[Hiring] Power Sensing & Regulation CFO @GE Vernova

Role Description

The Power Sensing & Regulation CFO will serve as the strategic finance partner to the PSR Leader, reporting directly to the Global Power Transmission CFO. The business brings together Power Transmission Power Quality Products (PQP), Instrument Transformers (ITR), Bushings, Voltage Regulators and Prolec Components. This leader will drive profitable growth, margin improvement and cash generation across the combined portfolio.

The CFO will establish a consistent financial operating framework across these businesses, aligning planning, reporting and performance management while supporting their distinct market and operational needs. Working closely with Commercial, Operations, Engineering and integration teams, the role will strengthen product profitability, manufacturing performance and investment discipline, while developing the finance organization and advancing standardization and automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Set strategy and own results.
• Work with the PS&R Leader to build and deliver business plans. Own the profit and loss (P&L) statement, the balance sheet and free cash flow across businesses, regions and sites.
• Build one finance framework.
• Bring consistent reporting, planning, controls and performance measures to the combined businesses. Align them with Power Transmission standards. Help identify and deliver integration synergies, and confirm their benefits and costs.
• Plan and forecast with clarity.
• Lead long-term planning, budgeting and forecasting. Link market demand, orders, backlog, production capacity and resources to financial outcomes.
• Drive performance and profitability.
• Run operating reviews by business, product and site, and make sure gaps lead to quick action. Build product and customer profitability insights on pricing, mix and cost competitiveness. Work with Commercial teams on pricing, tenders and contract terms that protect margin, cash and risk.
• Improve cost and factory performance.
• Work with Operations, Engineering and Sourcing to lower costs through material savings, product standardization, labor efficiency and Lean (waste-reduction) projects. Turn factory loading, labor use, output and delivery results into financial actions. Spot execution risks early.
• Free up cash and invest wisely.
• Lead improvements in inventory, work in progress, billing, overdue receivables and supplier payment terms. Review capital spending, capacity expansion and product development with sound business cases.
• Lead people and simplify the work.
• Keep reporting accurate and compliant, in partnership with Controllership. Simplify finance processes, and expand automation and analytics. Grow the PS&R finance team, clarify roles, and build strong ties across legacy organizations, sites and Power Transmission finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related discipline, with substantial progressive finance experience and demonstrated leadership of business or operational finance teams.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive finance experience, including leading business or operational finance teams.
• Experience supporting an industrial manufacturing business, ideally with several products, sites or business units.
• Skills in P&L management, balance sheet controls, financial planning and cash generation.
• Operational finance skills: product costing, manufacturing productivity, inventory, capacity planning and capital investment.
• Commercial finance skills: pricing, product profitability, tender evaluation and contract risk.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in electrical equipment or components.
• Experience integrating acquired businesses, aligning finance processes across different systems, and improving processes through standardization, automation and data.
• Ability to influence leaders across functions and regions, and to explain how pricing, volume, mix and productivity affect results.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits including the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions.
• Access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Tuition assistance.
• Adoption assistance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Disability benefits.
• Life insurance.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Permissive time off.