Job Vacancies at Siemens

About the job

Write Up About The Division
Growing digitalization and flexibility of production processes presents outstanding potential. In Digital Industries, we enable our customers to unlock their full potential and drive digital transformation with a comprehensive portfolio of seamlessly integrated software and hardware, as well as technology-based consulting and services to support companies in the manufacturing and process industries worldwide in improving the flexibility, quality, and efficiency of their processes and reducing the time to market of their products.

Mission/Function of the role:
To ensure proper Closing and Controlling activities as per SFRG. To timeously report, prepare and analyse reports within DI. Calculation of the Management incentives and Sales incentives as well as various ad hoc reporting to the Divisional Management would be required. The role further includes monitoring of all common function costs within DI, as well as the tracking of productivity and reporting thereof into the OPW tool. To work closely with the DI Management team and reports directly to the DI Head of Finance South Africa

What are the responsibilities of the role?

• Ensures coherence with superior Controlling standards, policies and procedures, adopts respective processes by ensuring:
• Financial Reporting, Integrity, and effective Risk Management & Internal Control Systems
• Effective Business Administration, Controlling and Financial Planning
• Efficient Capital, Financing and Tax Management
• Ensures planning, monitoring and reviews of unit`s budget, and provides and comments Actual vs. Plan reports
• Monitors financial performance, provides KPI analyzes, and prepares and comments respective performance reporting and forecasts.
• Ensures proper revenue and cost controlling, and design and maintenance of underlying cost account systems.
• Analyzes, prepares, approves and reviews units´ investments and expenditures, and provides respective reporting by acting:
• As Investors Advocate by protecting the Assets and driving sustainable Value Creation
• As trusted partner of the Country DI Head and Country DI Head of Finance and the local and global management team
• Oversees the day-to-day controlling and financial analysis operations.
• Leads the organization assigned.
• Manages and leads a team of specialized Controlling Professionals and support staff, in different organizational settings.

Contacts:

• External Contacts
• Customers, Government Authorities, Suppliers, Financial Institutions, Auditors
• Internal Contacts
• DI Management, BU Management, HQ Management, Country Management, Corporate / Support Functions, Branch and Assigned Country Management

Qualifications And Experience

• Relevant BCom or equivalent qualification
• SAP Experience – Advance
• Proficient in writing / speaking in the English language
• At least 8 years commercial experience in a variety of functions with different BU’s and /or Corporate Functions e.g., controlling, project management, sales commercial
• Exposure to variety of business (project/product/services) and cycles (start-up, growth, mature and decline)
• At least 5 years’ experience in managing a team of direct and indirect reports (Varied levels of professionals)
• Familiarity or having worked within the DI environment (Advantageous)
• Intercultural exposure specifically dealing with diverse groups of people, cultures, languages, cross boarder relations, all levels of management
• Understanding and adherence of Siemens Conduct Guidelines, business processes and policies, compliance policies and guidelines
• Commercial Project Management
• Demonstrate the understanding of project management, project reporting and project controlling activities (PM@Siemens and SFRG) – Essential
• Demonstrate the understanding of Project financing solutions and models – Advantageous

Competencies:

• Strategic Planning
• Leadership Abilities
• Driving for Results
• Decision Making
• Building Organisational Talent
• Strong Attention to Detail

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Role Headline

Implements superior finance policies, guidelines and procedures for effective Business Administration, for a functional organization unit assigned. Governs the financial operations, and supports accountable unit Head collaboratively. Manages controlling & reporting and commercial tasks to directly support effective and profitable Business and supports accountable management in assigned area of responsibility.

Responsibilities of the Role

• Contributes to definition, and ensures implementation of superior financial strategy, policies and guidelines.
• Supports accountable Unit or Functional Head, provides advice and proposes measures regarding Finance / Business Administration.
• Develops and implements financial and business administration policies, standards and procedures, for the assigned organization unit.
• Ensures effective financial analysis, planning and controlling activities, and all related business administration activities.
• Oversees and ensures completion of all accounting, financial statements and reporting, and other finance related operations.
• Takes decisions on treasury management, optimized capital financing structure and tax compliance management.
• Ensures compliant and standardized contract management, in all relevant business cases (supplier, customer, service providers)
• Ensures analysis and evaluation of the product or project portfolio, and evaluates capital expenditure proposals.
• Collaborates in the preparation of complex bids or tenders for project business.
• Leads the organization assigned.
• Manages the assigned Finance / Business Administration organization.
• Manages or contributes to ongoing optimization processes to ensure rationalization potential and to optimize productivity.
• May coordinate risk and internal control management (incl. ERM, internal regulations).
• Manages finance projects and/or processes including associated consulting in area of the respective BI content and / or application.
• Encourage and support the Jnr team members with their professional development through growth talks, guidance, coaching and mentoring

Qualifications And Experience

• Relevant Degree in Finance/Accounting and Controlling
• 10 Years of relevant commercial experience in a variety of functions within different BU's and / or Corporate Functions e.g. controlling, project management, sales commercial
• Exposure to variety of business (project / product / service) and cycles (start-up, growth, mature, decline)
• Min of 3 years’ experience in disciplinary management of a team of employees
• Minimum of one international assignment of at least 18 months (advantageous)

Attributes and skills

Strong analytical skills

• Good understanding of project business and related contractual knowledge
• Ability and willingness to challenge status quo
• Willingness to get directly involved with operational matters
• Strong communication skills; must be able to interact with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new challenges in changing environment
• Strong decision making skills
• Strong line management and ability to give clear guidance to the organization
• Ability to coach and mentor Jnr Staff
• External/Internal Contacts:
• External: Customers, Government Authorities, Suppliers, Financial Institutions, Auditors
• Internal: Divisional BU management, HQ Management, Country Management, Corporate/ Support Functions, Branch and Assigned Country Management

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Role

To give you an idea of how this flexible role would look and feel, here are some of the things you could expect to do

• Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair all designated VMS equipment within an assigned service territory
• Manage time and maintain a schedule to include preventative maintenance, installations and upgrades as well as incoming customer calls
• Understand and recognize the need to escalate incidents when necessary and/or request additional assistance from more tenured representatives
• Examine difficult customer issues and diagnose and resolve the issues and meet established FSR levels.