Lifecycle Controller

Wärtsilä; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Wärtsilä in Mexico City is seeking a Lifecycle Controller to join our energy storage business. You will lead financial performance reporting, closing processes, and controlling across Lifecycle revenue streams including long-term service agreements, field service, and parts.

You will collaborate with business and finance teams to ensure data accuracy in SAP, develop KPIs, and support audits while identifying profitability improvements and cost efficiencies.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Economics, Finance, Business or a related field.
• Advanced English communication skills.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a financial controller or equivalent roles.
• Strong understanding of agreements and service business controlling.
• Experience in Field Service, long term service agreements and parts environments, with an understanding of key business drivers.
• Advanced financial systems and reporting tools, including SAP & Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly, quarterly and year-end closing activities for Lifecycle operations.
• Monitor profitability, margins, cost performance and key financial KPIs across Lifecycle revenue streams.
• Perform balance sheet follow-up, reconciliations and other controlling activities to ensure financial accuracy.
• Support operational controlling activities, including cost monitoring, WIP follow-up, timesheet validation, project and cost allocation reviews, and master data maintenance.
• Ensure agreement estimates are regularly reviewed, challenged and maintained.
• Support rate calculations for Field Services and Global Technical Support Centre activities.
• Perform internal control activities and support audit processes within the area of responsibility.
• Maintain high-quality financial and operational data by proactively monitoring and improving data accuracy in SAP and related systems.
• Develop, implement and monitor business control KPIs, reports and performance measures.
• Provide proactive support to stakeholders by identifying risks, sharing insights and recommending actions.
• Support Estimo mobilization and demobilization of agreements.
• Act as a key user for SAP and other Lifecycle controlling tools.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, cost efficiency and overall business performance.
• Support development projects, system enhancements, testing activities and deployment of new tools.

Skills

Financial controlling

Financial analysis

Advanced English

Stakeholder communication

Education

B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Economics, Finance, Business or related field

Tools

SAP

Excel

IFS

Power BI

QlikView

Job description

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We are seeking a Lifecycle Controller to join our global Energy Storage Business organization in the rapidly growing renewable energy market.

As a Lifecycle Controller, you will be responsible for ensuring accurate financial performance reporting, operational controlling, and compliance across Lifecycle revenue streams, including long term service agreements, SaaS, Field Service, Technical Support, and Parts. Working closely with business and finance stakeholders, you will support financial integrity, profitability improvement, risk management, and continuous development of controlling processes and tools across global Lifecycle operations.

• Contract type: Permanent / Indefinite-Term Employment

Key Responsibilities:

• Support monthly, quarterly and year-end closing activities for Lifecycle operations.
• Monitor and analyse profitability, margins, cost performance and key financial KPIs across Lifecycle revenue streams.
• Perform balance sheet follow-up, reconciliations and other controlling activities to ensure financial accuracy.
• Support operational controlling activities, including cost monitoring, WIP follow-up, timesheet validation, project and cost allocation reviews, and master data maintenance.
• Ensure agreement estimates are regularly reviewed, challenged and maintained.
• Support rate calculations for Field Services and Global Technical Support Centre activities.
• Perform internal control activities and support audit processes within the area of responsibility.
• Maintain high-quality financial and operational data by proactively monitoring and improving data accuracy in SAP and related systems.
• Develop, implement and monitor business control KPIs, reports and performance measures.
• Provide proactive support to stakeholders by identifying risks, sharing insights and recommending actions.
• Support Estimo mobilization and demobilization of agreements.
• Act as a key user for SAP and other Lifecycle controlling tools.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, cost efficiency and overall business performance.
• Support development projects, system enhancements, testing activities and deployment of new tools.

Required Qualifications to Apply:

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Economics, Finance, Business or a related field.
• Advance English communication skills.
• Minimum 5 Years of experience as a financial Controller or equivalent roles.
• Strong understanding of agreements and service business controlling.
• Experience in Field Service, long term service agreements and parts environments, with an understanding of key business drivers.
• Advanced financial systems and reporting tool knowledge, including SAP & Excel.

Nice to have (Plus):

• Knowledge and hands-on experience with IFS.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with Power BI / QlikView.

We’re building the next generation of grid-scale energy storage solutions, combining innovative technology with deep industry expertise to solve some of today’s most complex energy challenges. With proven experience across more than 20 GWh of energy storage capacity and 130+ projects worldwide, we bring together software, hardware, system integration, and lifecycle services to deliver energy storage that performs.

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.

Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.

Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com .