Job Description Summary

The Digital Technology Finance Business Leader will serve as a key business partner to the DT organization and CIOs supporting our operating businesses. This leader will provide financial leadership and insight to drive improved operational outcomes, optimize investment decisions, and deliver on strategic priorities. This role leads a team of 2 individuals and is also directly responsible for hands-on financial execution, including planning, forecasting, reporting, and investment analysis for DT projects and capex.
The ideal candidate combines strong financial and analytical skills with a deep understanding of DT operations, project management disciplines, and technology investment economics.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Serve as primary finance partner to business CIOs across CES, D&S, PAT, and CSCX, shaping strategy, defining financial commitments, and challenging and influencing decisions to drive value.
• Lead and develop a small finance team, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, while prioritizing business partnership.
• Own DT financial rhythms, including partnering with the DT Finance FP&A team for all planning, forecasting, and reporting cycles, across respective cost centers, projects, and capex. Provide clear variance analysis, risks/opportunities, and deliver concise insights to leadership team to operationalize actions.
• Drive DT cost productivity across applications and spend categories, including prioritization and optimization in business-driven decisions.  Link operational KPIs to financial outcomes and support agile/product-based models with transparent run vs. investment view.
• Lead financials for DT projects from business case through execution, including ROI/NPV analysis, scenario modeling, and benefits tracking. Support portfolio governance, prioritization, and standardized project financial tracking (budget vs. actuals, forecast to complete).
• Evaluate and monitor DT capex and opex investments, ensuring alignment with strategy and clear value propositions. Measure and report on realized savings, productivity, risk reduction, and other benefits vs. original business cases.
• Ensure adherence to financial policies, internal controls, and accounting standards for DT spend and capitalization. Partner with controllership on accurate capitalization, accruals, reconciliations, and risk mitigation.
• Effectively use FLIGHT DECK to streamline and drive consistency in support to all businesses, removing duplication and areas of waste.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college
• Minimum 8 years of finance experience (FP&A, operations finance, or project finance), with exposure to technology, IT, or digital organizations
• Financial modeling skills
• Proven project management and coordination skills
• Demonstrated experience in planning, forecasting, and financial analysis for complex cost structures or project portfolios
• Experience managing direct reports
• Proficient use of financial systems (e.g. Hyperion, Oracle) and analysis tools including Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Desired Characteristics

• Broad finance experience within the segment in GE Aerospace
• Experience supporting Digital Technology / IT / Digital / Software organizations, ideally in a corporate or large enterprise environment
• Prior experience in project finance, PMO finance, or capex investment analysis
• Strong understanding of DT cost drivers, such as infrastructure, cloud, networks, applications, cybersecurity, and digital products
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leaders, challenge assumptions, and influence outcomes with data-driven insights
• Experience leading or managing a small team, with a track record of developing talent and building effective working relationships
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker who is able to provide solution alternatives
• Strong communicator, decision maker and influencing skills.  Ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organization while compromising when necessary. Ability to present complex financial information in a clear, concise, and actionable terms.
• Ability and willingness to embrace digital tools, technologies, and processes, and to be adaptable and innovative in a rapidly changing digital environment

The base pay range for this position is $161,000-$215,000. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position i