Financial Controller

4 weeks ago

Midrand, South Africa Siemens Full time

**Job Title / Role**:Financial Controller***

**Organization**:Siemens Grid Software South Africa**

**Location**:Midrand, South Africa**

**Reporting Manager**:Lead Country CFO**

**The Business**

Siemens Grid Software (GSW) enables grid operators as well as industry and infrastructure companies to accelerate and secure the energy transition in a sustainable and profitable way.

The net zero challenge is driving a fundamental change in energy generation and consumption, with a seven-fold increase in DER (Distributed Energy Resources) installations projected by 2030. This ground-breaking transformation of the energy sector, characterized by a bi-directional power flow from intermittent renewable energy resources and new consumption patterns, results in enormous complexity and dynamic behavior of electric grids.

**Role Headline**

As Financial controller you will be responsible for the management and completion of commercial/ financial tasks in our SW project environment, and you will contribute actively to the reporting and controlling requirements of the Business Unit GSW.

You will join a young and dynamic team where you will play a key role in close collaboration with the local project team, BU Financial Manager, and all other stakeholders.

**Responsibilities of the Role**
- You will support the Project Manager and ensure that the financial results are managed according to set targets and with due professional care. Optimization of the project gross profit, cash flow and assets and financing instruments. Ensures all related project reporting and controlling activities.
- Ensures the accuracy of project books and records, including recording of such in the appropriate systems, e.g., SAP - ensures compliance with Siemens-Financial Guidelines plus the local accounting requirements supported by the available financial experts.
- Supports the project and sales teams in identifying, evaluating risk and opportunities and strategies - taking over the full assessment of all commercial and contractual requirements of projects and/or new opportunities.
- You will represent the projects in the relevant decision boards internally and externally.
- Consolidates budgets, including top-down and bottom-up plans, and proceeds with periodic forecasts during the year for the BU management.
- Performs comparisons Actual vs. Plan on all business KPI’s and pursues effects of agreed measures and provides regular business reports.
- Performs evaluation of P&L and balance sheet items and manages improvement measures on a regular term.
- Ensures compliance with Business Conduct Guidelines and LoA guidelines for all commercial aspects.

**Professional contacts**
- Decision making in close collaboration with BU Financial Manager
- Constructive and active partnership with Project Managers and sales colleagues
- Regular and direct relationship with customers, BU management and local stakeholders

**Qualifications and Experience**
- Completed bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance (or equivalent)
- 5-7 years professional experience in various commercial or controlling functions1.
- Solid understanding of accounting and controlling tools and practices
- Contract management experience preferred (NEC3/Fidic)
- Experience on C-level Projects is a plus, ideally including the related CPM certification.

**Attributes and skills***
- Persuasive communication skills
- You have a sense of initiative, are proactive and actively display ownership.
- Ability to work under pressure and in an environment with tight deadlines.
- Ability to focus on outputs and results.
- You are a real team player and work independently.
- You must be willing to travel within Africa.

**Our culture**:
Our culture embraces different perspectives, open debate, and the will to challenge convention. Change is a constant aspect of our work. We aspire to lead the change in our industry rather than just react to it. That’s why we invite you to take on new challenges, test your ideas, and celebrate success.

The company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets under the Employment Equity Act will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an equal opportunity employer we encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

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