Financial Analyst- Controlling
Siemens AG
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Job summary
Siemens Grid Software, a global technology leader, is seeking a Financial Analyst – Controlling in the United States. You will partner with PTI leadership, analyze revenue, costs, and backlog, and support project accounting in SAP while advancing automation with Power BI, Power Query, and KNIME.
You’ll influence planning, forecasting, and month-end close, turning data into insights that drive business decisions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in finance and/or accounting roles, ideally within a multinational, software, or professional‑services organization.
- Solid understanding of IFRS 15 / US GAAP ASC 606 (Percentage of Completion, Cost-to-Cost Method), specifically within a project environment.
- Proficiency with SAP FI and CO modules.
- Advanced Excel skills, including Power Query and relational data modeling – well beyond VLOOKUPs.
- A strong desire to learn and apply tools like Power BI, Power Automate, and KNIME to improve how finance works.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without Visa sponsorship
Responsibilities
- Partner with PTI leadership, analyzing revenue, margin, costs, and backlog.
- Support PTI project and order setup, review time and billing data, and revenue recognition in SAP.
- Prepare utilization, capacity, and headcount reporting for monthly review.
- Document recurring processes to share knowledge across the team.
- Lead margin analysis and backlog reporting during month/quarter/year-end.
- Provide monthly variance commentary explaining actual vs forecast.
- Contribute to budget, forecast, and HQ requests for PTI.
- Perform targeted data analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- O2C: manage customer setup, invoicing, cash receipt.
- Identify bottlenecks in billing and collections.
Skills
Education
Job description
Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds, thereby improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you?
At Siemens Grid Software, we accelerate and secure a successful Energy Transition
Today the energy world is changing to become carbon neutral. Distributed Energy Resources are growing rapidly and decentralized power generation is transforming how energy systems operate. Utility companies are rethinking their IT/OT landscapes and require agile, data-driven solutions to operate efficiently and securely.
At Siemens Grid Software, we are at the forefront of this transformation, enabling our customers through advanced digital solutions, analytics, and software platforms.
Find out more about the Digital world of Siemens Grid Software here:
At Siemens Grid Software, we foster an ownership culture where employees take responsibility, collaborate openly, and continuously improve. We value innovation, transparency, and data-driven decision-making. Our teams operate globally and work closely across functions to drive meaningful business outcomes.
We have major locations in Minneapolis, MN; Foster City, CA; Schenectady, NY; Houston, TX; and Wendell, NC.
We are looking for a Financial Analyst – Controlling with a solid foundation in finance and a genuine interest in data, analytics, and automation. You will join the Grid Software Services Americas finance team, reporting to the Head of Finance, supporting the full portfolio with a focus on Power Technologies International (PTI), our power systems consulting and engineering business.
You are a hands‑on contributor who keeps the day‑to‑day running accurately and on time – and who looks at every manual, repetitive step and asks “how do we standardize this, and can we automate it?” You will have the support and room to make that happen, turning routine work into reliable, repeatable processes and freeing up time for analysis that helps the business make decisions.
- Business partnering: Support the finance partner for PTI leadership, project managers, and sales, providing analysis of revenue, margin, costs, and backlog for a consulting business that runs on people, hours, and projects.
- Project financials: Support PTI project and order setup, review time and billing data, and maintain accurate project revenue recognition (Percentage of Completion) in SAP.
- Utilization & capacity: Prepare utilization, capacity, and headcount reporting that feeds the monthly business review and helps leadership balance workload against demand.
- Operational accuracy: Handle a steady volume of transactional and data‑entry work with care, and document each recurring process so knowledge is shared across the team rather than held by one person.
- Closing & Reporting: Support month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end activities. Lead margin analysis and backlog reporting to ensure a clear picture of business health.
- Variance Analysis: Prepare monthly commentary that tells the story behind the numbers, explaining variances between actual results and forecasts with clarity and insight.
- Planning & forecasting: Contribute to budget, forecast, and recurring headquarters requests for the PTI business.
- Business analysis: Perform targeted data analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- O2C Management: Own and improve the end‑to‑end Order‑to‑Cash process, including customer setup, order intake, invoicing, and cash receipt.
- Issue resolution: Spot and help resolve bottlenecks in billing and collections to improve cash flow and customer satisfaction.
- Standardize: Turn recurring processes into consistent templates, checklists, and controls that others on the team can run.
- Automate: Identify manual steps and reduce them over time using tools such as Power Query, Power Automate, and KNIME – progressively shifting your own time from data entry to analysis.
- Partner on reporting: Work alongside the team’s Financial Data Architect, who owns the data models and Power BI platform; you bring the process expertise and are a key user and tester of the reporting tools.
- Closing & Reporting: Support month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end activities. Lead margin analysis and backlog reporting to ensure a clear picture of business health.
- Variance Analysis: Prepare monthly commentary that tells the story behind the numbers, explaining variances between actual results and forecasts with clarity and insight.
- Planning & forecasting: Contribute to budget, forecast, and recurring headquarters requests for the PTI business.
- Business analysis: Perform targeted data analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Standardize: Turn recurring processes into consistent templates, checklists, and controls that others on the team can run.
