Process & Automation Expert (f/m/d) for Function and Cost Center Controlling

A Snapshot of Your Day

As part of the Function Controlling team for Grid Technologies, you will play a leading role in a global initiative to standardize, harmonize and automate Cost Center Controlling. Working side by side with the Project Manager, you will actively shape and push the initiative forward across all workstreams: Governance, Data & Automation, Planning & Forecasting, Reporting & Analytics, and Change Management. You will combine strong controlling expertise with a structured, digital mindset to turn today’s diverse ways of working into one transparent, scalable and automated framework. You will not only coordinate, but also design, challenge and deliver concrete solutions, from process and data concepts to reporting standards and rollout, so that controllers can spend less time on data preparation and more time on analysis and business partnering.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Partner with the Project Manager to set direction and priorities, pushing all workstreams from assessment through pilot to global rollout

• Define clear ownership, decision rights, and governance while harmonizing planning, forecasting, and reporting processes into global standards with defined exceptions

• Shape standardized data structures, KPIs, and system-enabled processes, driving automation and tool harmonization

• Engage stakeholders, prepare decisions for senior management, and lead communication and training to ensure new standards are adopted sustainably

What You Bring

• A degree in Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, Digital Finance, or a related field

• Several years of experience in Controlling/Finance, ideally managing process improvement, transformation, or digitalization projects in an international environment

• A solid understanding of Cost Center Controlling processes (planning, forecasting, actuals, reporting, headcount), combined with strong analytical and process mapping skills

• Proficiency in SAP, ideally with in-depth knowledge of S/4HANA master data and Cost-to-Serve concepts; practical knowledge of Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud, Alteryx, or similar tools is beneficial.

• Proven ability to drive topics independently and lead initiatives without formal authority, showcasing high motivation, learning agility, and excellent organizational skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate across functions, cultures, and senior stakeholders; business fluency in English

About the Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100.000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme

• We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder

• We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity

• The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programmes and learning materials are available for this purpose

• In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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