Senior Finance Manager
Job Summary
GE Vernova's Electrification Software organization is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to support Services Transformation within the Grid Software business. The role involves partnering with Product Management, Engineering, and commercial teams to shape business strategy for the GridOS software portfolio. The ideal candidate will lead financial operations for a global multi-billion dollar portfolio, focusing on grid modernization and capital allocation.
Responsibilities
- Develop long-term product and regional financial strategies.
- Optimize capital allocation and product investment.
- Drive pricing discipline and ROIC-based decision making.
- Improve profitability analytics across products and projects.
Required Skills
- 10+ years operational/commercial finance experience
- Expertise in CMR and ASC 606 accounting
- Strong leadership in cross-functional industrial/tech environments
- Financial modeling and project management skills
Job Details
### Essential Responsibilities
- Drive software-led business and regional strategy: Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Regional GMs, Strategy, and Services delivery teams to develop long-term product and regional strategies that support growth.
- Optimize product investment: Benchmark product investment as a percentage of revenue against external comparables to support investment optimization and identify the right balance of capital allocation.
- Strengthen delivery accountability: Partner with Product, Engineering, and system integrator partners to drive on-time delivery with the required quality and service-level performance.
- Establish governance for future orders: Define governance and decision rules for roadmap commitments and develop processes to evaluate pricing bids tied to delivery obligations.
- Support resource location strategy: Partner with HR, Product Leadership, and R&D Finance to optimize the cost mix and location strategy for resources.
- Drive pricing and capital allocation discipline: Lead the development of pricing review frameworks and support Product Management in applying ROIC-based investment principles.
- Enable prioritization of customer commitments: Improve processes for identifying product dependencies across projects to reduce liquidated damages and avoid revenue leakage.
- Enhance profitability analytics: Develop profitability views by product, customer, and project to support growth and expand gross margin.
### Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.
- 10+ years of Operational Finance experience, including CMR and 606 accounting, or Commercial Finance experience.
- 10+ years of progressive finance leadership in global industrial or technology industries.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional operating cadences aligning Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and Go-To-Market leaders.