About the Role
Location
United States of America
North Carolina
Charlotte
Company
Siemens Energy, Inc.
Organization
SE CFO
Business Unit
Grid Technologies
Full / Part time
Full-time
Experience Level
Experienced Professional
A Snapshot of Your Day (position overview)
As the Factory Finance Head at the PT Charlotte facility, you will be the senior finance leader responsible for overseeing all plant-level accounting, financial control, and strategic planning activities. A typical day involves managing accounting operations, ensuring compliance with GAAP and SOX, analyzing financial performance, providing insights to guide operational decisions, and collaborating closely with the General Manager and department heads. You will lead the finance team, drive process improvements, and co-oversee multi-year factory ramp-up projects to ensure financial integrity, operational excellence, and business continuity.
How You’ll Make an Impact (responsibilities)
- Direct all plant-level accounting operations, including month-end and year-end closing, general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable, ensuring compliance with GAAP, SOX, and internal policies.
- Prepare and deliver accurate financial statements, performance reports, ad-hoc analyses, and oversee internal and external audits, implementing corrective actions as needed.
- Lead annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, long-term financial planning, and in-depth financial analysis including variance, cost accounting, and inventory valuation to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Provide data-driven insights and strategic recommendations to support operational decision-making, cost reduction initiatives, profitability improvements, and evaluate capital investment proposals.
- Manage, mentor, and develop the plant finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and alignment with Transformers Americas’ financial strategies.
- Drive optimization of financial processes and systems, leveraging SAP and other tools, and collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, and other departments to ensure alignment between financial plans and business objectives.
What You Bring (requirements)
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; Master’s degree (e.g., MBA) highly preferred; CPA certification or equivalent is an advantage.
- 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, with significant exposure to manufacturing or plant environments and senior leadership responsibility.
- Proven expertise in financial management, cost accounting, budgeting, financial planning, internal controls, and variance analysis.
- Strong leadership and strategic capabilities, including talent development, cross-functional collaboration, influencing skills, and business acumen.
- Technical proficiency with SAP and other financial systems, with strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to deliver actionable insights and support executive decision-making.
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
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
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Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
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