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As a GE Appliances Senior Plant Finance Manager (Decatur & Selmer), you'll be responsible for all financial activities supporting both our Decatur and Selmer manufacturing locations. In this role, you'll forge strong partnerships with stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in product quality and cost-competitiveness. Key activities include financial closing & reporting, ownership of all planning cycles, strong support of operations, and the continuous drive of compliance/controllership throughout our manufacturing plants.
Position
Senior Plant Finance Manager (Decatur & Selmer)
Location
USA, Decatur, AL
How You'll Create Possibilities
Provides leadership and guidance for monthly financial closing and reporting activities, collaborating closely with Executive Plant Leadership.
Owns the plant's weekly estimating process, collaborating closely with the VP of Manufacturing to ensure accurate and timely estimates.
Leads formal planning cycles for Supply Chain, encompassing both long-range outlook and 1-year budgeting processes, ensuring accurate costing and stakeholder alignment.
Partners with Executive Plant Leadership to drive operational excellence, actively engaging on the plant floor to solve problems and improve processes.
Drives controllership processes, including inventory and fixed asset management, ensuring accurate reporting and efficient resource allocation.
Leads and inspires a high-performing team of finance professionals, providing coaching, mentorship, and development opportunities to foster their growth and maximize their contributions.
What You'll Bring to Our Team
Career Level Competencies
Leadership & Talent Management : Able to oversee and guide a team of professionals and/or supervisors or managers, who work with considerable autonomy, focusing on directing the team by establishing operational policies and procedures, and setting clear goals and objectives to drive success. Possesses a solid understanding of basic management approaches, including work scheduling, prioritizing, coaching, and process execution.
Influence : Able to exert influence over direct reports, customers, and stakeholders to foster understanding and ensure adherence to established policies, practices, and procedures.
Problem Resolution : Able to encounter and address problems that are often difficult but rarely complex.
Organizational Impact : Capable of developing operational plans that measurably contribute to achieving the job function's results.
Theoretical Job Knowledge : Possesses advanced knowledge of the job area, typically acquired through advanced education and extensive experience, enabling informed decision-making and effective leadership.
Finance Specific Competencies
Financial Management : Manages the performance of finance professionals across multiple areas of responsibility, ensuring the delivery of accurate forecasts, budgets, and reports aligned with business needs and functional priorities.
Communication Ability : Develops the communication capabilities of the team, providing guidance on framing financial insights and influencing techniques while serving as a key liaison between finance and functional leadership.
Controllership/Risk Management : Monitors adherence to compliance protocols and control frameworks across the team; proactively addresses risk indicators and supports the design of mitigations that sustain financial integrity.
Operational Execution : Champions continuous improvement by implementing scalable process enhancements and aligning team efforts with system capabilities and enterprise operations standards.
Business Partnership : Builds strong working relationships across business functions, ensuring the finance team's work reflects business realities and supports effective planning, execution, and performance tracking.
Educational and Experiential Background
Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 7 years prior relevant experience.
Experience in manufacturing setting.
Working Conditions & Travel Requirements
Working conditions are typical for an office environment with some time spent on the manufacturing floor.
10% ongoing travel to Selmer, TN as well as Louisville, KY; Occasional conferencing and/or external training attendance may be also required at times.
May require some evening and weekend work.
Our Culture
Our work is centered on our People and Culture as reflected in our Zero Distance philosophy and we recognize the importance of reaffirming our commitment to inclusion and diversity (I&D). This underscores our commitment to fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, connected, and empowered to contribute, while positioning our organization to adapt seamlessly to the evolving needs of our workforce and communities.
This reflects our dedication to creating solutions that: Empower colleagues by fostering an environment where all voices are heard, valued, and encouraged to contribute. Strengthen communities where we live and work. Reinforce a culture of belonging, purpose, and engagement. Reflect the diversity of the communities we serve through our workforce, products, and practices.
By further embedding Zero Distance into our People and Culture framework, we will continue to build a deeply connected organization. We are cultivating a culture of engagement, belonging, and connection, because while attracting new talent remains a priority, retention is a cornerstone of our strategy.
GE Appliances is a trust-based organization. It is important we offer our employees the flexibility they need to do their best work while balancing the needs of the business and individuals. When you join GE Appliances, you will have the opportunity to work with your leader to create a flexible work arrangement that balances the needs of the individual, team, and organization.
GE Appliances is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.
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