Site Finance Controller Dresden/Berlin Job Listing at Alstom in Dresden

Title: Site Finance Controller Dresden/Berlin
Location: DEU-Dresden-Dresden

Site Finance Controller, as described in the JD (see attachment).

The SFC Dresden/Berlin is in charge for the Reporting Unit AFD hosting:

* Grid AC substation business for the destinationGermany, dedicated export projects and Grid projects in the wind industry
* Power electronics business Berlin
* ~200 employees (mostly engineers) inDresdenandBerlin
* Regional organisation and balancing unitGermany(~80 employees)
The SFC is supported by a team of management and project controllers (~15 HC).

Candidates should have deep skills and knowledge of project oriented business.

Depending on the skills and experience of the candidate the position can be double hatted with the regional tender controller position (as it is currently the case).

Hierarchical reporting: VP Finance Region
Functional reporting: UMD
THE JOB
Mission: Plan, control and analyze the Unit’s financial results within prevailing legislation and Alstom guidelines and policies, with the objective to support decision making as far as Unit’s growth and profit targets are concerned.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1 "Financial Standards & Processes:
Define financial standards & processes at Unit level and implement those of Division/BU. Provide information to the Management Team for the financial control of the Unit."
2 "Financial Data:
Prepare, produce, analyse, coordinate, follow-up the Unit financial data, do the reporting and make recommendations in order to assist the Management Team in making decisions."
3 "Budget and Business Planning:
Analyse, prepare, advise, define with the Unit Mgt Team the Unit Budget and Business Plan and follow them up, in order to optimize the financial results of the Unit."
4 "Risk Management/ Internal Control:
Advise and execute the management of risks in order to protect the Unit from financial risk exposure whilst managing business opportunities.
Ensure proper monitoring of internal control."
5 "Fiscal, Legal Compliance:
Ensure compliance to fiscal and reporting legislation at Unit level in order to minimize any potential related liabilities."
6 "Cash & ROCE Management:
Ensure cash management in order to maximize the Unit’s cash contribution to ALSTOM.
Review of suppliers and customers payment terms, overdue process implementation, inventory monitoring.
Ensure ROCE optimization."
7 "Team Management:
Hire, train, motivate and evaluate the people in the Team in order to provide the Unit with the needed financial competencies and performance."

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:
1 "Quality of cost control
Audit results
Respect of BU / Division Standards & Processes Effectiveness of segregation of duty"
2 "Quality of information
Customer satisfaction
Reactivity (when providing with data)"
3 "Reliability of data produced
Quality of analysis and advise
Customer satisfaction
Actual vs. Budget"
4 "Risk and fraud exposure level
Action plan completion
Quality of advise and involvement of Mgt Team in internal Control improvement"
5 "Legal compliance
Audit results"
6 "Actual vs. budget
Overdue level
OWC days of sales
ROCE level"
7 "People performance
Team spirit / climate
Motivation
Annual appraisal and development plan follow-ups"

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE JOB :
Education & Experience
University Degree in Finance / Business Management (Business School for example) 5 years of professional experience (including 2 years in a Management Position)
KNOWLEDGE :
Knowledge / Domain Degree of Knowledge
English / Broad
Finance IT tools / Complex
Good general understanding of domestic process and national, international business implications / Complex
Good knowledge of all internal processes and procedures / Broad
COMMUNICATION :

Main Interlocutors

Outside of the company:
External audit / Explain / Convergent

Government bodies / Inform / Convergent

Inland Revenue / Inform / Convergent

Inside the company:

UMD / Explain / Convergent
Unit Management Committee / Explain / Divergent
Corporate/Division/BU/ITR Country Finance Teams / Inform / Convergent
Internal Audit & Control / Explain / Convergent
INNOVATION :

Work situations that require creativity/problem solving :

Financial Standards, Data & Processes v
Budget and Business Planning v
Risk Management/ Internal Control v
Fiscal, Legal Compliance v
Cash & ROCE Management v

Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world, provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including thermal (coal, nuclear, gas...) and renewable ones (hydro, wind, solar...) and it offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 92,500 people in around 100 countries, and had sales of over € 20.9 billion in 2010/11. More information about Alstom at:www.alstom.com