Data Centers Finance Partner
Siemens
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Job summary
Siemens is seeking a Finance Business Partner for Data Center Systems in Peachtree Corners, GA. The role partners with senior leaders to shape financial strategy, oversee forecasting, and drive growth across a multi-functional team in a hybrid work setup.
You will influence strategic decisions, manage risk, and lead initiatives from planning to execution, with direct visibility to executive leadership within Apparatus. This is a high-impact, senior finance leadership role.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
- 10–15 years of progressive finance leadership with P&L ownership.
- Proven ability to partner with senior executives and drive strategic finance.
- Strong FP&A, forecasting, and performance management experience.
- Experience leading large cross-functional teams in matrix organizations.
Responsibilities
- Lead as senior finance partner to the Data Center Systems leadership.
- Provide financial strategy, planning, and governance for growth.
- Forecast, budget, report, and long-range planning.
- Oversee financial governance for major projects and contracts.
- Drive pricing, margin, and revenue growth initiatives.
- Identify risks and manage internal controls.
- Improve cash flow and working capital.
- Evaluate strategic investments and partnerships.
- Build and develop a high performing finance team.
Skills
Education
Job description
The rapid growth of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and digital infrastructure is driving unprecedented investment in data centers across North America. Siemens is uniquely positioned to support this transformation through industry-leading power distribution, electrical infrastructure, and integrated systems solutions that enable the world's largest hyperscale and colocation customers.
As part of our continued growth strategy, Siemens is establishing a dedicated Data Center Systems organization within Apparatus. We are seeking a highly motivated and strategic finance leader to serve as the Finance Business Partner for this newly created business.
This role represents a unique opportunity to build and shape the financial organization supporting one of the fastest-growing and most strategically important businesses within Siemens.
The Finance Business Partner, Data Center Systems serves as the senior finance leader and strategic advisor for a dedicated Data Center Systems business.
Reporting directly to the Head of Finance for Apparatus, this leader will provide end-to-end financial leadership across business strategy, performance management, planning, commercial support, risk management, and organizational development. The role partners closely with the senior leadership team to accelerate profitable growth, drive operational excellence, and strengthen long-term business performance.
The successful candidate will combine financial leadership, commercial insight, business acumen, and executive influence to support some of the world's largest hyperscale and colocation customers. This individual will lead a team of approximately ten professionals across Finance, Commercial Project Management, Project Financial Specialists, and Contract Manufacturing Finance.
The role is expected to operate as a trusted advisor and thought partner to business leadership while ensuring strong governance, accountability, and execution across the organization. This is a hybrid position and is located in Peachtree Corners, GA.
- Serve as the lead finance partner to the Data Center Systems leadership team.
- Influence strategic decision-making through financial insight, business analysis, and market perspective.
- Drive development and execution of financial strategies aligned with business growth objectives.
- Provide leadership on business transformation and organizational development initiatives.
- Establish key performance measures that drive accountability and sustainable growth.
- Act as a trusted advisor to business leadership, providing independent financial perspective and guidance.
- Partner with Sales, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Project Execution teams to improve business performance.
- Support strategic growth initiatives, market expansion opportunities, and customer development strategies.
- Translate financial and operational data into actionable insights that improve decision-making.
- Lead all forecasting, budgeting, monthly reporting, and long-range planning activities.
- Drive revenue growth, profitability improvement, productivity initiatives, and cash generation.
- Provide transparent reporting and executive-level business reviews.
- Identify emerging risks and opportunities and develop corresponding action plans.
- Ensure achievement of financial commitments and strategic objectives.
- Lead financial oversight and governance for major customer opportunities and project portfolios.
- Partner with Commercial Project Management teams to strengthen project performance and margin execution.
- Support complex contract negotiations and commercial decision-making.
- Provide leadership on claims management, contract risk assessment, and commercial mitigation strategies.
- Ensure compliance with Siemens commercial and financial governance requirements.
- Lead margin improvement initiatives and pricing strategies across the portfolio.
- Analyze customer and project profitability to optimize business performance.
- Support strategic customer negotiations and long-term commercial agreements.
- Drive initiatives that improve revenue quality and sustainable profitability.
- Identify and proactively manage financial, operational, contractual, and execution-related risks.
- Develop mitigation strategies in partnership with the business leadership team.
- Ensure effective internal controls, compliance, and governance practices.
- Promote a culture of responsible risk management and transparency.
- Drive initiatives that improve cash flow, working capital performance, and return on invested capital.
- Partner with operational teams to improve inventory, receivables, and contract structures.
- Monitor key cash conversion metrics and support continuous performance improvement.
- Lead financial evaluation of strategic investments, manufacturing initiatives, and growth opportunities.
- Develop business cases utilizing ROI, IRR, NPV, and payback methodologies.
- Support evaluation of partnerships, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic opportunities as required.
- Lead and develop a team of approximately ten professionals across Finance, Commercial Project Management, Project Financial Specialists, and Contract Manufacturing Finance.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, customer focus, and continuous improvement.
- Drive talent development, succession planning, and organizational capability building.
- Develop future finance leaders and strengthen organizational effectiveness.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related discipline.
- 10-15 years of progressive finance leadership experience.
- Demonstrated success as a finance leader with significant business or P&L ownership responsibilities.
- Proven experience serving as a strategic business partner to senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
- Strong experience in financial planning and analysis, business controlling, forecasting, and performance management.
- Experience leading teams within a complex matrix organization.
- Strong executive communication, leadership, and influencing capabilities.
- Advanced analytical, financial modeling, and business case development skills.
- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization
- MBA or other advanced business degree.
- CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional certification.
- Experience supporting large-scale industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, technology, or project-based businesses.
- Experience within the data center, cloud infrastructure, mission-critical facilities, or related markets.
- Experience leading organizations through periods of rapid growth, transformation, and organizational change.
- Knowledge of Commercial Project Management, complex contract structures, and claims management.
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Strategic Thinking
- Enterprise Leadership
- Business Partnership
- Financial Acumen
- Executive Presence
- Customer Focus
- Change Leadership
- Organizational Leadership
- Risk Management
- Talent Development
- Continuous Improvement Mindset
This is a unique opportunity to build the finance framework for a newly established Data Center Systems organization serving one of Siemens' most important growth markets. The role provides direct exposure to executive leadership, ownership of a multi-billion-dollar business, engagement with some of the world's largest technology customers, and the opportunity to create lasting impact through business transformation and growth.
We are a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to sustainable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, we create technology with purpose adding real value for customers. Learn more about Siemens here.
We value your unique identity and perspective. We are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society, while ensuring that we attract the best talent based on qualifications, skills, and experiences. We welcome you to bring your authentic self and transform the everyday with us.
$171,217 $293,515 25%
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