GPO Finance Lead (Projects)

Fluence

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Bangalore, India, India

Posted on: 2024-09-12

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Fluence is the leading global energy storage technology and services company, created and backed by Siemens and AES, two industry powerhouses and pioneers in energy storage. Fluence unites the scale, experience, breadth, and financial backing of the two most experienced icons in energy storage.

Our mission is to create a more sustainable future by transforming the way we power our world. Energy storage is critical to this transformation, yet today the market is fragmented and customers face the challenge of finding a trusted technology partner amidst conflicting technical claims, inexperienced vendors and installers, and new market entrants with limited power sector knowledge.

Fluence brings the proven technology solutions and services that overcome the commercial and regulatory barriers that stand in the way of modernizing our energy networks. We are the partner that can deliver at a global scale with the most experienced and knowledgeable team in the world.

The Fluence Energy Global Production Operation (“GPO”) FP&A Manager (Projects) is an important role in the success of the team. This role will partner with the Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics and Procurement staff to provide project centric financial analysis (budget, forecast, and ad-hoc analysis) to influence decisions that enable GPO to efficiently plan and deliver results

Key Responsibilities

Manage EAC (“estimate at completion”) cost estimates by project by major cost category, update for actuals, update EAC estimates, run variances analysis

Communicate root cause of projects cost overruns and communicate to the operations leadership team the actions required to resolve as well as cost recovery opportunities

Work with operations teams to validate cost assumptions used for new products, parts, etc.

Manage monthly EAC reporting in compliance with SOX requirements

Partner with Regions BUs (GPO customers) to communicate EAC updates, ensure cost transparency and reconcile the results

Understand and identify risks and potential problem areas and propose potential solutions and operational improvements to issues or problems.

Other FP&A/Finance support as appropriate

Apply strong excel skills to drive efficiencies, improve reporting and automate tasks applying sophisticated formulas and functions.

What will our ideal candidate bring to Fluence?

Bachelor’s degree with a major in finance, accounting, business administration or equivalent training.

Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in financial analysis and demonstrated knowledge in complex financial modeling. Background in industrial manufacturing, energy or energy storage business knowledge is an advantage.

Strong understanding of Finance/Accounting concepts and a general understanding of US GAAP accounting principles

You have experience contributing to building a sustainable business at a global scale.

Proven leadership and persuasive communication skills.

You enjoy working in a high growth environment and evolving commercial business models.

Strong organizational and attention to detail

Ability to analyze and translate outcomes of financial models and data into insights to drive the business.

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