Sr. Finance Manager – FP&A Operations
Driving Financial Excellence Through Strategic Planning, Insights, and Operational Performance
Enabling Profitability, Cash Optimization, and Governance Across North America Operations
Partner with the best
Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company serving the oil and gas sector across more than 120 countries. The Operations Finance organization plays a critical role in enabling business performance by ensuring strong financial governance, disciplined planning, and insightful analysis to support operational and commercial decision-making. With a focus on profitability, cash generation, and execution excellence, the team partners closely with operational leaders across manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, R&D, and commissioning.
Fuel your passion
The Sr. Finance Manager – FP&A Operations is responsible for leading financial planning, analysis, and reporting activities for the North America Offshore region, including Drilling Services & Drilling Completion Fluids. This role ensures the accuracy of financial statements under GAAP, the effectiveness of internal controls, and the delivery of forward-looking insights that drive operational and commercial performance. Acting as a strategic business partner, the role supports Operations and Functional leaders with performance management, KPI development, and profitability improvement initiatives.
As a Sr. Finance Manager – FP&A Operations, you will be responsible for:
· Preparing and ensuring the accuracy of financial statements in accordance with GAAP for the North America Offshore region, including Drilling Services & Drilling Completion Fluids, while ensuring effective internal control execution.
· Managing the full business planning cycle, including the three-year strategic plan, annual budget, and rolling forecasts across multiple organizational levels.
· Defining, tracking, and interpreting key performance indicators (KPIs) across manufacturing, R&D, engineering, supply chain, and commissioning to monitor performance and identify improvement opportunities.
· Analyzing operational and financial performance, proposing action plans to improve profitability, cash generation, and cost efficiency, and leading corrective actions where required.
· Acting as a trusted advisor to Functional and Operations leaders by providing finance expertise, guidance on financial processes, and commercial insights focused on product line and customer revenue analysis.
· Supporting North America Operations leadership with commercial finance responsibilities, including pricing, margin analysis, and revenue optimization initiatives.
· Leading medium-sized finance and cross-functional projects or serving as a key contributor to larger initiatives with multi-month execution horizons.
· Communicating complex financial topics clearly and effectively to business stakeholders to enable informed decision-making.
To be successful in this role you will:
· Have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of one year of relevant finance experience.
· Have comprehensive knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and procedures, with demonstrated experience in financial reporting and analysis.
· Have working knowledge of SAP and HFM or similar enterprise financial systems.
· Have advanced proficiency in MS Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook.
· Have strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
· Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, enabling effective engagement with leaders and cross-functional teams.
· Have proven interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to influence others and lead small teams or initiatives of moderate scope and impact.
Work in a way that works for you
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way people work best can vary. This role supports flexible working arrangements aligned with business needs, while emphasizing close collaboration with Operations and Finance stakeholders. Co-location with operational leadership is encouraged to maximize partnership, decision support, and impact.
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We believe we are stronger when our teams are engaged, developed, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We invest in leadership development, talent growth, and wellbeing to help our employees perform at their best while building sustainable careers.
Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. To continue shaping the future, we reward those who embrace change, drive improvement, and deliver impact. Joining Baker Hughes means access to:
Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing programs
Comprehensive medical and health care options
Life insurance and disability coverage
Tailored financial and savings programs
Additional voluntary and elective benefits
You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Finance Senior Team leader - Cash Flow Planning & Analysis