Financial Analyst- Controlling

Overview

This role supports the Grid Software Services Americas finance team within Smart Infrastructure and reports to the Head of Finance. Responsibilities focus on Power Technologies International (PTI), a power systems consulting and engineering business.

This position follows a remote work model, allowing employees to work primarily from a home office while supporting business needs as required.

Responsibilities

PTI Finance Operations

• Business partnering: Provide analysis of revenue, margin, costs, and backlog to support PTI leadership, project managers, and sales.
• 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 for the monthly business review to help leadership balance workload against demand.
• Operational accuracy: Manage a steady volume of transactional and data-entry work; document recurring processes so knowledge is shared across the team.

Financial Steering & FP&A

• Closing & reporting: Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end activities; lead margin analysis and backlog reporting.
• Variance analysis: Prepare monthly commentary explaining variances between actual results and forecasts.
• 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.

Commercial Operations (Order-to-Cash)

• O2C management: Own and improve the end-to-end Order-to-Cash process, including customer setup, order intake, invoicing, and cash receipt.
• Issue resolution: Identify and help resolve bottlenecks in billing and collections to improve cash flow and customer satisfaction.

Standardization & Automation

• Standardize: Convert recurring processes into consistent templates, checklists, and controls.
• Automate: Identify manual steps and reduce them over time using tools such as Power Query, Power Automate, and KNIME—shifting time from data entry to analysis.
• Partner on reporting: Work alongside the team’s Financial Data Architect (data models and Power BI platform), serving as a key user and tester.

Requirements

• 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 (beyond VLOOKUPs).
• Strong desire to learn and apply tools like Power BI, Power Automate, and KNIME to improve finance processes.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without Visa sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 maintaining strong attention to detail and a collaborative approach.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay range: $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.

The employer offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to employees.

Location

• Any Siemens location in United States of America
• Work mode: Remote only (home office with occasional business-needed support as required).

Additional Information

• Job ID: 526712
• Posted since: 21-Oct-2026
• Organization: Smart Infrastructure
• Field of work: Finance
• Experience level: Mid-level Professional
• Job type: Full-time
• Employment type: Permanent
• Application timeline: This role will be posted for a minimum of five (5) days from the original posting date; the posting timeline may change based on applicant volume.