VIE - Work Package Controller (m/f)

ALSTOM Gruppe; Saint-Bruno; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

ALSTOM Gruppe is seeking a full-time Workpackage Controller in Quebec for their VIE program. This role involves supporting project finance activities, ensuring compliance with financial processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize financial performance. Ideal candidates are graduates with a passion for finance and strong analytical skills, ready to contribute to transformative projects in the rail industry.

Benefits

Stability and long-term career opportunities

Work with innovative financial tools

Collaborate with cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• Experience or understanding of production-related areas is a plus.
• Proficiency in English; additional language skills are a plus.
• Strong technical and process understanding with a focus on optimization.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Finance Manager and prepare reports for monthly Work Package Reviews.
• Ensure financial processes and internal controls are implemented and compliant.
• Provide management with reliable financial data to assist in decision-making.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Strong communication skills

Team-oriented mindset

High affinity for numbers

Solution-oriented approach

Education

Graduate degree with a financial background

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

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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.

Type of contract: Volontariat International en Entreprise (VIE) . To know more about the VIE program, Click here

Could you be the full-time Workpackage Controller (VIE Program) in Montreal or Saint-Bruno (Quebec, Canada) we’re looking for?

Your future role

We’ll look to you for :

• Support the Project Finance Manager and others project function as a finance partner
• Prepare in coordination with the project team the different reports for the monthly Work Package Reviews following Alstom standards.
• Planning of the regular meetings with all the departments (Engineering, Purchasing, Production, i.a) involved in the generation of the information to be included in the Work Packages.
• Ensure that actuals and cost at completion of a work package (WP) are accurate.
• Ensure that QCD Commitments of a WP are properly documented and monitored on a monthly basis.
• Collaboration in different activities related to the projects representing the financial area and keeping the necesary independence.
• Pro-active activities to mitigate overcosts by making proposals to the different areas (Purchasing, Production...) to generate savings.
• Understand the project documents and systems and actively manage financial implications arising from them.
• Ensure that all financial processes and internal controls, including DoA, are implemented, robust and compliant.
• Provide management with reliable financial data in order to assist in the decision-making.
• Ad-hoc reporting on project including special investigations of issues arising

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:
• A graduate degree with a financial background
• Experience or understanding of production-related areas (internship or professional experience is a plus)
• Strong technical and process understanding with a focus on optimization
• High affinity for working with and analyzing numbers
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel
• A good level of English; additional language skills are a plus
• Analytical thinking, strong communication skills, and a team-oriented mindset
• An independent and solution-oriented approach to work

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 tools and processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and supportive colleagues
• Contribute to impactful and innovative projects

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.