Lead Finance Analyst – Supply Chain Operational Finance

About the role

GE Vernova Gas Power is looking for a Lead Finance Analyst within its Global Supply Chain Process Center of Excellence, based in Budapest. The role supports manufacturing and repair operations across multiple sites globally, covering financial planning, month-end close, reporting and analysis of results for downstream site operations and finance leaders. It also works with the Data & Analytics COE to build tools and analytical solutions that improve efficiency.

Key responsibilities

• Support manufacturing finance activities, including planning, pacing and monthly operating reviews
• Own the scope of closing, pacing and planning
• Ensure alignment with company policies and standard work
• Perform a limited number of transactional activities such as internal billing of FPC costs and booking of accruals
• Provide insight into actual costs, communicate financial risks, opportunities and their impact on operational KPIs
• Explain variance drivers between actuals and plan, or plan and previous plan, including volume, mix and FX
• Use ERP capabilities for lean monthly close and share best practices, simplification and automation initiatives
• Help fixed production cost factory leaders understand cost drivers and their impact on the financial plan
• Work with operational cost owners, site and global finance leaders, and use data and analytics tools to improve pacing accuracy
• Take part in LEAN and standardization initiatives and user acceptance testing of new tools

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
• Significant FP&A and/or supply chain finance experience
• Fluent English is essential; Hungarian is a plus
• Awareness of accounting policies and practices
• Proven track record in financial process simplification (AI implementation a plus)
• Project management skills

Required skills

• SAP and Oracle ERP expertise desired
• Power BI and Tableau working knowledge is a plus
• Analytical and problem-solving skills

What we offer

• Hybrid arrangement: three days remote and two days in the office
• Willingness to travel up to 10%