Finance Project Controller

2 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom ALSTOM Full time

**Req ID**:440491

**Location: Manchester M12**

**Appointment Basis: Permanent**

**Salary + Benefits: circa £55,000 plus excellent benefits**

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Employing 6,000 people within the UK & Ireland, we are the prominent supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet, as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas.

**Your future role**

As the Finance Project Manager, you’ll be responsible for the economic and financial management for a portfolio of projects with the businesses services sector. Following company procedures and ensuring risks and opportunities are managed to optimise the project financial targets.

Furthermore, you will participate in overall Project Management process jointly with Project Managers. This role will be a key member of the project, providing financial analysis, advice and guidance to support the project team in making the best business decisions for the project. The position is a part of the Finance organisation and covers the entire project lifecycle, i.e. acquisition, bidding and execution.

**What are my responsibilities?**
- Be the economic and financial advisor to the Project Manager
- Prepare, along with the Project Manager, the periodic Project Reviews with all the relevant financial analysis
- Control and optimise the project results through close involvement with the Project Manager and Work Package (WP) Owners/Project Sub-system Managers
- Challenge the estimate to complete in order to maximise the project margin and ensure all risks are mitigated
- Assure customer invoicing is done as soon as possible and play an active role in getting payment from customer in the due time
- Manage cash and follow-up the implementation of cash improvement actions on the project Promote cash culture in the project; work closely with the financial accountant in this regard
- Manage project bonds and hedging to limit exposure; work closely with the financial accountant in this regard
- Provide all Project financial reporting (orders, forecasts, weekly cash) to Unit accounting for month-end, forecast, budget process and to Sector as requested
- Review and analyse all Balance Sheet items linked to the project
- Handle claims administration (documentation, reports)
- Review the contract database data for all units and its compliance with last SPR’s decisions
- Participate in the project meetings, risk analysis meetings and all decision-making. concerning financial or contractual aspects of the project
- Provide guidance and financial leadership for the Project Managers for all Project Review submissions
- Control the tender process ensuring that all estimates are well supported and signed off by the work package owners and that the costs are collected in line with company rules
- Provide guidance and financial leadership to the tender team in order to help create cost build up on time in line with company rules to enable the company to maximise its future cash flows

**All about you**

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

- ACCA / CIMA / ACA Qualified
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to communicate effectively in the English language (written and spoken) with people at different levels
- Able to work effectively as a member of a team to co-ordinate and ensure consistency of reporting
- Ability to influence and instill confidence in those inside and outside of the finance department
- Ability to organise and prioritise in order to be effective
- Must be able to work autonomously (self-motivated)
- Ability to use and have previous experience of integrated financial systems
- Should be extremely numerate and have an excellent knowledge of accounting and finance
- Advance knowledge of MS Excel

**Preferred Skills and Experience**:

- Experience of Rail or Engineering sector would be highly advantageous
- Experience of accounting, preferably in a large multinational company
- Experience of contract or project accounting
- Experience of SAP is an advantage
- Ability to motive others
- Good presentational skills

There will be some travel to other sites

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d l

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