Performance Controller / Finance Data Analyst

PCL Finance; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Australia is seeking a Performance Controller / Finance Data Analyst to join our Electrification & Automation team. You will build financial dashboards, analyse actuals vs budgets, and transform complex data into actionable insights for decision-makers.

You’ll collaborate with local and global stakeholders, drive data quality, support forecasting and performance management, and promote data-driven finance across the business.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in financial controlling, finance analytics or management reporting.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Power BI or Tableau for dashboards and visualisations.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills with data quality focus.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and improve financial dashboards showing KPIs, trends and drivers.
• Develop data visualisations and management reporting using Power BI/Tableau.
• Perform actual-versus-budget/forecast analysis and provide management commentary.
• Ensure financial data quality and consistency across sources (SAP, others).
• Support forecasting, planning and performance-management activities.

Skills

Power BI

Tableau

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SAP

Job description

Performance Controller / Finance Data Analyst

At Siemens Smart Infrastructure, we create environments that improve the way we live and work, combining the real and digital worlds to make infrastructure smarter, more efficient and more sustainable. Within our Electrification & Automation business in Australia, we help customers meet the challenges of an increasingly electrified and digitalised world.

Currently, we are searching for a highly motivated Performance Controller / Finance Data Analyst to join our Electrification & Automation business in Australia.

Are you passionate about finance, data and digitalisation and excited by the opportunity to turn complex financial information into meaningful business insights?

This role sits at the intersection of financial performance management and data analytics. You will play an important role in developing our financial reporting and analytics landscape, ensuring the quality and transparency of our financial data, and providing insights that help our business make better, faster decisions.

You will join a highly motivated team and work with local and global stakeholders in an environment that values ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement and excellence.

You’ll make an impact by

• Creating, maintaining and continuously improving financial performance dashboards, providing clear visibility of business KPIs, trends and performance drivers.
• Developing insightful data visualisations and management reporting using Power BI, Tableau or other data analytics tools.
• Performing financial analysis and reporting, including actual-versus-budget/forecast analysis, trend analysis, KPI analysis and management commentary.
• Taking ownership of financial data quality, identifying inconsistencies and working with relevant stakeholders to improve the accuracy, completeness and reliability of financial information.
• Performing cost controlling and analysis, creating transparency around cost development, deviations and underlying drivers.
• Supporting regular forecasting, planning and performance-management activities.
• Preparing regular and ad-hoc financial reports, analyses and presentations for Finance and business management.
• Consolidating and analysing data from SAP and other financial data sources, transforming complex datasets into clear and actionable business insights.
• Working closely with Finance colleagues and business stakeholders to understand their information needs and develop practical analytical solutions.
• Identifying opportunities to standardise, simplify and automate financial reporting and controlling processes.
• Contributing to the ongoing digitalisation of Finance and promoting data-driven decision-making across the business.

You will ideally bring:

• Relevant experience in financial controlling, finance analytics, business intelligence or management reporting.
• Demonstrated hands‑on expertise with Power BI, Tableau or other data analytics tools, including the development of dashboards and meaningful data visualisations.
• Strong SAP experience and a good understanding of financial data structures and processes.
• Advanced analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to work confidently with complex datasets.
• Sound understanding of financial performance management, cost controlling and financial reporting.
• A strong focus on data quality and accuracy.
• The ability to translate complex financial information into clear, decision‑useful insights.
• Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
• A high level of self‑motivation, ownership and personal drive for excellence.
• A curious and improvement‑oriented mindset, with the confidence to challenge existing processes and find better ways of working.
• The ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a collaborative team.

What’s in it for you?

This is more than a traditional controlling role. It is an opportunity to help shape how financial performance is measured, visualised and understood across Siemens Electrification & Automation Australia.

You can expect:

• The opportunity to work in a highly motivated and collaborative team.
• Exposure to both local and global Siemens stakeholders.
• Opportunities to build your capabilities across finance, controlling, data analytics and digitalisation.
• Local and global career and development opportunities within Siemens.
• The opportunity to make a visible impact on how Finance uses data and technology to support business decisions.

At Siemens, we value the unique perspectives and experiences that every individual brings. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and empowered to contribute. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and encourage you to bring your authentic self to work. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know.