Siemens Energy

About the role

Location: Lagos Nigeria

Department: SE FIN GT GS EU&AF WE&AF, NG

Mode of Employment: Permanent Employment

Position Title:  Commercial Project Manager

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Commercial Project Manager at Siemens Energy, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating and executing projects that drive our mission of sustainable energy solutions. The Commercial Project Manager will manage and coordinate all contractual, administrative, legal, fiscal, accounting, and financial aspects of project execution, in order to control risks and improve the budget and schedule, in cooperation with the project manager, with whom they share co-responsibility for the projects in their portfolio.

This position is tailored for experienced finance professionals with a strong background in construction projects and a passion for the energy sector.

You will participate in projects related to energy production technologies, including both conventional and renewable energy solutions, contributing to the global energy transition.

Your leadership will directly influence project success, enhance client satisfaction, and support Siemens Energy’s commitment to delivering reliable and sustainable energy solutions.

You will be part of a collaborative and inclusive team culture that values open communication, diverse perspectives, and continuous improvement.

How You’ll Make an Impact  

• Co-responsible with the technical project manager (PM) for the execution of the projects in their portfolio.
• Signature delegation engaging the company in compliance with the signature matrix.
• Ensure the application of internal/group procedures (quality plan for project execution) throughout the project execution.
• Analyze client contract conditions and participate in negotiating the contractual aspects of amendments.
• Actively participate in the preparation of claim and/or amendment files (Clients, Subcontractors, Suppliers).
• Ensure that each stakeholder respects their contractual commitments (suppliers/clients/partners).
• Verify and validate the relevance of cost estimates and contractual arrangements of offers. claims.
• Ensure the application of internal/group procedures (quality plan for project execution) throughout the project execution.
• Implement new financial monitoring and control tools if necessary.
• If applicable, assume the roles, responsibilities, and prerogatives of World Project Controller (WPC), including controlling, managing
• Create and update economic forecasts and ensure compliance with revenue, gross margin, and cash flow objectives and forecasts, as well as the legal and fiscal environment of the projects in the portfolio.
• Manage risks and opportunities of their projects and ensure proper accounting methods; analyze variances between budgeted and actual costs on their projects.
• Implement and monitor financial statements (guarantees, payment methods, debt collection, provisions).
• Maintain up-to-date data in the software for each project in charge.
• Manage insurance and coordinating financial reporting and consolidation, ensuring the consolidated profit of the project, and supervising local CPMs.

What You Bring 

• Minimum of 8 years of finance and commercial Management experience.
• ACA or ACCA qualification is mandatory.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

·       General financial knowledge (budget control, accounting principles, cash management) and specific knowledge (export techniques, sales financing, taxation, business law, and contract management).

·       Goal-oriented, comfortable working in diverse teams, and experienced in managing multiple tasks simultaneously.

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

• Working with a global team
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Possibility to take over further tasks within the company
• Supportive work culture
• Medical benefits
• Remote/Flexible work
• Time off/Paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform

• e-Learning
• Mentorship
• Coaching

·       Open feedback culture

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.