Sr Finance Manager 3 - Product Cost

Y99000 General Electric Company; West Chester (Chester County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great work environment

Professional development

Competitive compensation

Relocation assistance: No

Job summary

GE Aerospace is seeking a Senior Cost Analyst to help build and maintain robust costing processes across the supply chain. You will partner with Finance, Manufacturing, and Engineering to streamline part cost accumulation, valuation, and reporting for inventory and operational performance.

Expect regular cross-functional interaction and site travel as needed, with emphasis on accuracy and audit readiness. You will oversee shop-level costing activities, analyze valuation swings, and support

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience) with a strong cost accounting foundation.
• 3-5 years of cost accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing/supply chain environment.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical/problem-solving capability.
• Ability to communicate complex costing topics clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience with Oracle-based ERPs and/or other inventory/costing systems.
• Experience supporting physical inventory, baseline/standard cost setting, and month-end close activities.

Responsibilities

• Review and oversee shop-level costing activities for assigned supply chain shops to ensure accurate and complete costing in line with inventory costing practices.
• Research inventory valuation swings and cost movements; identify drivers and communicate clear, actionable explanations to impacted finance managers and stakeholders.
• Provide ongoing monthly support to shop finance teams by connecting shop operating results to underlying cost and inventory transactions, answering questions on performance and valuation outcomes, and troubleshooting issues by leveraging strong system knowledge and end-to-end understanding of how data flows through costing and inventory processes.
• Monitor inventory balance activity within the cost management system for issues such as negative inventory values; partner with stakeholders to ensure transactions are properly recorded and resolved.
• Support year-end baseline setting activities for assigned shops, establishing expected part costs used to measure operational performance in the following year.
• Support annual physical inventory processes for assigned shops, including periodic site travel as required.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to drive issue resolution, improve data quality, and sustain effective standard work around costing processes.
• Maintain documentation, reconciliations, and communications to support consistent execution and audit readiness.

Skills

Cost accounting

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Oracle ERP

Inventory systems

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Senior Cost Analyst plays a critical role in building and maintaining robust costing processes supporting GE Aerospace supply chain operations. In this role, the Senior Cost Analyst partners with Finance, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams to streamline part cost accumulation and reporting. The role ensures timely, accurate, and complete cost flow and insights to support inventory valuation, operational performance reporting, and effective decision-making for assigned shops.

Job Description Key Responsibilities

Review and oversee shop-level costing activities for assigned supply chain shops to ensure accurate and complete costing in line with inventory costing practices.

Research inventory valuation swings and cost movements; identify drivers and communicate clear, actionable explanations to impacted finance managers and stakeholders.

Provide ongoing monthly support to shop finance teams by connecting shop operating results to underlying cost and inventory transactions, answering questions on performance and valuation outcomes, and troubleshooting issues by leveraging strong system knowledge and end-to-end understanding of how data flows through costing and inventory processes.

Monitor inventory balance activity within the cost management system for issues such as negative inventory values; partner with stakeholders to ensure transactions are properly recorded and resolved.

Support year-end baseline setting activities for assigned shops, establishing expected part costs used to measure operational performance in the following year.

Support annual physical inventory processes for assigned shops, including periodic site travel as required.

Collaborate cross-functionally to drive issue resolution, improve data quality, and sustain effective standard work around costing processes.

Maintain documentation, reconciliations, and communications to support consistent execution and audit readiness.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience) with a strong cost accounting foundation.

3-5 years of cost accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing/supply chain environment.

Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical/problem-solving capability.

Ability to communicate complex costing topics clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Oracle-based ERPs and/or other inventory/costing systems.

Experience supporting physical inventory, baseline/standard cost setting, and month-end close activities.

Additional Information

• GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.
• Relocation Assistance Provided: No

GE Aerospace 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 Aerospace 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).

Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

At GE Aerospace, we invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely.

We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft.

At GE Aerospace, respect for people is core to our culture and commitment to FLIGHT DECK, our proprietary lean operating model.

We attract, develop, and retain industry-leading talent from all backgrounds and cultivate communities where people are respected and empowered to reach their fullest potential.

For the people of GE Aerospace, their work isn't just a job. It's their passion and purpose.

We work and win as one team, accountable to each other and our customers, and we are always finding a better way to climb higher together.

We were meant to fly.