Finance Project Manager

Alstom; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Alstom in Bangalore, India, is hiring a Finance Project Manager for full-time engagement. You will lead project finances, drive financial strategy, and partner with Project Managers to improve margins and cash flow across the project lifecycle.

You’ll provide financial analysis, risk assessment, and guidance to support decision-making, ensure regulatory compliance, and collaborate with global finance teams on DoA policies and internal transfer pricing.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant or equivalent professional qualification.
• 5–8 years of experience in Finance with 3–4 years in a relevant role.
• Auditing or project operations background is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel; SAP experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead finances for projects to improve overall performance.
• Provide financial analysis, advisory support, and guidance to the project team.

Skills

MS Excel

SAP

Education

Chartered Accountant

Tools

MS Excel

SAP

Job description

At Alstom, we build what millions depend on daily - rail transportation systems that can't afford to fail. We're

more than 85,000 people worldwide creating the industry's most diverse portfolio: high-speed trains, metros,

trams, maintenance services and integrated systems.

Could you be the full-time Finance Project Manager in Bangalore, India we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your project finance expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to Finance Controller - Services PL India, and work alongside passionate, motivated and dedicated teammates.

You’ll leads finances for projects to improve the project overall performance. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with Project Manager and teams across the business as a key member of the project to provides financial analysis, advice and guidance to support the project team in making the best business decisions for the project and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of financial strategy success of the project, supports Project Manager in risks and opportunities process and sign-off contingencies or committed savings, but also part of the finance organization and covers the entire project lifecycle, i.e. acquisition, bidding and execution.

We’ll look to you for:

• Participate in overall Project Management process jointly with Project Manager.
• Main partner for the Financial Strategy success of the project.
• Business partnering by providing finance advise and tutoring to the project team.
• 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.).
• 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.

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:

• Chartered Accountant or equivalant educational qualification.
• 5 to 8 years’ of experience in Finance with 3 to 4 years of relevant experience.
• An auditing and/or project operational background would be an advantage.
• Solid organizational skills and ability to prioritize.
• Excellent knowledge in MS Excel, knowledge of SAP .

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.
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
• Contribute to innovative projects.
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical).

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 70+ countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.