Regional Finance Manager

Would you like to play a key role in driving financial performance and operational excellence across Latin America?

Do you enjoy partnering with business leaders to transform operational insights into strategic financial decisions?

Join our Finance Team!

At Baker Hughes, Finance is more than reporting and analysis. Our teams partner closely with the business to drive performance, enable growth and support strategic decision-making across a dynamic global organization.

As part of our regional finance organization, you will help ensure operational and financial performance are aligned, providing leadership, insight and financial rigor to support sustainable business success.

Partner with the best!

As a Regional Finance Manager, you will serve as the finance leader for the Latin America region within S&SPS, providing strategic financial support and partnering with operational leaders to drive business performance.

You will play a critical role in connecting operational activities with financial outcomes, ensuring accurate forecasting, robust financial planning and effective performance management. This role will work closely with Services operations, supply chain, commercial teams and regional leadership while leading a small team of finance professionals.

As a Regional Finance Manager, you will be responsible for:

Regional Financial Leadership

• Leading the Latin America Finance team for S&SPS.
• Providing leadership, coaching and development to direct reports.
• Driving a culture of accountability, financial discipline and continuous improvement.
• Acting as the primary finance partner for regional business leadership.

Financial Performance & Profitability

• Partnering with Operations, Supply Chain and Commercial teams to identify cost reduction opportunities and improve operational efficiency.
• Supporting profitability initiatives across Services and regional operations.
• Monitoring financial performance and analyzing P&L variances to identify risks and opportunities.
• Ensuring operational assumptions and financial outcomes remain aligned.

Planning, Forecasting & Financial Modeling

• Leading short-, medium- and long-term planning activities, including budgeting and forecasting cycles.
• Developing and maintaining financial models to support strategic decision-making.
• Conducting scenario analysis and evaluating business growth opportunities.
• Providing insights on volume, pricing, cost trends and macroeconomic impacts affecting business performance.

Cash Flow & Working Capital Management

• Leading cash flow planning activities across the region.
• Driving working capital optimization initiatives.
• Supporting liquidity management and financial health objectives.

Financial Reporting & Compliance

• Leading the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting packages.
• Ensuring reporting accuracy, transparency and compliance with company and regulatory requirements.
• Strengthening internal controls and governance processes.
• Driving standardization and process consistency across the regional organization.

Business Partnering & Strategic Support

• Acting as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, including Regional Services Directors, Product Line Leaders, S&SPS and OFSE leadership teams.
• Providing financial insight and recommendations to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Presenting performance results, business risks and improvement opportunities to leadership stakeholders.

Process Improvement & Organizational Development

• Designing and implementing scalable financial processes, tools and governance frameworks.
• Driving operational excellence across forecasting, planning and reporting activities.
• Promoting continuous improvement through simplification, automation and best practices.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or a related field.
• Have a minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Finance.
• Have strong experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), business partnering and financial performance management.
• Have experience supporting operationally intensive environments such as manufacturing, services, industrial operations or energy businesses.
• Have experience leading teams and developing finance professionals.
• Have strong financial modeling, forecasting and analytical skills.
• Have advanced communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Have the ability to influence stakeholders and drive financial decisions across a matrix organization.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience supporting Services, Manufacturing or Operations-focused organizations.
• Previous experience in Oil & Gas, Energy or Industrial sectors.
• Strong commercial and operational acumen.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs, projects and business improvement initiatives.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Experience working with senior leaders in a global environment.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. For this role, we can offer the following working patterns:

• Mon-Fri, with flexibility for one “Home-office” day to be aligned directly with management.
• Working hours: From 7am-4pm OR 8am-5pm
• Location: RETIC, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We are stronger when our employees are developed, engaged and empowered to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in health, well-being, capability development and leadership growth at all levels.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their contribution. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing programs
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Finance Manager - FP&A Management