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Senior Finance Leader, Portfolio Projects

GE Vernova

Company websitegevernova.com (GE Vernova, opens in new tab)

Base salary $124,900  to $208,100

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Oakbrook Terrace, IL +2 more

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  • LocationOakbrook Terrace, IL +2 more
  • WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
  • Last checked (14 min ago) · observed since
All 4 locations
  • Oakbrook Terrace
  • La Prairie
  • Remote
  • Houston

About this job

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 prioritization, and performance improvement
  • Partner with factories and execution teams to improve cost control, schedule performance, and delivery execution
  • Work with customer-facing teams to improve billing milestones, collections, claims management, and overall cash conversion
  • Identify, assess, and escalate portfolio risks and opportunities, ensuring timely mitigation actions and strong follow-through
  • Strengthen financial operating rigor, process compliance, governance, and standardization across the projects organization
  • Provide functional leadership, guidance, and coaching to Projects Finance Leaders and project finance teams across assigned portfolios
  • Drive continuous improvement in project financial reviews, reporting quality, forecasting accuracy, and portfolio performance management

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, or a closely related field
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in project finance, operations finance, or business finance leadership
  • At least 5 years of experience in a leadership role as a people leader
  • Strong understanding of project-based financial management, including profitability, revenue recognition, cost control, forecasting, cash flow, and working capital
  • Demonstrated experience supporting large, complex project or portfolio environments
  • Strong analytical, financial modeling, forecasting, and problem-solving skills
  • Proven ability to influence and partner across cross-functional teams in a matrixed operating environment
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with senior business, operations, and commercial stakeholders
  • Experience in industrial, infrastructure, energy, or other project-based businesses preferred

Desired Attributes

  • Strong finance leader with an operational mindset and a bias for action
  • Effective business partner who can connect financial insights to execution and business outcomes
  • Results-oriented, with a strong focus on profitability, cash generation, and performance improvement
  • Comfortable operating across multiple portfolios and managing a high level of complexity
  • Proactive, disciplined, and able to drive accountability across cross-functional teams
  • Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence decisions and align stakeholders
  • Able to balance strategic portfolio oversight with detailed operational follow-up

Why this role matters

This role plays a critical part in improving business performance across a large-scale projects portfolio by bringing strong financial leadership, execution discipline, and portfolio visibility. The Portfolio Projects Finance Leader helps ensure the business delivers on its commitments for growth, profitability, and cash while strengthening financial rigor across the organization.

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

#LI-Remote - This is a remote positionFor candidates applying to a U.S. based position, the pay range for this position is between $124,900.00 and $208,100.00. 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 candidate’s 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 October 27, 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.

Source: GE Vernova on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($124,900) is above 47% of the 223 Finance & Accounting roles in Illinois listed on this site. Their median floor is $125,000; the middle half runs from $110,000 to $150,900.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live GE Vernova roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live GE Vernova roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Senior Finance Leader, Portfolio Projects (this listing)$124,900 - $208,100
Sourcing Global Commodity Leader - SMR Heavy Fabrication$125,000 - $208,300
Strategic Sourcing Leader - Inconel Forgings$125,000 - $208,300
Senior Sourcing Manager, Software Category$125,000 - $208,300
Sourcing Global Commodity Leader - SMR Structures & Modularization$125,000 - $208,300
Global Commodity Leader - Fluid Systems$125,000 - $208,300
Commodity Leader – Service Labor NAM$125,000 - $208,300

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All GE Vernova roles · How to read the bar

Observed changes

  1. First observed on the employer's board
  2. Began meeting the published-salary criteria
  3. Absent from the employer's board; confirmation pending
  4. Closure observed on Oct 29, 2026
  5. Reappeared on the employer's board
  6. Absent from the employer's board; confirmation pending
  7. Closure observed on Nov 6, 2026
  8. Reappeared on the employer's board
Observed since
Employer-stated posting date
2026-10-27
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