Job Description:
Do you dream of working in a company that is driven by a meaningful purpose? An inclusive company that empowers you to do your best and be innovative?
We are looking for a Project and Services Business Finance Controller to make a difference!
At Schneider Electric, we believe access to energy and digital is a basic human right. We empower all to do more with less, ensuring Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, at every moment. We provide energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability.

LOOKING TO MAKE AN IMPACT WITH YOUR CAREER?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.
You can find out more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here and our DEI Policy here
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Lead Project Controlling activities across the whole project scope in multiple countries, partnering with the country finance team in charge of Projects’ statutory scope. Be the Project co-pilot to the Project Director, supporting and challenging the Director, ensuring optimized financial performance on the overall consolidated project while ensuring that the project is run in a full financial compliance.
• Liaise with Corporate, Finance & Control functions to help in the follow-up of the financial performance of the project execution: Legal, Tax, Treasury, Solution Risk Managers, Contract Managers, Contract Administrators, and Finance Business Analysts.
• Act as business partner during the project Selling and Execution phases, support and challenge the Project Manager in all relevant projects’ aspects with a close focus/follow-up on the finance activities (Revenue recognition, Margin, Cash, Tax…) in order to improve the project financial performance.
• Act as business partner for the tender leader to support and challenge the financial aspects for new opportunities as well as with captured lessons learned from the executed projects
• Report and monitor the financial performance of the project (project financial reporting including closing tasks, cost-to-complete forecasting, project risk provision follow-up etc, ensuring full reporting compliance with IFRS 15 requirements).
• Ensure proper management and financial monitoring of projects’ risks & opportunities, ensuring effective follow-up with each Project Function and being a force of proposal for potential corrective action plans as needed.
• Lead the monthly Project performance analysis and Rolling Forecast activities in close collaboration with the Project Director and Project Support teams. Lead the financial section of REL5 meeting, ensuring proper representation of project financial performance, associated risks & opportunities.
• Be the Single Point of Contact for all internal stakeholders (Global Customer Project / Global Customer Project Ops / Operations / Business Units / Corporate) related to project controlling activities and external bodies (External Auditors).
• Ensure proper tracking and reporting of project non quality costs to enable relevant margin deviation analysis, liaising with Project Functions and the Project Director to identify potential needed corrective actions.
• Implementation of all project controlling relevant rules, methods, processes and tools in accordance with Global Project Controlling requirements.
• Provide coaching (being Referent) & induction to the new Project Controller, Cost Controller and other functions
• Referent of the projects’ business towards Global Customer Project organization & Cluster

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL FOR THIS ROLE?

• 5 to 10 years’ experience in Finance & Control preferably in project environment
• Experience as a Finance Business Partner in project environment
• Experience in a multi-cultural team environment is a plus
• University and/or Business School in either Engineering, Economics, or commercial)
• Strong communication skills to drive high performance and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills to handle complex matters in a synthetic way