Senior Financial Analyst - Performance Controlling
Siemens
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Siemens is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to own Productivity Reporting, Backlog Governance, and broader Financial Reporting for North America. You will collaborate with finance leadership, factories, sales organizations, and digitalization teams to influence decisions and drive profitable growth across a major business unit.
This role emphasizes analytics, automation, and data storytelling with Power BI and SAC, supporting monthly close, forecasts, and long-range planning in a hybrid work
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or related field.
- 5+ years FP&A or performance controlling experience.
- Strong financial analysis and business partnering experience.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Experience with SAP and large data sets.
- Ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Responsibilities
- Lead Productivity Reporting for North America.
- Provide transparency around productivity initiatives, cost savings, and operational improvements.
- Develop reporting packages and dashboards for executive management.
- Partner with business leaders to improve profitability and efficiency.
- Support long-range planning and productivity target setting.
- Own backlog reporting processes and governance.
- Monitor backlog quality, aging and risk indicators.
- Drive standardization of backlog reporting methodologies.
- Support monthly close, forecasting, budget and strategic planning.
- Perform variance analysis and support internal controls.
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Job Family: Electrical Products
Req ID: 518330
Senior Financial Analyst – Performance Controlling (Productivity, Backlog & Financial Reporting)
Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this by empowering our customers through the combination of the real and digital worlds, improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation.
We know that a business only thrives if our people are thriving. That's why we put our people first. Our global and 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?
Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Electrical Products (EP) North America is seeking a highly motivated Senior Financial Analyst to join our Performance Controlling team. This role will play a critical part in driving financial transparency, operational excellence, and business performance across North America through ownership of Productivity Reporting, Backlog Reporting & Governance, and broader Financial Reporting and Controlling activities.
This position offers a unique opportunity to work directly with finance leadership, business segment leaders, factories, sales organizations, and digitalization teams to influence decisions and support profitable growth across one of Siemens' largest businesses.
- Leading Productivity Reporting for Electrical Products North America.
- Driving transparency around productivity initiatives, cost savings, and operational improvement programs especially in non-factory settings.
- Develop reporting packages and performance dashboards for executive management.
- Partnering with business leaders to identify opportunities that improve profitability and operational efficiency.
- Supporting long-range planning and productivity target setting activities.
- Owning North America backlog reporting processes and governance.
- Monitoring backlog quality, aging, and risk indicators.
- Driving standardization and consistency across backlog reporting methodologies.
- Collaborating with sales, factories, supply chain, and finance organizations to ensure accurate backlog visibility.
- Identifying backlog risks and opportunities and supporting mitigation actions.
- Supporting monthly closing, forecasting, budget, and strategic planning activities.
- Analyzing financial performance and providing insights to management.
- Preparing executive-level presentations and reporting packages.
- Performing variance analysis to highlight key business drivers.
- Supporting internal controls and governance processes.
- Partnering with finance colleagues across North America to enhance reporting quality and process efficiency.
- Driving automation and digitalization initiatives within Performance Controlling.
- Leveraging Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud, AI, and other digital tools to improve reporting effectiveness.
- Enhancing data quality, reporting speed, and decision support capabilities.
- Supporting the implementation of modern analytics and forecasting solutions.
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Performance Controlling, or related finance roles.
- Strong financial analysis and business partnering experience.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Experience working with SAP and large data sets.
- Ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without requiring current or future sponsorship.
- Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Experience with backlog analysis, sales reporting, or operational finance.
- Experience with Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled reporting and forecasting solutions.
- Knowledge of Siemens financial processes and reporting systems.
- Strong process improvement and automation mindset.
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional certification.
- Hybrid work environment with flexibility between home and office.
- Opportunity to make a measurable impact within a leading global technology company.
- Access to extensive learning, development, and career growth opportunities.
- Exposure to executive leadership and strategic business initiatives.
- Collaborative and inclusive team culture focused on innovation and continuous improvement.
- Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement benefits.
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 (https://www.siemens.com/global/en/company.html) .
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.
$66,973 $114,811
Organization: Smart Infrastructure
Job Type: Full-time
Category: Finance
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