Job Description Summary
Whether you want to work at one of our facilitiesas the site leadersright hand helping to make business decisions or at headquarters on a larger finance team we have an opportunity for you. Youll get to work with budgets of various sizes and complexities while collaborating with others. Our finance and accounting teams span the globe providing unmatched learning development and career growth opportunities.
You will be part of GE Aviation that is a worldleading provider of jet and turboprop engines for commercial and military aircraft at the cuttingedge CMC technology manufacturing facility in Huntsville Alabama. As the Lead Finance Specialist for Manufacturing Operations you will report directly to the Huntsville Site Finance Leader and partner with the Huntsville operations team. Additionally you will interface with the Supply Chain FP&A and Leadership teams. You will utilize your technical expertise and judgement to solve problems and will be a handson owner of P&L and balance sheet activities for Inventory OPEX and CAPEX. This operational finance position will require direct involvement in driving solutions to obstacles encountered while helping to drive process improvements.
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
As the Lead Financial Analyst for Manufacturing Operations your key responsibilities will include:
- of site strategy and manufacturing finance activities including coordinating planning (forecasting budgeting strategy) complete monthend close activities and reporting
- P&L and balance sheet activities including product cost accounting absorption and direct hours analysis functional operational costs inventory controls physical inventory cycle counts aged WIP standard cost rollups job close and other variances analysis and material losses
- Identify opportunities to implement LEAN Business Philosophy where applicable
- Ability to understand cost drivers and improve cost controls
- Oracle ERP system ownership which will include standard cost review and cost rollup BOM (Bill of Material) and engineering routes analysis and updates ERP support to other functions site finance support for Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM) implementation for new Fiber plant
- CAPEX (Plant and Equipment) financial control CIP analysis Fixed Asset capitalization analysis and Fixed Asset audit
- You will impact site projects processes and procedures and you will develop indepth knowledge of manufacturing operations of the Huntsville site
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Finance/Accounting/Business or similar from an accredited university or college
- 5 years of relevant finance or accounting experience
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in manufacturing environment
- Understanding of basic accounting and manufacturing operations concepts
- Experience with ERP systems in manufacturing environment (Oracle SAP or similar)
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (advanced formulas and functions lookups sumifs pivot tables and pivot charts data validation consolidation and presentation etc.
- Strong business computer skills (Windows run PCs Microsoft Outlook Power Point Word online collaboration tools audio/video meetings)
- High integrity and focus on compliance
- Ability to anticipate and resolve issues and challenges
- Effective interpersonal skills and strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously
- Effective problem identification and solution skills
- Proven analytical and organizational ability
- Knowledge of Lean Business Philosophy
- Project Management experience
- Availability to work weekends and holidays during quarterend close
- Ambitious willing to share best practices able to challenge and be challenged eager to learn
This role requires access to U.S. exportcontrolled information. Therefore for applicants who are not asylees refugees lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e. not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)3 otherwise known as a U.S. Person) final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. exportcontrolled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information
GE Aerospace 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: No
Required Experience:
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