficult messages and defend position. 
• Excellent Communication skills: experience working across multiple levels (including executive level), functions and regions; able to clearly communicate complex financial information in a easy to understand manner; able to deliver message effectively verbally and in writing.

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