Commercial Project Manager

Job description

Do you want to become part of a dynamic team at Siemens Mobility, s.r.o., whose daily life revolves around trains, railways and new technical solutions? We help change the world of rail transport and transport infrastructure towards a cleaner and more self-sufficient future. The transport of the future is gaining importance, new projects are coming and we are growing!

Now we would like to grow in the area of finance and are looking for a colleague for the role of Project Economist. We are looking for someone who already has experience in Project Management, likes to communicate not only with customers, can handle Excel and also communicates fluently with colleagues from our abroad HQ.

In the role of Project Economist, you will be in charge of projects from the offer phase through its implementation to the very end of the project (warranty phase).

Main responsibilities:

• Cooperation in the creation of contracts (Customer and Supplier contracts)
• Regular communication with HQ (offers, implementation of projects) and also with the customer in the area of business and economics
• Communication across departments (Legal, Tax, Accounting)
• Preparation of project calculations, monitoring and interpretation of deviations of actual values from the plan
• Adjustment of calculations during the implementation phase of the project

As a Project Economist, you must also understand numbers, it mainly concerns these areas:

• Closing activities (customer invoicing/advance invoices, approval of incoming invoices, creation and dissolution of estimated items, reserves, management/controlling of results on projects monthly)
• Controlling Profitcenter/overhead cost centres
• Regular monthly KPI reporting (P&L, FCF, Balance sheet)
• Cooperation in the creation of a Budget and Forecast
• Ad-Hoc Reporting
• Cooperation on audits

Key qualifications:

• Experience in project management in the role of an economist
• Excellent analytical thinking, reliability, accuracy, independence, and resistance to stress
• Fluency in Czech and English (telephone and e-mail communication with colleagues within the corporation)
• Advanced knowledge of Office 365 tools (Excel, Word, Teams)
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles, ability to interpret outputs from reports (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow)

We appreciate if you have extra:

• German (B1 level) – we mainly communicate with colleagues from Germany and Austria
• Knowledge of the basic principles of IFRS
• SAP

Join us and enjoy the following benefits:

• The opportunity to participate in the modernization of train transport in the Czech Republic towards a green and self-sufficient future (we supply Czech customers with the most modern locomotives, cars and technology).
• We also support education in various areas, e.g. language courses
• Company kindergarten close to the offices in Prague
• Up to 33 days of holidays/year
• Flexible working hours (fix part from 10AM to 2PM)
• The possibility to work from home for a better work-life balance
• Annual budget of CZK 24,000 or 48,000 (depending on seniority) in our Cafeteria to be used for various leisure activities

Would you like to become a part of Siemens Mobility and do you need more information? Contact me at simona.muckova@siemens.com. Thank you.

Please, kindly note, that we are currently accepting for our open roles only candidates, who can start immediately, which means they are eligible to work in the Czech Republic.