- Automate: Identify manual steps and reduce them over time using tools such as Power Query, Power Automate, and KNIME – progressively shifting your own time from data entry to analysis.
- Partner on reporting: Work alongside the team’s Financial Data Architect, who owns the data models and Power BI platform; you bring the process expertise and are a key user and tester of the reporting tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in finance and/or accounting roles, ideally within a multinational, software, or professional‑services organization.
- Solid understanding of IFRS 15 / US GAAP ASC 606 (Percentage of Completion, Cost-to-Cost Method), specifically within a project environment.
- Proficiency with SAP FI and CO modules.
- Advanced Excel skills, including Power Query and relational data modeling – well beyond VLOOKUPs.
- A strong desire to learn and apply tools like Power BI, Power Automate, and KNIME to improve how finance works.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without Visa sponsorship
Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds, thereby improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you?
At Siemens Grid Software, we accelerate and secure a successful Energy Transition
Today the energy world is changing to become carbon neutral. Distributed Energy Resources are growing rapidly and decentralized power generation is transforming how energy systems operate. Utility companies are rethinking their IT/OT landscapes and require agile, data‑driven solutions to operate efficiently and securely.
At Siemens Grid Software, we are at the forefront of this transformation, enabling our customers through advanced digital solutions, analytics, and software platforms.
Find out more about the Digital world of Siemens Grid Software here:
https://new.siemens.com/global/en/products/energy/topics/smart-grid.html
At Siemens Grid Software, we foster an ownership culture where employees take responsibility, collaborate openly, and continuously improve. We value innovation, transparency, and data‑driven decision‑making. Our teams operate globally and work closely across functions to drive meaningful business outcomes.
We have major locations in Minneapolis, MN; Foster City, CA; Schenectady, NY; Houston, TX; and Wendell, NC.
We are looking for a Financial Analyst – Controlling with a solid foundation in finance and a genuine interest in data, analytics, and automation. You will join the Grid Software Services Americas finance team, reporting to the Head of Finance, supporting the full portfolio with a focus on Power Technologies International (PTI), our power systems consulting and engineering business.
You are a hands‑on contributor who keeps the day‑to‑day running accurately and on time – and who looks at every manual, repetitive step and asks “how do we standardize this, and can we automate it?” You will have the support and room to make that happen, turning routine work into reliable, repeatable processes and freeing up time for analysis that helps the business make decisions.
- Business partnering: Support the finance partner for PTI leadership, project managers, and sales, providing analysis of revenue, margin, costs, and backlog for a consulting business that runs on people, hours, and projects.
- Project financials: Support PTI project and order setup, review time and billing data, and maintain accurate project revenue recognition (Percentage of Completion) in SAP.
- Utilization & capacity: Prepare utilization, capacity, and headcount reporting that feeds the monthly business review and helps leadership balance workload against demand.
- Operational accuracy: Handle a steady volume of transactional and data‑entry work with care, and document each recurring process so knowledge is shared across the team rather than held by one person.
- Closing & Reporting: Support month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end activities. Lead margin analysis and backlog reporting to ensure a clear picture of business health.
- Variance Analysis: Prepare monthly commentary that tells the story behind the numbers, explaining variances between actual results and forecasts with clarity and insight.
- Planning & forecasting: Contribute to budget, forecast, and recurring headquarters requests for the PTI business.
- Business analysis: Perform targeted data analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- O2C Management: Own and improve the end‑to‑end Order‑to‑Cash process, including customer setup, order intake, invoicing, and cash receipt.
- Issue resolution: Spot and help resolve bottlenecks in billing and collections to improve cash flow and customer satisfaction.
- Standardize: Turn recurring processes into consistent templates, checklists, and controls that others on the team can run.
- Automate: Identify manual steps and reduce them over time using tools such as Power Query, Power Automate, and KNIME – progressively shifting your own time from data entry to analysis.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in finance and/or accounting roles, ideally within a multinational, software, or professional‑services organization.
- Solid understanding of IFRS 15 / US GAAP ASC 606 (Percentage of Completion, Cost-to-Cost Method), specifically within a project environment.
- Proficiency with SAP FI and CO modules.
- Advanced Excel skills, including Power Query and relational data modeling – well beyond VLOOKUPs.
- A strong desire to learn and apply tools like Power BI, Power Automate, and KNIME to improve how finance works.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without Visa sponsorship
- MBA or professional certification (CPA/CMA).
- Experience in a consulting or professional‑services environment (utilization, time-and-materials and fixed‑price project billing).
- Exposure to SQL or Python.
- Ability to manage tight deadlines and high‑volume work while keeping an uncompromising eye for detail and a collaborative spirit.
- The PTI Edge: You will support Power Technologies International (PTI), the “brains” of the energy transition, gaining exposure to high‑level consulting and technical software financials.
- Developmental Launchpad: This position is explicitly designed as a developmental track. We aren’t just hiring for today; we are looking for a future finance leader within the Siemens ecosystem.
- Digitalization Playground: You will have the autonomy to identify automation opportunities and build the tools that will modernize our regional reporting.
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.
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $74,970 - $128,520 annually. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
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