Finance Manager - Financial Planning & Analysis - Operations

Baker Hughes Company; London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Additional benefits

Job summary

Baker Hughes Company is seeking an experienced Finance Manager, FP&A Operations to partner with senior leaders and drive financial performance across planning and forecasting cycles. You will translate data into actionable insights and lead KPI development to improve profitability and cash flow.

You will steer financial modelling, scenario analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver strategic value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or related discipline.
• Progressive FP&A, Commercial Finance, or Operational Finance experience in global/complex organization.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and performance management.
• Ability to partner with senior leaders, challenge constructively and influence decisions.
• Ability to translate complex financial and operational information into actionable insights.
• Strong analytical and financial modelling capabilities to identify drivers of performance.
• Experience with SAP and Oracle, plus strong Excel and data analysis skills.
• Right to work in the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and functional leaders to drive financial performance and profitability.
• Lead long-range, medium-range planning and annual operating plans and forecasting.
• Analyse financial and operational performance to identify trends and opportunities and translate into recommendations.
• Develop and monitor KPIs to provide visibility into performance and profitability.
• Drive risk and opportunity management with mitigation actions.
• Support strategic decision-making with financial modelling and scenario analysis.
• Drive FP&A process improvements, reporting, forecasting, and automation.
• Collaborate across Finance and other functions to deliver business objectives.
• Communicate performance and recommendations to senior leaders clearly.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Budgeting

Strategic partnering

Data-driven insights

Financial modelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Excel

Job description

Finance Manager (FP&A Operations) Are you an experienced finance professional with a passion for turning data into business insight? Do you enjoy partnering with leaders to drive performance, profitability, and strategic decision-making? Partner with the best Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company serving energy and industrial customers in more than 120 countries. Built on over a century of innovation, the company provides advanced products, services, and digital solutions that support efficient, safe, and lower‑carbon energy operations. Its portfolio spans oilfield services and equipment, turbomachinery, industrial technologies, and emerging energy transition solutions such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and emissions management. Baker Hughes continues to help customers meet the world’s evolving energy needs through technology leadership, operational excellence, and a strong commitment to sustainability.

Fuel your passion

As Finance Manager, FP&A Operations, you will be a key finance partner to business and functional leaders, helping to drive financial performance and informed decision-making. You will lead financial planning, forecasting and performance analysis, translating financial and operational data into actionable insights. The role will have a strong focus on profitability, cash flow, operational performance, risk and opportunity management, and long-term value creation. You will also play a key role in strengthening financial discipline, drive processes improvement, and supporting strategic initiatives across the organization. As a Finance Manager, you will be responsible for: Partnering with business and functional leaders to drive financial performance, improve profitability and deliver positive cash flow. Leading key financial planning cycles, including long-range planning, medium-range planning, annual operating plans and forecasting. Analysing financial and operational performance to identify trends, performance drivers, risks and opportunities, and translating these into clear recommendations. Developing and monitoring meaningful KPIs that provide visibility to business performance and support improved profitability, productivity and cash generation. Driving effective risk and opportunity management, working with leaders to develop and execute appropriate mitigation and improvement actions. Supporting strategic decision-making through financial modelling, scenario analysis and evaluation of business initiatives. Driving continuous improvement in FP&A processes, reporting, forecasting and financial analysis, including opportunities to improve efficiency through digital tools and automation. Collaborating across Finance and other functions to improve financial performance, strengthen operating discipline and deliver business objectives. Communicating financial performance and recommendations clearly and effectively to senior leaders and key stakeholders. Lead, coach, and develop the FP&A team, setting clear priorities, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring the successful delivery of financial planning, forecasting, and reporting activities.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold a Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline from an accredited university or college.
• Have progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Commercial Finance, or Operational Finance ideally within a complex, global or operationally focused organization.
• Confident in experience of budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial analysis and performance management.
• Demonstrate the ability to partner effectively with senior business leaders, challenge constructively and influence decision-making.
• Have a proven ability to translate complex financial and operational information into clear, actionable business insights.
• Demonstrate strong analytical and financial modelling capabilities, with the ability to identify the key drivers behind business performance.
• Have experience working with enterprise financial systems such as SAP and Oracle, along with strong Excel and data analysis capabilities.
• Able to provide evidence of the right to work in the United Kingdom.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns: One of our core values as a business is collaboration and, as such, whilst flexible work options are available, we believe there is a great benefit of having our teams co-located in one of our many offices.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input.

Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Finance Manager - FP&A Operations

At Baker Hughes, we are transforming the future of energy. With operations in over 120 countries, we are developing and deploying industry-leading technologies and services to take energy forward. For more than a century, our inventions have revolutionized energy. Today, we are bringing our expertise to make oil and gas safer, cleaner, and more efficient. Our people are the trusted experts, relied on to solve customer challenges big and small. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other. We believe in creating an environment of diversity and inclusion, without bias. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We're makers, inventors, and leaders who aren't afraid of the tough challenges. We believe pushing boundaries will help to lead the way for a new energy future.