Cost & Risk Specialist

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The Cost and Risk Specialist is a key function within the Sales Operations Expert Center Service Business team (SE GS C GSO SOP ECSB), working in a team of 5 professionals responsible for complex modeling, risk management and financial analysis of 60

Hz Long-Term Program (LTP) and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) projects in Regions North America and Latin America to enable LOA approval, contract negotiation and transfer to Implementation.

This position has a direct impact on the financial success of the Service Program business, as measured by Non-Conformance Cost (NCC) and productivity metrics as well as overall Orders Entered for SE GS NA and SE GS LA.

• The Cost and Risk Specialist is responsible for the following items:
• Testing the LTSM in the new SAP S4
  
  Hana environment to support long-term maintenance contracts.
• Deliver accurate and timely cost models and financial analyses in support of LTP / O&M project LOA, negotiation, and contract transfer
• Directly support customer negotiations as needed
• Create and follow-up on RFQ’s (Field Service Quotes) with various product lines
• Perform analyses in support of strategic initiatives
• Coordinate with Service Engineering and Marketing Leads to integrate TLOA feedback into cost/risk models
• Support LOA process by representing the project calculation in Pre-LOA meetings
• Work with a Global team to ensure a harmonized methodology for cost and risk management
• Support the review and maintenance of standard proposal documents and the Standard Proposal Tool for use on budgetary proposals.
• Engage with the S4E workstream to develop, test and roll-out the Long-Term Service Module (LTSM) for use in supporting LOA service calculations.
• Independently apply skills to resolve complex problems not covered by existing procedures or practices
• Advise sales colleagues on use of the various support tools provided by ECSB team (Standard proposal toolbox, budgetary price configurator and others).

• Minimum 5 years’ experience with LOA procedures and strong ability to understand costs, analyze risks, and present sound action plans to meet customer and internal requirements OR experience within multiple Siemens Energy organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute a number of large concurrent projects.
• Experience working in a cross-functional team atmosphere including Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Contracts, Operations, etc.
• Education and/or experience in Engineering / other Technical field OR Finance/Accounting – planning, forecasting, budgeting, cash flow analysis.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Siemens Energy gas turbine technology and service / maintenance requirements and procedures.
• Up to 10% travel.
• Qualified Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States. Qualified Applicants will not require employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future for employment in the United States.

• Cost and Interval (C&I) knowledge and understanding of POU Technical & Financial Properties.
• Manage technical issues related to cost modelling, while also conveying this information to the team to raise overall team technical awareness.
• Strong Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Powerpoint, Access, especially Excel).
• Skills in automation and digitalization of workflows and related programming languages / tools (e.g., PowerBI, Alteryx, AI applications) are desirable.
• Ability to provide technical clarifications relating to the project calculation to Marketing Leads.
• Ability to Interpret, determine and communicate business requirements to IT and function as liaison for technical changes related to internal tools.
• Fluency in English, additional languages are a plus.

• 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

Siemens Energy is an Equal Opportunity and affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. 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.