Finance Project Manager 1

ALSTOM Gruppe; Saint-Bruno; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport systems company is seeking a full-time Finance Project Manager in Saint-Bruno, Quebec. You'll lead financial strategies and work closely with project management teams to ensure project success while controlling margins and approving financial KPIs. Candidates should have a relevant Bachelor’s degree, experience in project control, and proficiency in financial software like SAP. Join a dynamic company dedicated to innovative rail projects and sustainable development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive social coverage

Dynamic work environment

Investment in development

Qualifications

• Experience with project control in long and complex projects required.
• Knowledge of project performance, project accounting, and internal control is essential.
• CPA certification is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial strategy and contribute to project success.
• Control project gross margin through detailed reviews.
• Provide finance advice and support to the project team.

Skills

Project control understanding

Excellent communication skills

Team player

Financial planning tools familiarity

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or similar

Tools

MS Excel

SAP or equivalent financial software

Job description

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Finance Project Manager 1

Date: 24 Aug 2025

Company: Alstom

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Finance Project Managerwe’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your financial and strategic expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside dedicated and insightful teammates.

You'll lead the financial strategy and contribute to the success of our projects. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (project management, engineering, procurement), controlling project gross margins and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of forecasting and approving Project Financial KPIs such as cash, sales, and margin, but also escalating risks and opportunities to increase management attention.

We’ll look to you for:

Acting as a business partner to provide finance advice, guidance, and tutoring to the core project team

Forecasting, challenging and approving Project Financial KPIs

Controlling the project gross margin through detailed reviews

Communicating with stakeholders to provide reliable business cases

Ensuring Compliance with local regulations, especially for tax and statutory accounts purposes

Implementing the global financial strategy set at tender stage

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or similar

Experience or understanding of project control in long and complex projects

Knowledge of project performance, project accounting, and internal control

Familiarity with MS Excel and financial planning tools

A CPA certification is an asset.

Team player with excellent communication skills in English

Proficiency in SAP or equivalent financial software

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

Work with innovative financial strategies for rail projects

Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

Contribute to sustainable and impactful projects

Utilise our dynamic working environment

Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

Progress towards roles of greater responsibility and visibility

Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

Knowledge of a language other than French is an asset to facilitate communication with our partners, suppliers, colleagues, and international clients. In Quebec, French remains the primary working language of our company.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.