What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commercial Project Controller position at Siemens Energy?
A Snapshot Of Your Day (position Overview)
You begin your day reviewing project updates, aligning with stakeholders from project management, procurement, and engineering. Your role is central in ensuring that our factory customer projects stay on budget, on time, and fully aligned with financial and contractual expectations. You’ll work hands-on with numbers, systems, and people — keeping financial transparency and accountability at the heart of everything we deliver.
As part of a growing and international team, you’ll contribute to one of Siemens Energy’s most strategic investments in the U.S., helping to establish a solid financial foundation for our operations.
How You’ll Make An Impact (responsibilities)
Grid Technologies
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
Rewards
You begin your day reviewing project updates, aligning with stakeholders from project management, procurement, and engineering. Your role is central in ensuring that our factory customer projects stay on budget, on time, and fully aligned with financial and contractual expectations. You’ll work hands-on with numbers, systems, and people — keeping financial transparency and accountability at the heart of everything we deliver.
As part of a growing and international team, you’ll contribute to one of Siemens Energy’s most strategic investments in the U.S., helping to establish a solid financial foundation for our operations.
How You’ll Make An Impact (responsibilities)
- Drive the commercial and financial steering of customer projects
- Collaborate closely with other departments (Project Management, Procurement, Engineering, and others) to ensure end-to-end commercial alignment
- Monitor project budgets and actuals, track key financial KPIs, and support forecasting activities
- Ensure timely and accurate revenue recognition and customer invoicing
- Manage project documentation, including contracts, change orders, and financial risk assessments
- Support internal reporting, month-end closings, and regulatory compliance tasks
- Contribute to building up and improving project finance and controlling processes as the site grows
- University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
- 1-2 years of professional experience in finance or a related role; first experience in project management is a plus
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with SAP or other ERP systems is a plus
- Strong organizational skills and an eye for detail, especially when working with budgets and financial data
- A proactive and structured way of working, with the confidence to collaborate across multiple departments
- Clear communication skills and the ability to contribute in a cross-functional, multicultural environment
- A genuine interest in project-driven business and the ambition to grow with the role and team
- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
Grid Technologies
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
Rewards
- Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
- Company paid Health and wellness benefits
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- 401K savings plan with company match
- Family building benefits
- Parental leave