Together with our customers, we combine the real and digital worlds.

Siemens is a leading technology company (employing around 6,000 people in Switzerland / 320,000 globally). We provide pioneering solutions for the building technology, energy, mobility, healthcare, and industry sectors.

We transform the way we live and work by creating sustainable autonomous and profitable buildings. Building X is a digital building platform that digitalizes, manages, and optimizes building operations. This leads to improved sustainability, increased operational performance, and higher building value.

You make real what matters

Are you passionate for Software Business and growing a SaaS / platform business in the market? Do you want to make an impact by leveraging your financial expertise in business case decisions and business modelling? Are you ready for new ways of doing things and are willing to roll up the sleeves yourself?Then join us - to make real what matters

Location: Our new colleague may work from Zug, Switzerland or from other locations, based in any European Country with a bigger Siemens Smart Infrastructure outlet

Your new responsibilities

• As a Building X Portfolio Finance Manager, you are responsible for financial Portfolio & Product Management and are a trusted Business Partner to the Portfolio Head and the team, guiding them in strategic and operational decision making with sound economical analytics
• You act as entrepreneur for all financial aspects of the complete product lifecycle (idea, launch, maturity, phase-out), evaluating the investment patterns with stakeholders of and beyond the Portfolio team. In this role you will be influencing the organization to make the right invest decisions and you will actively involve yourself early in the process
• You are responsible for the global Business Plan of your portfolio elements and drive Business Case evaluations including market requirements, channel and regional mix, costs, etc. and execute on them to drive the software product demands. You actively drive the ROI calculations based on which you develop action items and implement & track them with the support of the team
• In your role you define the financial strategy for the portfolio and own the portfolio Budgets. With your transparency and communication with the team you ensure that targets are aligned and achieved. Any risks are accounted for with countermeasures that you drive with the team. You maintain the transparency at any point in time about development of the P&L
• The definition of effective Pricing Strategies for your portfolio is a key part of this role and you drive benchmarks and lessons learnt
• Defining the appropriate Value Flow for your portfolio, liaising with the different functions, and implementing it in time for the go to market is a success factor for this role
• The Planning Process as well as the Month End Closing activities come natural to you and with your attention to detail you will ensure our books and records for your portfolio elements are auditable and in conformance with the relevant accounting standards

Your talents and experience

• You have a background in Finance & Accounting, business administration, and over three years relevant business experience
• You are familiar with the financial aspects of a SaaS business during the different maturity levels of the portfolio
• You have experience in product lifecycle controlling and of the processes surrounding it
• You have knowledge about relevant ERP systems and IT solutions, i.e., Zuora, and have a general understanding of the value flow options and the restrictions in establishing those
• Front-line, hands-on experience in a software business (preferably SaaS) is a plus
• Fluent in English (speaking and writing), further languages are a plus
• Representing your case comes easy to you and you are well experienced in structuring, preparing, and holding management presentations
• You are a hands-on self-starter and self-manager, who loves to work in a fast-paced environment and possess a high degree of initiative
• Ability to effectively manage deadlines and prioritize in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision. Proven work experience under pressure
• Demonstrably creative; comes up with new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings
• Team oriented; gets along well with others; strong sense of emotional awareness; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably
• Self-motivated; can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; consistently pushes self and others for results

Employee benefits

• 2-3 days per week of mobile working is standard
• Mobility allowance
• Varied further training opportunities
• Access to employee share programs
• Further information about employee benefits can be found here

What it's like working for us
We place significant emphasis on fostering an inclusive and flexible working culture that encourages everyone to be their authentic selves. Equal opportunities and diversity are important to us and contribute to an enriching corporate culture. We actively embrace mobile working to provide every colleague with more autonomy and the chance to achieve a good work-life balance. Learn more here

Frequently asked questions and contact information
Here you will find a collection of frequently asked questions and a way to contact us directly.

I look forward to receiving your application

Olger
Talent Acquisition Partner

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