Commercial Finance Leader

GE Vernova • Houston, TX

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About The Position

As the Aero Services Commercial Finance Leader, you will be the primary financial architect for the Inquiry-to-Order (ITO) cycle across the worldwide Aero Services portfolio. You are responsible for driving deal velocity and ensuring front-end profitability on a global scale, partnering with international Sales teams and Executive Leadership to structure high-impact service agreements. In this role, you will harmonize commercial finance activities across multiple regions (Poles), moving the organization from fragmented regional approvals to a proactive, standardized global deal-structuring approach. This is an advanced leadership position requiring a global mindset to balance regional market competitiveness with GE Vernova’ worldwide financial discipline. You will report to the Aero Services CFO.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 10 additional years of finance, accounting, or audit experience, preferably within a matrixed global organization.
• Minimum of 5 years in a finance leadership role with experience managing distributed teams.
• Strong understanding of international contract economics and global aero service markets.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred graduate of finance management leadership programs (e.g., FMP, OFLP/CAS, etc.).
• Global Mindset: You have experience navigating the financial and cultural complexities of international business and can influence stakeholders across different regions.
• Strategic Commercial Acumen: You enjoy the challenge of structuring complex, high-value global deals and can solve problems that span multiple jurisdictions.
• Resilience & Agility: You bring robust time management skills and the ability to work under pressure across multiple time zones during critical deal cycles.
• Digital Leadership: You have experience leveraging global data sets and contemporary tools (e.g., PowerBI) to provide a view of global commercial performance.

Responsibilities

• Global ITR Finance Leadership: Provide end-to-end financial leadership for a global commercial pipeline, including multi-regional Long Term Service Agreements (LTSA), Transactional sales.
• Regional Partnership: Form close partnerships with Region GMs and ITR leadership to ensure deal structures are competitive in local markets while adhering to the global commercial strategy
• Global Standardization: Drive the creation and adoption of a standardized "Global Commercial Toolbox" and pricing frameworks to ensure consistency in how we quote customers from Singapore to Houston.
• Complex Deal Modeling: Own and evolve financial models for global accounts, managing the complexities of multi-currency (FX) strategies, international tax/billing considerations, and cross-border risk.
• Global DOA Governance: Act as the primary gatekeeper for the global commercial Delegation of Authority (DOA), ensuring all deals meet segment-wide profitability and risk thresholds.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with the Global Fulfillment and Risk Finance Leader to validate that quoted cost assumptions (inflation, parts yields, and local labor rates) are accurate for the specific region of execution.
• Strategic Advisory: Provide expert financial counsel to Global GMs on market positioning, competitor pricing benchmarks, and geopolitical risks affecting the commercial portfolio.
• Transformation Excellence: Lead global initiatives to automate the "As Sold vs. As Executed" feedback loop, ensuring data from one region improves pricing accuracy for the entire global business.
• Global Team Development: Lead and develop a diverse team across different time zones, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.

Benefits

• GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.
• Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive