Commercial Project Manager/Project Controller - Rail Infrastructure

For more than 175 years, Siemens has been an integral provider of infrastructure, electrification, and transportation solutions in the United States. Open new lines and increase capacity, cut costs, and link networks: high-performance, innovative Rail Electrification meets all the expectations of Rail Infrastructure operators today. It’s a central component of the end-to-end networked, digital infrastructure of tomorrow. We offer products and services that extend along the entire Rail Electrification value chain to improve the quality of everyday life for millions of people worldwide. Are you ready to join a winning team in a fast-paced environment?

We are looking for a Commercial Project Manager/Project Controller for our Rail Infrastructure business in Pittsburgh, PA, to support Onboard projects! You will be fully responsible for the commercial and financial management through the project execution as you collaborate with internal and external partners.

Our Culture:

We live and foster an ownership culture in which every employee takes personal responsibility for our Company's success. We apply lean principles to improve our processes and customers' experience continually. We trust and empower our employees to act as owners, make decisions and innovate to succeed. We communicate openly and honestly to learn from our failures and celebrate our successes. We recognize individual and team achievements frequently. We invest in our team members, offering a wide variety of internal and external development opportunities.

What will you be doing?

• Experienced in managing projects by creating bookings, setting up project WBS structure, budget, and monitoring project financial status based on planned delivery schedule
• Perform financial planning, forecasting, controlling, reconciliation of project cash flow and routine deviation analysis using SAP
• Implement and drive measures to use opportunities to improve project performance (claims management and variation management)
• Monitor and communicate trends, assess implications and develop practical strategies project-related.
• Ability to lead the admin side of given projects such as invoicing, booking, and monitoring/controlling budget spending in procurement
• Work with cross-functional teams (Project Managers, Legal, Operations, Procurement, Engineering, HR, etc.) to help them manage their financial goals and drive better efficiency and productivity on bids proposals and ongoing projects.
• Recommend, implement and report on benchmarks for measuring financial and operating performance
• Assist in the production and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports to determine key drivers impacting the Company's performance.
• Desire to work in an agile entrepreneurs environment, take the given ownership, work with the team closely and bring the assigned tasks and projects to success.

To thrive in this role, you have:

• Proven experience with financial planning, accounting, and finance
• Bachelor's degree required, with a major in Finance, Economics, Business or Accounting preferred; CPA, MBA or MS a plus
• Manufacturing sector experience and exposure to general accounting and cost accounting are preferred.
• Advanced analytical abilities, financial modeling, and strong Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP a plus)
• Strong business modeling skills
• Ability to provide strategic insight through the use of financial metrics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact at all levels of the organization
• A high sense of urgency, ability to multi-task and handle challenging deadlines

We aim to hire top talent and arm them with the opportunity to make top dollar. Can you see yourself learning, growing, and succeeding here? If so, we'd like to meet you!

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