Grid Automation & Software, FP&A and Integration Finance Director
GE Vernova • Cambridge, United States • Full Time
Posted on Wed, May 20, 2026
Job Description Summary
The GA&S FP&A Leader is responsible for all financial planning, reporting and analytics for the business/ the entity. This is a unique opportunity to work on two distinct but highly synergistic businesses: Grid Automation ($1.1B revenue) and Grid Software ($0.7B revenue).Serving as a key strategic partner to the CFO and Leadership Team, you will drive operational accountability, champion the GE Vernova Way, and achieve double-digit revenue growth while unlocking significant profitability.
As the FP&A leader you will also serve as the Integration finance leader driving two critical pillars:
1. Business Value Creation: Provide the financial modeling, synergy tracking, and strategic insight required to capture $100M+ in value creation, ensuring the combined $1.8B entity maximizes profitability.
2. Finance Function Integration: As coordinator for GA&S FP&A, you will harmonize financial systems, standardize reporting, and build a unified, high-performing GA&S FP&A team.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Financial Planning & Target Setting: Lead all planning cycles (annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range strategy). Ensure operational targets are clearly defined, cascaded, and owned by functional leaders across the business.
- Performance Forecasting: Drive the quarterly pacing of orders, revenue, contribution margin, base costs, and operating profit. Identify financial gaps early and partner with the business to close them.
- Reporting & Process Ownership: Manage the financial closing process and end-to-end forecasting—from initial data generation to executive-level presentations. Provide the organization with clear, actionable visibility into actuals versus targets.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with Tax and Controllership on income forecasting, ensuring that all financial systems and infrastructure meet strict enterprise compliance and reporting standards.
- Operational Cost & Cash Management: Go beyond traditional FP&A by acting as the hands-on financial operator for a ~$0.5B cost base. Take the lead on daily cost controls, capital allocation, and driving free cash flow generation across the business.
- Team Coaching & Leadership: Lead, coach, and mentor a global FP&A team of 10+ finance professionals. Foster a high-performance culture rooted in the GE Vernova Way, emphasizing lean principles, continuous improvement, and the development of next-generation finance talent.
Qualifications / Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent from an accredited university.
- Minimum 12 years of relevant finance experience, including proven success in a finance leadership role.
- Direct experience in the Grid/Energy industry and/or Software industry.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize effectively and execute concrete action plans under tight deadlines.
- Strategic thinker with established analytical, project management, and organizational skills.
- Exceptional communication and coaching skills, with the ability to influence and lead within a complex, matrixed organization
Desired Characteristics
- Master’s degree in business administration or finance; or CPA preferred.
- Deep understanding of software products, capabilities, and the broader industry landscape.
Familiarity with controllership, accounting, and tax/legal issues (prior controllership assessment experience is a plus).
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $190,000 and $290,000 USD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.
Additional Information
GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
For candidates applying to a U.S. based position only:Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on May 19, 2026.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 Executive Services. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off, and the Restoration Plan, a nonqualified plan with company credits on eligible pay above IRS limits.GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs GE Vernova reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.