Finance Project Manager 1

Req ID:438983 

Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide 

Purpose of the Job:

• Leads finances for projects rated in medium/low Criticality, in order to improve the project overall performance.
• Ensures project accounting is in accordance with Company guidelines;
• Participates in overall Project Management process jointly with Project Manager(s).
• Provides financial analysis, advices and guidance to support the project team in making the best business decisions for the project.
• 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.
• The FPM is part of the Finance organization and covers the entire project lifecycle, i.e. acquisition, bidding and execution.
• Analyses the execution performance and propose action plans to improve contract margin and cash profile as well as corrective action plans to mitigate identified risks
• Coaches Finance Project Manager Community in the evolution of rules and processes, trying to implement agility, simplification and efficiency.

 

Key accountabilities:

• Participate in overall Project Management process jointly with Project Manager.
• Main partner for the Financial Strategy success of the project.
  • Participates in preparation, reviews and validation of key projects
  • Optimize financial aspects on the project Org. Tax, Hedging, Financing.
• Business Partnering:
  • supports and participates in Regions biannual portfolio reviews.
  • 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.
  • key player in REX deployment within the region
• 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.).
• Supports Countries/sites lacking maturity in Project Finance Management: project start (TTM/CPR 0)
• 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.
• Animates and develops of the FPM community (participate to Projects staffing, FPM training, …). Shares best practices within the region and between regions
• Responsible for coaching Junior FPMs to develop necessary skills to manage projects.
• Consolidates and checks monthly reporting and portfolio reporting (NAVO/ambitions