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Digital Buildings has launched Siemens\\xe2\\x80\\x99 first platform for smart building cloud offerings: Building X. And we are looking for an experienced Finance Manager for our Cloud Portfolio. This critical role will ensure end to end financial guidance of this young platform for Siemens and be responsible for financial matters for the business decisions. The ideal candidate is a self-starter that can work autonomously and thrives in a complex environment in which they can exceed expectations through personal drive
Location: This position is based in Zug - Switzerland
Role Overview
As Finance Manager Cloud, you are responsible for the overall financial Portfolio Management of the Cloud Portfolio and are a trusted Business Partner to the Portfolio Manager and its 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 and drive Business Case evaluations including market requirements (price, quantity, sales, etc.), portfolio 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 that you implement and track 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 are auditable and IFRG conform for your Portfolio Elements
You will provide the necessary guidance to the central functions, including but not limited to Sales for Pricing, Material Management for Material Hierarchies or Performance Controlling for commentary
Your Profile
Technical
You have a background in Finance & Accounting, business administration, and over five years relevant business experience
You have expert knowledge in the financial aspects of a SaaS business during the different maturity levels of the portfolio
Front-line, hands-on experience in a software business (preferably SaaS) is a big plus
You have experience in product lifecycle controlling and of the processes surrounding it
You have strong knowledge about relevant ERP systems and IT solutions, i.e., Zuora ( or be willing to learn about it), and have a general understanding of the value flow options and the restrictions in establishing those
Representing your case comes easy to you and you are well experienced in structuring, preparing, and holding management presentations
Customer management experience
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
Fluency in English
German language skills a big Plus
Soft Skills
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
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