Alstom
Description
Take on a new challenge and apply your financial expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and forward-thinking teammates.
You’ll play a key role in managing the controlling and financial reporting of projects, ensuring alignment with Alstom’s internal control rules while supporting the project team in making informed business decisions. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (Project Managers, Planning, Sourcing, and more), provide financial insights, and ensure compliance with financial strategies and processes, among other responsibilities.
After gathering enough experience (assessed by the Manager), the Finance Project Analyst:
Leads, with the support of a FPM, finances for projects rated No Criticality, in order to improve the project overall performance.
Provides financial analysis, advice and guidance to support the project team in making the best business decisions for the project.
With the support of a FPM, he/she ensures Financial Strategy implementation.
The Finance Project Analyst supports the Finance Project Manager in the risks and opportunities process and sign-off of contingencies/committed savings.
Main activities:
The Finance Project Analyst is permanently focused on adding value through:
Participating and influencing negotiations (Price review, financial T&C, VO´s, Claims, etc.)
Permanently looking for liquidity flows and working capital optimization and promote cash culture in the project
Challenging financial information throughout project process (consistent “Early Warning” for financial impacts of projects operational performance and risk mitigation)
Monitoring compliance with all governance and reporting rules & regulations in project
Corroborating the permanent compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
If Lead Unit, the FPA needs to gather information on FX exposures (amounts, currencies, payment dates…) on the whole project and coordinate with the FPMs PU / SSCs / WPCs to make sure all project exposures are identified, and hedges are in place in each Unit and followed-up
Ensuring, managing and monitoring foreign exchange exposures and Contract Price Adjustment (CPA) indexes evolution (help to define indexes to be used)
Understanding the Project Organization (PxO) focused on Financial Flows
Warning on any deviation that may affect the tax structure (Tax guidance) implemented
Understanding the contractual terms and conditions and advising about all financial matters in contract, focusing on guiding on competitiveness improvement
Supporting Claim Management (jointly with Project Manager and Contract Manager), focus on finance topics, risks profile (support amendments wording)
Managing and analyzing costs, revenue and profitability
Preparing timely forecasts for sales, costs, margin and cash
Transforming data analysis into real insights focusing on profit improvement
Ensuring billing process (external or internal) is made on a timely manner
Supporting the finance teams in the monthly closing process and reporting Project financials in a suitable manner
Supporting requests made by Group Performance Management
Challenge eligibility and relevance of Capex & R&D analyzing impacts, optimizing implementation and informing Operations Finance about the amounts considered at tender stage
Ensuring project contractual bonds and guarantees are issued in due time and request release and avoiding unnecessary expenses
Measurement / Key Performance Indicators:
Achievement of financial targets of the project (i.e.: project margin compliance, project cash flow in line with targets, KPI fulfilment, etc.)
Compliance with ALSTOM rules & processes.
Timely and accurate Monthly Project Reviews & Financial Project Reviews
MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES:
Finance Degree
Excellent knowledge in MS Excel
Experience in SAP preferred.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Working in teams
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