Legal Entity Governance – Global Operations Specialist

GE Vernova • Washington, DC

1d • $87,200 - $130,800 • Remote

About The Position

The Global Legal Entity Governance Operations Specialist will partner closely with the Global Lead (based in Washington D.C.) to drive operational excellence across our legal entity governance program. This role leads tool onboarding and data migration, serves as internal admin for the governance platform, ensures data integrity, supports budgeting and continuous improvement (Lean) initiatives, and delivers efficient, scalable processes for our global legal, tax, treasury and finance stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, law, finance, information systems, or a related field (J.D. or legal background is a plus but not required).
• 5-8 years of relevant experience in legal operations, entity governance, program / project management, or process improvement.
• Strong experience with tool implementation/data migration (system onboarding, administration).
• Demonstrated experience driving continuous improvement and process optimization (Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen).
• Solid budgeting and financial monitoring experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across global/matrixed environments.
• Strong analytical mindset, comfortable working with metrics, dashboards, data integrity.
• Ability to multi-task, manage changing priorities, deliver in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong quality-control mindset and exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong collaborator with the ability to build trusted relationships in a matrixed global environment.

Nice To Haves

• Proven track record working within legal entity governance, entity management or corporate compliance environment.
• Familiarity with entity management/governance systems or tools (e.g., entity management software).
• Experience working globally, with cross-jurisdictional knowledge and cultural sensitivity.
• Self-starter with a mindset of ownership, simplification and execution — i.e., someone who can “get it done”, drive clarity, cut through complexity.
• Passion for process, continuous improvement, simplification, and meaningful impact.

Responsibilities

• Support onboarding of a new legal-entity governance system.
• Serve as internal administrator of the governance tool: user access, permissions, training materials, user support.
• Ensure a “single source of truth” - data integrity, validation and reconciliation of entity data (structures, board/officer data, filings).
• Generate and distribute periodic reports to governance, legal and business stakeholders.
• Embed Lean principles into the governance team’s processes and implement process standardization, digitalization, and automation.
• Own strategic projects to improve operational metrics (cycle times, error rates, user adoption, cost avoidance).
• Design and maintain governance dashboards, KPIs and management reporting to senior leadership.
• Support annual budgeting process for the legal entity governance function: forecast, create budget requests, partner with finance for approvals and tracking.
• Monitor ongoing expenditures and budget performance; report variances and propose corrective actions.
• Maintain and manage vendor relations, tool licenses and cost allocations related to governance operations.
• Act as operational liaison to global teams (legal, tax, treasury, controllership, technology) to execute governance tasks, escalate issues and drive timely resolution.
• Provide training, communications and tool-user onboarding for internal customers and business-users globally.
• Support governance lead in preparing senior-executive level materials, status updates, and change-management communications.

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 resources and financial planning consultants
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• paid parental leave
• disability benefits
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• permissive time off

What This Job Offers

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