Senior Finance Leader, Portfolio Projects

GE Vernova, Inc.; Oakbrook Terrace (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. is seeking a Portfolio Projects Finance Leader to oversee finance support for Electrical Power Transmission project portfolios in the NAM region. This role partners with project management, operations, and commercial teams to drive execution and financial performance across a large backlog.

The position provides functional leadership for project finance, ensuring consistency in reviews, forecasting rigor, and disciplined financial governance across portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the finance leader across multiple Electrical Power Transmission project portfolios in the NAM region
• Partner with project management, operations, commercial teams, factories, and customer-facing teams to drive strong execution and financial performance across the portfolio landscape
• Drive portfolio profitability, margin performance, cash generation, and working capital improvement
• Lead portfolio-level financial reviews, including forecasting, budgeting, risk and opportunity assessments, and action planning
• Consolidate, challenge, and improve project and portfolio forecasts to ensure accurate visibility to revenue, cost, margin, and cash outcomes
• Provide financial leadership and business insight to support operational decision-making, portfolio decisions

Job description

Job Description Summary

We are seeking a Portfolio Projects Finance Leader to lead finance support across multiple Electrical Power Transmission project portfolios in the NAM region. This role will serve as a key finance partner to business and operations leadership, driving portfolio profitability, cash flow generation, execution discipline, and financial visibility across a large and complex backlog.

The role requires a strong combination of financial expertise, operational partnership, and cross-functional leadership. The successful candidate will provide portfolio-level oversight of project financial performance, strengthen forecasting and governance processes, identify risks and opportunities early, and help drive actions that improve margin, cash conversion, and overall portfolio outcomes.

This role also provides functional leadership across project finance activities, ensuring consistency in financial reviews, forecasting rigor, performance management, and financial discipline across the portfolios.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the finance leader across multiple Electrical Power Transmission project portfolios in the NAM region
• Partner with project management, operations, commercial teams, factories, and customer-facing teams to drive strong execution and financial performance across the portfolio landscape
• Drive portfolio profitability, margin performance, cash generation, and working capital improvement
• Lead portfolio-level financial reviews, including forecasting, budgeting, risk and opportunity assessments, and action planning
• Consolidate, challenge, and improve project and portfolio forecasts to ensure accurate visibility to revenue, cost, margin, and cash outcomes
• Provide financial leadership and business insight to support operational decision-making, portfolio