Industrial Finance Controller

Req ID: 437953

Location: Hatfield or Plymouth

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Salary: Circa £60,000 plus a competitive benefits package

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Employing 6,000 people within the UK & Ireland, we are the prominent supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet, as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas.

Your future role

The Finance Project Manager is an integral part of the Finance team and will bring to Site Management and Corporate a regular true and fair view of Sites activity (monthly/yearly closing, budgets and forecasts, project execution), ensuring compliance with local accounting & tax regulations (statutory), Group accounting standards and Internal Control rules & principles. Previous experience in Industrial Finance Controlling is required in order to be considered for this role. 

 We’ll look to you to:

• Support Site Director, Head departments and Tender & Project Management for financial matters and performance monitoring of the site.

• Support, implement and monitor the Product Lines objectives as well as the Country objectives in his site.

• Deploy all financial means and all tools & methodologies to ensure that the upstream part of the Product cycle (Product Development, Tendering, Reference Libraries Controlling, …), as well as industrial/business efficiency and performance targets are properly followed at site level.

• Drive Budget process for the business.

• Implement, develop and ensure adoption of Rolling Forecast methodology.

• Support the development of a long term strategy.

• Ensure the best utilisation of the Business Capital, aligned with the overall Strategy (R&D, CAPEX Investment, Headcounts,…)

• Monitor previous investment to ensure ROI is as per expectation and adjust business plan accordingly

• Validate, control, challenge and report on business Tenders, R&D & Capex spent.

• Responsible for the industrial controlling and financials kpi associated to the manufacturing site.

All about you

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: 

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

Things you’ll enjoy 

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

You’ll also: 

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
• Contribute to innovative projects.
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

An agile, inclusive and responsible culture is the foundation of our company where diverse people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers. We are committed to encouraging our employees to reach their full potential, while valuing and respecting them as individuals.

We aim to have a welcoming and inclusive environment for individuals, of different ages, genders, ethnicities, disability, LGBT, religion and/or belief. As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

At Alstom we will consider requests for flexible working on hiring. Many of our staff work flexibly in many ways, including part-time, flexible start and finish times, job sharing, or compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need.

As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification: if you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know.

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