Commercial Project Manager / Project Controller - Rail Infrastructure

Company: Siemens Mobility
Location: Sacramento
Posted on: May 7, 2025

Job Description:

At Siemens Mobility, we are at the forefront of innovation, crafting and manufacturing a wide range of rolling stock, including commuter and regional passenger trains, light rail and streetcars, metros, locomotives, passenger coaches, and high-speed trainsets. Our groundbreaking technology powers cities and railroads, providing traction-power substations, electricity transmission, and signaling and control systems for freight and passenger rail and transit systems. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a difference, this is the place for you!

We are looking for an on-site Commercial (Financial) Project Manager for our Rail Infrastructure business in either Pittsburgh, PA, Las Vegas, NV, or Sacramento, CA, to support a grouping of several short and long-term projects ranging from $5M - $70M. This role encompasses sales controlling, performance measurement, planning, forecasting, and reporting. The primary contacts for the CPM include Customers, Suppliers, Project Managers/ Engineers, Procurement, Legal Department, Operational Review, other Commercial Project Managers, the Head of Local Finance & Business Administration, Auditors, and Central Financial Services.

In collaboration with the Project Manager, the Commercial Project Manager will oversee all project phases, including planning, design, procurement, manufacturing, commissioning, customer acceptance, and warranty, with a focus on financial aspects. Responsibilities include liaising with operational departments to ensure financial targets are met while achieving goals for customer satisfaction, schedule, and quality.

A crucial part of the role involves maintaining tight cost control and providing accurate and timely information to support key financial decisions. The Commercial Project Manager will be accountable for all financial aspects of the project and will report to the Director of Finance & Business Administration for the business.

Our Culture:

We live and foster an ownership culture in which every employee takes personal responsibility for our Company's success. We apply lean principles to continually improve our processes and our customers' experience. We trust and empower our employees to act as owners, make decisions, and innovate to succeed. We communicate openly and honestly to learn from our failures and celebrate our successes. We recognize individual and team achievements frequently. We invest in our team members, offering a wide variety of internal and external development opportunities.

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Experienced in managing projects by creating bookings, setting up project WBS structure, budget, and monitoring project financial status based on planned delivery schedule
• Perform financial planning, forecasting, controlling, reconciliation of project cash flow, and routine deviation analysis using SAP and local GAAP requirements.
• Implement and drive measures to use opportunities to improve project performance (claims management and variation management)
• Monitor and communicate trends, assess implications, and develop practical projects-related strategies.
• Ability to lead the admin side of given projects such as invoicing, booking, and monitoring/controlling budget spending in procurement
• Work with cross-functional teams (Project Managers, Legal, Operations, Procurement, Engineering, HR, etc.) to help them manage their financial goals and drive better efficiency and productivity on bids, proposals, and ongoing projects.
• Recommend, implement, and report on benchmarks for measuring financial and operating performance
• Assist in the production and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports to assess key drivers impacting the Company's performance.
• Desire to work in an agile entrepreneurial environment, take the given ownership, work with the team closely, and bring the assigned tasks and projects to success
  
  To thrive in this role, you have:
  
  
  • Validated experience (3+ years) with financial planning, accounting, and finance
  • Bachelor's degree required, with a major in Finance, Economics, Business or Accounting preferred; CPA, MBA or MS a plus. Project Management Certification is preferred.
  • Rail industry sector experience and exposure to controlling and accounting, contracts and claims management, and supply chain management in a factory environment.
  • Advanced analytical abilities, financial modeling, and strong Microsoft Excel
  • Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP a plus)
  • Ability to provide strategic insight through the use of financial metrics
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact and present at all levels of the organization
  • A high sense of urgency, ability to multi-task, and handle challenging deadlines
  • The ability to travel on a quarterly basis to our office in the Portland, OR area and to visit our customers across the US.
    We aim to hire top talent and arm them with the opportunity to make top dollar. Can you see yourself learning, growing, and succeeding here? If so, we'd like to meet you!
    
    This job can be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Las Vegas, NV, or Sacramento, CA. We offer a variety of health and wellness benefits to employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html . The base salary range for this position in Pittsburgh, PA, or Las Vegas, NV, is $109,100 - $147,200. In Sacramento, CA, the base salary range is $119,900-$162,000 and this role eligible to earn incentive compensation. The salary may be higher or lower depending on the budget and the candidate's experience, knowledge, skills, and qualifications.
    
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