Job Description SummaryThe Finance Leader - AIS Sourcing will provide financial planning, analysis, controllership, and strategic business partnership support for the CPO and Sourcing Leaders. This role will partner closely with Product Sourcing, Indirect Sourcing, Operations, Supply Chain, and Segment Finance teams to ensure global sourcing strategies are aligned with AIS and enterprise objectives. The leader will architect and maintain the sourcing performance management framework, including KPIs, strategic sourcing models, material variance planning, inflation/deflation analytics, supplier productivity, payment terms, working capital, and EBIT protection actions. The ideal candidate will combine strong controllership discipline with commercial acumen, advanced analytics, and the ability to translate complex global sourcing dynamics into actionable decisions for senior leadership.
Job DescriptionRole Focus - Performance Management
- Cost Transformation
- Forecasting & Planning
- Controllership & Systems
Responsibilities - Lead the annual Budget/OP material variance, standard cost, and standard-to-standard planning process to ensure the standard cost and material variance plan is aligned with sourcing deflation, inflation mitigation, productivity, and EBIT objectives.
- Design and maintain the performance management framework for AIS Sourcing, including KPIs, operating rhythms, variance bridges, supplier productivity scorecards, price/volume/mix analytics, and leading indicators of sourcing risk and opportunity.
- Partner with Product Sourcing, Indirect Sourcing, and Central Sourcing leaders to develop actionable plans that deliver deflation, inflation mitigation, payment terms, material variance, cash, and working capital targets.
- Provide financial leadership for strategic sourcing and cost transformation programs, including supplier renegotiation, consolidation, should-cost analysis, quote/price benchmarking, make/buy support, and advanced analytics to identify sustainable productivity.
- Develop robust forecasting models for quarterly estimates, annual operating plans, and long-range plans, connecting volume, supplier pricing, commodity inflation impacts into clear decision support.
- Prepare and present quarterly financial results, risks, opportunities, and forward-looking sourcing analytics to senior leadership, simplifying complex multi-region sourcing performance into executive-level insights and recommended actions.
- Drive inflation management and pricing support by quantifying supplier cost headwinds/tailwinds, validating recoverability assumptions, and ensuring timely escalation of material exposure that could impact margin or customer commitments.
- Provide financial analysis in support of supplier risk, supplier advances, critical supply, last-time-buy, pre-buy, and continuity-of-supply decisions; partner with operating teams to mitigate risk, protect revenue, and ensure collection or liquidation of advances.
- Perform sourcing contract reviews and Last Time Buy (LTB) analyses, ensuring financial assumptions, exposure, cash implications, accounting treatment, and controllership requirements are clearly understood before commitment.
- Assume a lead role in the quarterly close and estimate processes by providing insightful analysis, standard work, and consistent reporting across GEHC business segments; partner with finance teams to improve forecast accuracy and operational insight.
- Develop domain expertise in Oracle purchasing, inventory, standard costing, transfer price, supplier master, and related ERP modules; perform audits on ERP setups and material variance accounts to identify gaps and drive systemic corrections that reduce manual journal entries.
- Support enterprise finance systems and reporting improvements, including EPM-enabled planning, consolidated sourcing reporting, data governance, and process simplification to reduce cycle time and improve decision quality.
- Provide leadership, coaching, prioritization, and operating rigor to direct reports and cross-functional partners, building a high-accountability team focused on root-cause problem solving and measurable financial outcomes.
Key Outcomes / Measures of Success- Reliable delivery of deflation, material variance, payment terms, cash, and working capital commitments.
- Improved visibility to sourcing risks, supplier productivity, commodity exposure, and upstream drivers of waste.
- Higher forecast accuracy through standard analytics, clean data governance, and clear ownership of assumptions.
- Stronger controllership through accurate ERP setups, reduced manual interventions, and timely issue escalation.
- Executive-ready reporting that connects sourcing actions to EBIT, cash, supply continuity, and customer impact.
Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business Administration and 10+ years of progressive financial work experience;
- Demonstrated experience supporting sourcing, procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, or material cost finance in a global organization.
- Experience with financial systems/applications such as Oracle, SAP, COGNOS, Business Objects, EPM, or equivalent planning and reporting platforms.
- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, variance analysis, standard costing, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear, concise manner and translate financial analysis into practical operating actions.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence others, drive change, and work across levels, functions, regions, and SBUs.
- Strong critical thinking and root-cause problem-solving skills with a bias toward ownership, simplification, and measurable impact.
Desired Skills- Controllership experience with demonstrated understanding of accounting principles, SOX, GAAP, and financial compliance requirements.
- Experience working in a global business environment with sound understanding of global process flows, transactional flows, intercompany impacts, and regional sourcing dynamics.
- Experience building procurement or sourcing performance dashboards, KPI frameworks, productivity scorecards, commodity exposure models, or cost transformation governance.
- Experience with Oracle purchasing, inventory, standard costing, transfer price modules, supplier master data, and/or EPM planning implementations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams through ambiguity, prioritize high-impact work, and drive operating rhythm across cross-functional stakeholders.
- Trained and/or certified in process improvement methodology such as LEAN or Six Sigma.
- Experience leading and developing finance analysts, including onboarding, coaching, analytical capability building, and ensuring business continuity through transitions.
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We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.For U.S. based positions only, the pay range for this position is $172,000.00-$258,000.00 Annual. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience and location. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). GE HealthCare offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.
Additional InformationRelocation Assistance Provided: No
