Business Operation Leader

Job description / Role

Role Summary:

The Business Operations leader role is responsible for analyzing the current and past trends in all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures. He/she should monitor key performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance. He/She should focus on productivity projects that will better impact service financials.

Essential Responsibilities:
• Report the financial performance of services business P&L, conduct variance analysis, identify risks and opportunities towards our financial targets.
• Review service P&L transactions, highlight unusual booking, capture all operational opportunities and mitigate operational risks.
• Participate in quarterly / yearly accounting closing processes, work closely with finance team to correct/justify unusual base cost booking.
• Follow up closely with service operations team to timely close all the needed actions that has impact on service P&L before each quarter closing.
• Drive and support the Customer Operations manager on productivity opportunities for improvement in variable cost, base cost, and material variance.
• Drive and report on Cost Saving Bullet Train activity, to include metrics on savings position.
• Review contract profitability and accordingly build with operations a clear strategic plan that can better impact contract profitability numbers.
• Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes.
• Improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies and resolve issues through the root cause.

Requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:
• BS degree or a BA degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline and 8 - 10 years total experience
• Experience working in a global business environment with sound understanding of global process and transactional flows
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear/concise manner
• Graduate of GE's Financial Management Program (FMP) or graduate of other financial leadership programs
• Strong PC skills: experience with financial systems/applications such as Oracle, SAP, COGNOS, Business Objects, etc. Strong Excel skills in data compilation and aggregation
• 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 function; able to quickly grasp new ideas
• Adaptable/Flexible: being open to change in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and/or to work in 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

About Us:
GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE’s mission and deliver for our customers.

About the Company

GE is a diversified technology, media and financial services company, dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and oil and gas, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs over 300,000 people worldwide.

GE's Oil & Gas business is a leader in the development and delivery of advanced product and service offerings for the global oil and gas industry. As a consequence of the rapid expansion of its technology base, GE's Oil & Gas is capable of addressing the largest and most complex engineering and application challenges entirely from its own worldwide resources. So whether it's the world's largest LNG compression trains, re-injection of high sulfur gas, enhancing the safety and productivity of the world's oil and gas pipelines, or equipment for the production of oil and gas from harsh environments, GE is leading the charge.