Senior Finance Manager at Alstom

Job description

The Railway industry today is characterized by both a strong and sustained growth across the world. The trends that drive this are well known: environmental challenges, population growth, urbanization and increasing demands for mobility.

With 6B€ of Sales and around 30,000 employees based in over 60 countries, Alstom develop & market the most complete range of systems, equipment and services offered today in the railway sector. Today we offer our customers solutions that feature a seamless blend of diverse technologies, ensuring optimal interfaces, along with flexible implementation and real synergy in innovation.

Purpose of the Job

• Brings to JV Management, Region & Sector Management and Corporate a regular true and fair view of JV Finance activity (monthly/yearly closing, budgets and forecasts), ensuring compliance with local accounting & tax regulations (statutory), Group accounting standards and Internal Control rules & principles.
• Assists and advises the JV Management Committee and CFO with all financial matters relative to the JV. Supports, challenges and monitors the JV objectives through production of complete JV financial results and businesses performance analysis, including appropriate KPIs.
• Ensures that all operational managers in the JV get the adequate support from the Finance Organization.
• Establishes close functional working relationships with the AT Finance Middle East Africa and Sector Finance Representatives in order to ensure alignment of the JV financial strategy with Sector objectives.
• Manages directly relevant JV finance (non – project controlling) community.

Position in the Organisation

• Organisational Reporting
• Management
• Manages hierarchically JV finance community – but excluding the Project Controlling community.
• Hierarchical Report to : CFO

Mission

• Networks and Links
• Members of the Project Team
• Works closely with the JV EXCO team, Site Manager and PRASA contract Offshore Finance Manager.
• Works closely with Cost Centre Owners
• Region Finance Controller
• Sector Finance

Responsibilities

• Support to Business
• Assists and advises the JV CFO for all financial matters relative to the JV and monitor the JV objectives through performance monitoring.
• Ensures that all operational managers i