Finance Project Manager - Midrand at Alstom

JOB TITLE & JOB CODE

The FPM leads finances for projects rated in No/Low Criticality, in order to improve the project overall performance. He or She participates in overall Project Management process jointly with Project Manager. As a key member of the project and project core team, he provides financial analysis, advice and guidance to support the project team in making the best business decisions for the project. He is the main partner for the Financial Strategy success of the project, contributing in negotiation processes to secure project success. The FPM supports PM in risks and opportunities process and sign-off contingencies/committed savings. He is part of the Finance organization and covers the entire project lifecycle, i.e. acquisition, bidding and execution.

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

Key Accountabilities:

• Participate in overall Project Management process jointly with Project Manager and as finance representative on the project core team
• Main partner for the Financial Strategy success of the project.
• Optimize financial aspects on the project Org. Tax, Hedging, Financing

Business Partnering:

• provide finance advise and tutoring to the project team.
• set up technical expertise within the real and current concerns of the business to create value.
• enrich integration within the organization (functional intermediation).
• ensure compliance of finance rules in project review preparation and throughout project execution.
• contribute on business agility and awareness.
• Supervision, analysis and support for overall finance topics of the project.
• Control the financial performance of the project and propose action plans to improve contract margin and cash profile as well as corrective action plans to mitigate identified risks.
• Raised "Early Warnings" when necessary to increase management attention.
• Add insight and accuracy to project financial information (Improve accuracy on forecasts, revenue, cash, cost, etc.).
• Challenge and approve Project Financials (cash, competitiveness) as per DoA.
• Provide confirmation of Internal Transfer Pricing policies to procurement for the issuance of internal purchase orders.
• Control the interflows of Internal purchased orders.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations, especially for tax and statutory accounts purposes.
• Liaise with other finance expert functions (e.g. Tax and Customs, Treasury and Financing, Internal Audit & Risk Management, Accounting and Finance efficiency, etc.).
• Cooperate with other expert functions (e.g. legal, platforms, Operational Excellence, etc.).
• Establish strategic network with external financial players involved in the project.
• Contribute in negotiation processes to secure project success (customer and / or partner).
• Support PM in risks and opportunities process and sign-off contingencies/committed savings.
• Partner with PM and CM in Contract & Claim Management (focus on finance topics & risks profile).
• For partnership (consortium or JV), ensure follow up of the financial aspects in compliance with the partner agreements and alert in case of any deviation or risk profile for Alstom.
• Know and understand businesses portfolio and the operation of every business function.

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

• Master’s in Business school, engineering school or university equivalent

Desirable:

• MBA, Master’s in finance

Experience

Mandatory:

• + 5 to 10 years’ experience in Finance
• An auditing and/or project operational background would be an advantage
• Solid organizational skills and ability to prioritize
• Team working
• Excellent knowledge in MS Excel, knowledge of SAP
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Fluent in other languages is a plus