Senior Finance Leader – Defense & Systems Income FP&A

GE Aerospace•Boston, MA

1d•$160,000 - $210,000

About The Position

This position is a core member of the Defense & Systems FP&A team, responsible for managing all income statement related activities for the business, with direct ownership of the Defense Income Statement. This role will be required to partner cross-functionally and across the division to drive effective standard work for income, orders, and overall financial strategy support for business. This role is a critical partner in improving linkage to our operational plans, external market connection, and continued process improvement leveraging FLIGHT DECK. This individual will support implementing processes and procedures to develop and maintain a “best-in-class" planning and analysis organization while continuing to increase effectiveness and streamline processes. They must be an effective team player, able to work well across the business. They will partner with the business teams and D&S Income/Strategy leader to seek opportunities to enhance the linkage between strategic and financial plans, develop tools to improve the overall FP&A function, leverage technology, advance analytics, AI, and drive efficiencies. This position will support providing timely, actionable, and robust information and analysis, partnering closely with the extended D&S FP&A team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college and 5+ years of relevant finance experience
Strong analytical problem-solving skills
Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment

Nice To Haves

Experience working with government entities (budgets, pools)
Strong financial acumen
Experience in financial planning & analysis
Planning and reporting acumen
Strong project management skills
Experience within a FLIGHT DECK operating model
Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills with varying levels of management
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
Strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to lead, create and execute concrete action plans

Responsibilities

Own income statement related activities for the Defense business, including margin analysis, price, profitability, orders, standard DRs, closing, and reporting
Support the strategy leader in driving connection between operational and financial performance across the D&S business, including synthesizing information for total business reviews (MORs, Wraps, BoD, external IR content support)
Lead income statement activities for the long-term Defense & Systems financial strategy processes
Improve forecast linkage to external government funding, emerging business investments and initiatives, and government budget updates
Manage Defense financial construct model, including translation of OOT to Financial Construct as well as target alignment actions
Own and implement “best in class” standard work for all income statement reporting and planning processes used to project, forecast, and analyze the business.
Advance the leverage of technology and AI to find a “better way” to achieve FP&A and finance processes; also ensure that finance technology is fully optimized.
Role-modeling critical thinking and creative problem solving to anticipate business trends/events, understand root causes, develop true business insights, and drive forward- looking decision making.
Work relentlessly to reduce forecast lead time, establish more visibility into data, and elevate the business systems.
Improve flow of process through forecasting, closing, and reporting cycles through development and continuous improvement of standard work
Partner across D&S Businesses to build process rigor and improvements, ultimately scaling use of AI and analytics to reduce non-value added efforts

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and wellbeing
Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
Access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
Access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants
Tuition assistance
Adoption assistance
Paid parental leave
Disability insurance
Life insurance
Paid time-off for vacation or illness
Relocation Assistance Provided