Business Unit Lead Controller - Siemens Energy, Dammam KSA

Siemens Energy; Dammam; On-site; SAR 449,000 - 563,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy technology company in Saudi Arabia seeks a Business Unit Lead Controller to ensure financial transparency across manufacturing operations. You will monitor financial performance, oversee budget planning, and enhance operational improvements through data analysis and automation. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience including management, strong cost accounting skills, and proficiency in SAP FICO. Competitive salary and targeted bonuses offered.

Benefits

Competitive Salary Package

Targeted Bonus

Opportunities to work on a variety of innovative projects

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience, including 3 years in management.
• Strong cost accounting experience with labor and overhead rate calculations.
• Proven track record in financial analysis to support fact-based decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Ensure coherence with controlling standards, policies, and procedures.
• Monitor financial performance and prepare performance reporting and forecasts.
• Oversee day-to-day financial analysis and operational budget reviews.
• Manage month-end activities, including data compilation and general ledger review.
• Drive automation of financial processes and build reports.

Skills

Cost accounting

Financial analysis

Communication skills

Team-oriented mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field

Tools

SAP FICO

Excel

PowerPoint

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

As the Business Unit Lead Controller, you will ensure financial transparency across our light manufacturing operations, labor-based analysis, and capital expenditures. You will collaborate with multiple business units and countries, providing KPI analysis, overseeing budget planning, and driving operational improvements through data transparency and automation.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Ensure coherence with controlling standards, policies, and procedures.
• Monitor financial performance and prepare performance reporting and forecasts.
• Oversee day-to-day financial analysis and operational budget reviews.
• Manage month-end activities, including data compilation and general ledger review.
• Drive automation of financial processes and build reports using Tableau or Power BI.
• Partner with distribution center management to enhance business improvements and customer satisfaction.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional experience, including 3 years in management.
• Strong cost accounting experience with labor and overhead rate calculations.
• Proficiency in SAP FICO and advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication skills and a team-oriented mindset.
• Proven track record in financial analysis to support fact-based decision-making.

About The Team

Our Gas Services division offers low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• Competitive Salary Package
• Targeted Bonus
• Opportunities to work on a variety of innovative projects