Finance & Commercial Officer / Executive

Make your mark in our exciting world at Siemens.

We are a collection of over 372, 000 minds building the future, one day at a time. Together, we create technologies that take society further.

We’re looking for people with the skills and vision to build a better tomorrow. Join our Digital Industries Division as a Finance & Commercial Officer/Executive and help us re-imagine the world by finding solutions and making the world a smarter place for tomorrow.

Reporting to the Finance and Commercial Manager, you will be responsible primarily for supporting your assigned area of the business with finance and commercial matters.

The position is based in our Manchester office – our Headquarters (hybrid).

It’s incredibly important that our people enjoy working here and therefore we take great pride in having a friendly, helpful and engaging culture. We also appreciate that development and training is important to many and that’s why we have a supportive environment which invests in our employee’s development, whether that’s Chartership, training or mentoring.

Feel free to click on this link to see what it’s like to work here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vmmNjaEr04.

We make real what matters.

• P&L responsibility for your assigned business areas including:
  • Review and control of orders, revenue and costs.
  • Forecasting.
  • Booking and commercial management of projects and contracts.
  • Timely and accurate invoicing monitoring and resolution of invoice queries; Debtor reviews; active participation in debt collection / management; coordination of invoicing with our Siemens India service providers.
  • Review and approval of supplier invoices and resolving queries as required.
  • Timely and accurate completion of month end and related activities including: posting of journals; calculation and assignment of Costs Of Sales where required; regular review of Work In Progress balances.
  • Controlling and monitoring of balance sheet items such as WIP (Work n Progress).
  • Responsibility for completing ICFR controls for area of own responsibility.
• Coordinating, reporting and participating in process improvement activities
• Supporting the business by providing ad hoc analysis as required in a timely manner

Use your skills to move the world forward

• Experience of working in a finance and/or commercial department/ team and / or a Degree in Finance / Accounting
• Experience of using SAP would be advantageous
• Experience of using Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Terms & Conditions experience desirable but not essential.
• Candidate studying towards CIMA qualification or qualified would be desirable but not essential.
• Customer focused – experience working in a customer facing role
• Collaborative, team player but also able to work autonomously
• Organised, methodical approach. Able to manage multiple, simultaneous demands and workload spikes at key times eg financial period ends.

We’ve got quite a lot to offer. How about you?

Our compensation package includes a competitive salary, holiday allowance, pension and other additional benefits. We celebrate the fact that our employees are individuals and have different wants and needs. With this in mind, we have a flexible benefits scheme where you can tailor your benefits package to suit you.

Siemens recognise that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all our applicants. See our flexibility culture https://new.siemens.com/uk/en/company/jobs/life-at-siemens/flexibleworking.html.

We have partnered with VERCIDA, the UK’s largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site where all our vacancies are in an accessible format. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to enable you to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know via our FAQ section https://new.siemens.com/uk/en/company/jobs/faq.html.