Chief Financial Officer, Integrated Supply Chain & Global Services - GE HEALTHCARE

Job Description Summary

Provides overall financial leadership to GE Healthcare’s ISC & GS. As a member of the ISC & GS leadership team, responsible for partnering across the value stream to drive organic growth, organic margin expansion and free cash flow conversion. Manages leaders (6 directs) and teams of > 50 finance professionals. Over $6B global Services Business. With 300+ global sites including manufacturing. Centralized sourcing and global AP team. Orders operations. Logistics, real estate & facilities operation. Inventory and capex spend company-wide. Integrated business planning (IBP), Environmental, health & safety (EHS) teams.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership in delivering on quarterly financial targets and estimates, building annual operating plans/forecasts, and develops multi-year financial outlooks for ISC & GS aligned to strategic plans.
• Experience developing forecasts & operating plans and leading business / finance reviews.
• Strong analytic skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change.
• Clear thinking / problem solving: successfully led cross-functional projects/process improvement within operations/finance function involving process improvement.
• Experience in leading global / remote teams.
• Excellent communication skills: experience working across multiple levels (including executive level), functions and regions; able to clearly communicate complex financial information in an easy to understand manner; able to deliver message effectively verbally and in writing.
• Strong influencing skills across business functions; confidence to approach business leaders with difficult messages and defend position; for example, work closely with business leaders to achieve business objectives while driving controllership/GE Values.
• Experience working in global business environment with sound understanding of global process and transactional workflows.
• Adaptable/flexible: being open to change (positive or negative) in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in ambiguous situations.
• Identify, attract and retain a team of top Finance talent and drive business results through their contributions; maintain a collaborative working environment and a culture that values diversity, inclusion and equity.
• Ensure integrity is upheld throughout all processes, policies and practices, by ensuring appropriate communication, training and prioritization of related activities.
• Lead simplification and automation of monthly closing processes for ISC & GS to improve linearity, increase visibility and reduce manual work.
• Lead cross-functional projects focused on improving rigor and simplifying key financial processes within the accountability.
• Provide financial analysis, insight and expertise in support of business decision making needs, including evaluation of risks and opportunities.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business Administration and 10 years of financial work experience; or high school diploma and minimum of 15 years of financial work experience.
• Manage all reporting and statutory requirements - internal to business, within GE HealthCare.
• Strategic Finance management, with authority to make policy decisions covering multiple areas of finance.
• Direct or indirect leadership experience of a global team.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of Accounting Principles.
• Ability to drive profitable growth by providing analysis of results and reporting key metrics while advising the leadership team on risks and opportunities, as well as recommending actions.
• Finance liaison for all Business Development & Acquisition, Integration and Divesting activities for ISC & GS.

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience with financial systems/applications, strong Excel skills in data compilation and aggregation.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence others and drive change while working across all levels, functions, and regions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and clearly communicate (written, verbal) in a global team environment.
• Experience adding financial expertise and strategic value to operating teams.
• Trained and/or certified in process improvement methodology such as LEAN or Six Sigma.
• Strong analytical skills: able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change.
• Clear thinking/problem-solving: successfully led projects/process improvements within operations/finance functions involving process improvements.
• Adaptable/Flexible: open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work and collaborate in global, ambiguous situations.
• Integrity: accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions and when dealing with others.
• Confidence/Assertiveness: strong influencing skills across business functions; experience working in a matrixed environment.
• Experience and demonstrated expertise in manufacturing and supply chain finance / accounting.

GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare 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 HealthCare 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).

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes