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YOUR FUTURE ROLE

The Finance Project Manager is an integral part of the Finance team, you will ensure that the project finance situation as reported in Project Review is accurate and sincere in respect with Alstom rules. You will also support the Project Manager in the controlling/financial management of the project, ensuring that all risks and opportunities are managed effectively.

We’ll look to you for:

• Be the economic and financial advisor to the Project Manager.
• Prepare, along with the Project Manager, the periodic Project Reviews with all the relevant financial analysis.
• Control and optimise the project results through close involvement with the Project Manager and Work Package (WP) Owners/Project Sub-system Managers.
• Challenge the estimate to complete to maximise the project margin and ensure all risks are mitigated.
• Assure customer invoicing is done as soon as possible and play an active role in getting payment from customer in the due time
• Manage cash and follow-up the implementation of cash improvement actions on the project Promote cash culture in the project; work closely with the financial accountant in this regard.
• Manage project bonds and hedging to limit exposure; work closely with the financial accountant in this regard.
• Provide all Project financial reporting (orders, forecasts, weekly cash) to Unit accounting for month-end, forecast, budget process and to Sector as requested.
• Review and analyse all Balance Sheet items linked to the project.
• Handle claims administration (documentation, reports)
• Review the contract database data for all units and its compliance with last SPR’s decisions.
• Participate in the project meetings, risk analysis meetings and all decision-making concerning financial or contractual aspects of the project.
• Provide guidance and financial leadership for the Project Managers for all Project Review submissions.
• Control the tender process ensuring that all estimates are well supported and signed off by the work package owners and that the costs are collected in line with company rules.
• Provide guidance and financial leadership to the tender team in order to help create cost build up on time in line with company rules to enable the company to maximise its future cash
• To comply with and undertake all relevant Environment, Health & Safety measures and activities

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• ACCA / CIMA/ACA Qualified.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Should be extremely numerate and have an excellent knowledge of accounting and finance.
• Ability to communicate effectively in the English language (written and spoken) with people at different levels.
• Must be able to work autonomously (self-motivated)
• Confident to work effectively as a member of a team to co-ordinate and ensure consistency of reporting.
• Able to influence and instil confidence in those inside and outside of the finance department.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel
• Able to organise and prioritise in order to be effective
• Ability to use and have previous experience of integrated financial systems.
• Flexible to travel to project sites when necessar