Projects Finance Leader

  • GE Vernova
  • Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
  • Full Time
Summary We are seeking a Projects Finance Leader to support our Datacenter portfolio across the NAM region. This role will serve as a key operational finance partner, driving profitability, cash flow generation, and project performance while ensuring strong coordination across factories, customers, and internal project teams.

The ideal candidate will combine strong financial acumen with operational partnership skills, helping the business achieve its financial objectives through effective project oversight, forecasting, and cross-functional collaboration. Job Description
  • Key Responsibilities
  • Act as the finance lead for the Datacenter projects portfolio in the NAM region
  • Partner closely with project management, operations, commercial teams, factories, and customers to drive project execution and financial performance
  • Monitor and improve project profitability, margin performance, and cash flow generation
  • Provide financial oversight on project reviews, forecasts, budgeting, and risk/opportunity assessments
  • Support operational decision-making with strong financial analysis and business insights
  • Ensure timely and accurate reporting of project financials, including revenue, cost, margin, and cash metrics
  • Coordinate with factories to optimize execution performance, cost control, and working capital
  • Partner with customer-facing teams to support financial alignment, billing milestones, collections, and overall cash conversion
  • Identify risks and opportunities across the portfolio and drive corrective actions as needed
  • Strengthen financial discipline, process compliance, and governance across the projects organization
Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in Finance, Business, or closely related field
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in project finance, operations finance, or business finance leadership
  • Strong understanding of project-based financial management , including profitability, revenue recognition, cost control, and cash flow
  • Experience working in a cross-functional, operational environment with multiple stakeholders
  • Ability to influence and partner with project teams, factory teams, and customer-facing organizations
  • Strong analytical, forecasting, and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities
  • Experience in industrial, infrastructure, energy related businesses is preferred
Desired Attributes
  • Operationally minded finance leader with strong business partnership skills
  • Results-driven with a focus on profitability and cash generation
  • Ability to work across functions and manage portfolio-level complexity
  • Proactive, detail-oriented, and able to drive actions in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence decision-making

Job Description Summary La Prairie / Resumes to be in English

GE Vernova recherche un(e) Responsable Financier Projets pour assurer le pilotage financier de son portefeuille de projets Data Center. Ce poste constitue un role cle de partenaire financier strategique et operationnel, avec pour objectifs de soutenir la rentabilite, la generation de tresorerie et la performance dexecution des projets, tout en garantissant une coordination etroite avec les equipes projets, les equipes commerciales, les usines et les clients.

Ce poste couvre un portefeuille en croissance, incluant des contrats recemment signes de plusieurs milliards. Le/la candidat(e) ideal(e) dispose dune forte expertise financiere, dune solide capacite de partenariat operationnel et dune experience confirmee dans des environnements complexes de gestion de projets, incluant les previsions financieres, la gestion des risques et la collaboration transverse.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Assurer le leadership financier du portefeuille de projets Data Center, en garantissant le pilotage de la performance financiere tout au long de lexecution des projets.
  • Collaborer etroitement avec les equipes projets, les operations, les equipes commerciales, les usines et les clients afin doptimiser lexecution des projets et leurs resultats financiers.
  • Piloter les revues de portefeuille avec un focus sur la rentabilite, les marges, la tresorerie, le besoin en fonds de roulement et les risques/opportunites.
  • Apporter un leadership financier sur les processus de forecast, budget, revues de projets et support a la prise de decision.
  • Garantir la production dun reporting fiable et dans les delais sur les indicateurs financiers des projets, notamment chiffre daffaires, couts, marge, tresorerie et besoin en fonds de roulement.
  • Coordonner les interactions avec les usines et les equipes operationnelles afin doptimiser la performance dexecution, la maitrise des couts et les resultats financiers. Travailler en partenariat avec les equipes en interface client sur les jalons de facturation, les encaissements et la conversion cash.
  • Identifier les risques et opportunites financiers a lechelle du portefeuille et piloter les plans dactions correctifs le cas echeant.
  • Renforcer la discipline financiere, la conformite des processus, le controle interne et la gouvernance au sein de lorganisation projets.
  • Fournir des analyses financieres et des recommandations a la direction afin de soutenir la prise de decision dans un environnement complexe et dynamique.

Required Qualifications

  • Diplome superieur de niveau Bac+5 en finance, comptabilite, gestion, ecole de commerce ou domaine equivalent.
  • Experience significative en finance de projets, finance operationnelle, finance commerciale ou finance dactivite.
  • Solide maitrise des enjeux de gestion financiere de projets, incluant la reconnaissance du chiffre daffaires, lanalyse de rentabilite, la maitrise des couts, les previsions et la gestion de tresorerie.
  • Experience averee dans un environnement transverse et operationnel, avec de multiples parties prenantes.
  • Capacite demontree a influencer et a collaborer avec des equipes projets, des equipes industrielles et des interlocuteurs en interface client.
  • Excellentes capacites danalyse, de prevision et de resolution de problemes.
  • Tres bonnes competences en communication et en gestion des parties prenantes.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience dans les secteurs industriel, infrastructures, energie, electricite ou dans dautres environnements complexes de gestion de projets.
  • Experience de portefeuilles complexes et de contrats long terme ou a forte valeur.
  • Bonne connaissance des enjeux de facturation par jalons, encaissements, optimisation du besoin en fonds de roulement et conversion cash.
  • Experience dans le renforcement de la gouvernance, de la conformite et de la rigueur financiere dans une organisation matricielle.
  • Desired Characteristics
  • Leader financier oriente operations, avec un fort esprit de partenariat business.
  • Orientation resultats avec un fort focus sur la rentabilite, la generation de tresorerie et lamelioration continue.
  • Capacite a gerer la complexite a lechelle dun portefeuille et a arbitrer entre des priorites multiples.
  • Proactivite, rigueur et capacite a evoluer dans un environnement en forte dynamique.
  • Forte presence professionnelle et capacite dinfluence dans un environnement matriciel.

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: Yes

For candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $107,600.00 and $179,400.00. The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidates experience, education, and skill set.Bonus eligibility: discretionary annual bonus.This posting is expected to remain open for at least seven days after it was posted on May 22, 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 resources and financial planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.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.
Job ID: 522271860
Originally Posted on: 5/23/2026

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