Sr Finance Manager 3 - Product Cost

Posted 22 Days Ago
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West Chester, PA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Aerospace • Energy
The Role
Oversee shop-level product costing, investigate inventory valuation changes, support month-end and year-end costing activities, resolve inventory transaction issues, establish baseline costs, and maintain reconciliations and audit-ready documentation. Partner with Finance, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams to improve data quality, explain cost movements, and support physical inventory processes.
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Job Description SummaryThe Senior Cost Analyst plays a critical role in building and maintaining robust costing processes supporting GE Aerospace supply chain operations. In this role, the Senior Cost Analyst partners with Finance, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams to streamline part cost accumulation and reporting. The role ensures timely, accurate, and complete cost flow and insights to support inventory valuation, operational performance reporting, and effective decision-making for assigned shops.Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Review and oversee shop-level costing activities for assigned supply chain shops to ensure accurate and complete costing in line with inventory costing practices.
  • Research inventory valuation swings and cost movements; identify drivers and communicate clear, actionable explanations to impacted finance managers and stakeholders.
  • Provide ongoing monthly support to shop finance teams by connecting shop operating results to underlying cost and inventory transactions, answering questions on performance and valuation outcomes, and troubleshooting issues by leveraging strong system knowledge and end-to-end understanding of how data flows through costing and inventory processes.
  • Monitor inventory balance activity within the cost management system for issues such as negative inventory values; partner with stakeholders to ensure transactions are properly recorded and resolved.
  • Support year-end baseline setting activities for assigned shops, establishing expected part costs used to measure operational performance in the following year.
  • Support annual physical inventory processes for assigned shops, including periodic site travel as required.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to drive issue resolution, improve data quality, and sustain effective standard work around costing processes.
  • Maintain documentation, reconciliations, and communications to support consistent execution and audit readiness.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience) with a strong cost accounting foundation.
  • 3-5 years of cost accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing/supply chain environment.
  • Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical/problem-solving capability.
  • Ability to communicate complex costing topics clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Oracle-based ERPs and/or other inventory/costing systems.
  • Experience supporting physical inventory, baseline/standard cost setting, and month-end close activities.

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace 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.

GE Aerospace 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). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.


Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Strong cost accounting foundation
  • 3-5 years of cost accounting experience
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
  • Ability to communicate complex costing topics clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders
  • Experience with Oracle-based ERPs or other inventory and costing systems
  • Experience supporting physical inventory, baseline or standard cost setting, and month-end close activities

GE Aerospace Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Aerospace and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Aerospace.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs, behavioral health support, and some on‑site healthcare options. Wellbeing programs emphasize physical, emotional, and social support and are often characterized as part of a top‑notch package.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company contributions, long‑term financial planning tools, and vesting provisions. Legacy pension benefits remain for eligible employees despite the plan being frozen.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off offerings include paid vacation, holidays, sick time, personal days, and flexible work arrangements, with permissive PTO noted for some salaried roles. Family support includes generous parental leave and adoption assistance.

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