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Job Description Summary
The WWPP (World-Wide Product Planning) Senior Finance Manager, will be the primary Finance partner for the WWPP Executive Leadership team (Corporate CFO, CSO, and WWPP Leader), Segments and Group FP&A, and the primary owner of all related finance processes for the entire company. This role reports directly to the Global Science and Technology Org FP&A & Advanced Technology Finance Leader.
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Job Description
Context
Execution of the WWPP roadmap, including next gen tech & platforms is one of the major priorities for GEHC for 2024. WWPP is an annual planning exercise performed collaboratively with Segments, Regions and Functions to:
Build long-term strategy and roadmaps for the products (development, commercialization, execution)
Identify the key NPI/R&D programs for investment in order to maximize the financial returns like NPV, IRR and Payback to maximize the company and shareholders value
This role will be providing leadership to all the finance teams engaged globally on WWPP processes with respect to:
Driving the usage of data management and analytics tools
Identifying any finance-driven enhancement opportunities for the existing tools or processes to comply with the finance standards
Maximizing the collective outcome to identify the key investable programs, prioritize them, develop risks and opportunities
Role and Responsibilities
Closely partner with WWPP Operations leader, Segments Finance and Group FP&A to lead the annual WWPP review cycle with GEHC CEO and CFO from finance perspective
Collaborate with Segment R&D Finance leaders to consolidate R&D Financials at the company level, develop the trends, story-telling and support decision making
Lead the changes to global WWPP policy and NPI business case templates with annual re-setting of finance parameters.
Perform regular audits to drive governance and full compliance of finance standards set in agreement with GEHC CFO
Use the lean principles to improve current WWPP processes and operating mechanism and drive the governance to improve the qualitative output and
Drive 100% implementation and usage of PPM tool (Project Performance Management) with all the segments as the only source to track the inputs and progress of all the NPI programs
Drive R&D Dashboard usage (Power BI tool) as the single analytics and decision-making tool to rack and stack NPI program level details from PPM and rank the programs based on set criteria
Establish R&D prioritization metrics by evaluating funded vs unfunded programs
Partner with NPI/R&D acceleration leader to optimize current Product Review Development (PRD) process and accelerate software based NPIs to improve commercial launches and fasten the profitability for the company – part of Big Rocks for 2024
Operate as an extension of Global FP&A team to align WWPP timing, set annual R&D financial guidance and feed output from WWPP reviews into other annual planning cycles like LTS (Long-Term Strategy), Budget and BOD reviews (Board of Directors).
Layout clear guidance, timelines and set expectations with the Segments for financial submissions
Drive clear ROI metrics and ranking method across 500+ programs
Lead NPI Vitality quarterly financial metrics in closely working with Lean Management office, FP&A and Segment R&D Finance team
Implement holistic WWPP mechanism for STO function specifically and improve the visibility
Qualifications
Desired Characteristics
Master’s degree, MBA, CPA or a graduate of any finance leadership program at GE or GEHC
Experience working in GEHC Finance (either in a Region, Segment or Group FP&A team)
Experience working with global and cross-functional teams
Trained and/or certified in process improvement methodology such as LEAN or Six Sigma
Technical Acumen
Advanced PC skills: Must have proficient skills with PowerPoint (to build leadership review decks) and Excel (data aggregation, trend analytics, executive dashboards)
Ledger: Must have experience with using Essbase/Hyperion (to run financials)
BI tools: Experience with Power BI, Spotfire etc. (to run analytics)
Project management tools: Working experience with PPM tools
Lean tools: Proven experience working with lean principles to identify the gaps/waste and develop standard practices
We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership –always with unyielding integrity.
Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration, and support.
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Additional Information
GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) . 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 HealthCare 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).
While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No