Commercial Finance Leader, Heavy Duty New Units

GE Vernova•Schenectady, NY

About The Position

The Commercial Finance Leader – Heavy Duty New Units will be the senior finance partner to the commercial organization, helping shape disciplined growth in a fast-moving business where commercial performance is a visible marker of enterprise execution and investor confidence. This role will help the business keep pace with strong market demand while anticipating commercial, financial, and execution risks before they materialize. The leader will bring rigor to deal economics, customer commitments, risk-adjusted decision-making, and performance forecasting, while enabling the organization to continue capturing market opportunities with speed and discipline. The ideal candidate brings deep commercial finance experience in the energy or power generation sector, strong judgment in complex deal environments, and a proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams. They must be comfortable operating at both a strategic enterprise level and a detailed transaction level, moving seamlessly from portfolio choices and market priorities to specific deal risks, economics, and resolutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, or related field
Significant progressive experience in commercial finance, deal support, FP&A, business finance, or related finance leadership roles
Demonstrated experience supporting complex commercial transactions, customer negotiations, or large capital equipment / project-based opportunities
Experience in the energy, power generation, industrial, infrastructure, or similarly complex long-cycle business environment
Strong financial modeling, forecasting, business case evaluation, and risk assessment capabilities
Proven ability to communicate financial and commercial risks clearly, practically, and decision-oriented to senior leaders
Track record of building, leading, and developing high-performing teams
Ability to operate simultaneously at a strategic enterprise level and at a detailed transaction level

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, CFA, or equivalent advanced finance qualification
Deep commercial finance experience in power generation, energy, large capital equipment, infrastructure, or complex industrial markets
Experience with long-cycle orders, customer commitments, contract economics, and portfolio prioritization
Background in contract structuring, risk reviews, pricing strategy, or enterprise approval processes
Strong background in scenario planning, market analytics, and executive-level decision support
Experience operating in a global, matrixed environment with senior stakeholders across functions and regions

Responsibilities

Lead the commercial finance agenda for new unit opportunities, ensuring clear evaluation of value, profitability, cash profile, risk exposure, and execution readiness.
Partner with commercial and business leadership to support growth choices, customer strategy, and portfolio prioritization with strong financial insight.
Bring discipline to deal reviews, approval recommendations, and investment decisions while enabling speed and responsiveness in a competitive market.
Translate commercial pipeline dynamics into actionable financial views for leadership, including risks, opportunities, sensitivities, and trade-offs.
Ensure commercial finance processes support sustainable growth, strong execution quality, and long-term value creation.
Anticipate commercial, financial, customer, contractual, and execution risks early in the opportunity lifecycle and ensure they are reflected in recommendations and decisions.
Develop risk-adjusted views of deal economics and help leadership evaluate downside scenarios, mitigation options, and decision paths.
Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure appropriate deal structure, financial protections, and execution assumptions.
Monitor portfolio-level risk trends and proactively escalate emerging issues, concentration risks, and material changes in market or execution conditions.
Drive post-decision learning to continuously improve bid quality, deal discipline, and commercial finance effectiveness.
Provide finance leadership on portfolio prioritization, ensuring commercial choices are grounded in value, profitability, cash generation, strategic importance, and execution readiness.
Support leadership decisions on customer commitments, capacity trade-offs, opportunity timing, and resource allocation without disclosing sensitive internal constraints externally.
Build decision frameworks that balance growth ambition with risk discipline, customer value, execution feasibility, and enterprise outcomes.
Partner across commercial, product, supply chain, operations, legal, and finance teams to resolve trade-offs and enable timely decisions.
Maintain a forward-looking view of demand, conversion, readiness, and performance to support the business in capturing market share responsibly.
Lead financial planning and analysis for the commercial funnel, including orders outlook, profitability, cash profile, pipeline conversion, and key commercial performance indicators.
Translate market demand, customer activity, and opportunity progression into clear financial forecasts and executive insights.
Drive high-quality operating rhythms, including forecast reviews, variance analysis, scenario modeling, and performance reporting.
Partner with business leadership to identify actions that improve deal quality, profitability, cash conversion, and execution confidence.
Provide concise, CFO-level reporting on performance drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
Act as a strategic finance partner to commercial and business leadership while maintaining independent judgment, financial rigor, and strong governance discipline.
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing commercial finance team with clear priorities, strong operating mechanisms, and a culture of accountability.
Create an environment that combines speed, transparency, challenge, and collaboration in support of high-quality decision-making.
Influence across functions and levels, including senior leadership, while remaining close enough to the details to help resolve specific deal and execution topics.
Continuously improve commercial finance tools, analytics, processes, and decision support to match the pace and scale of the business.

Benefits

medical
dental
vision
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
GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
access to Fidelity Executive Services
tuition assistance
adoption assistance
paid parental leave
disability benefits
life insurance
12 paid holidays
permissive time off
Restoration Plan, a nonqualified plan with company credits on eligible pay above IRS limits