Executive Assistant & Engineering Finance

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

• Provide financial controlling and administrative support to the Engineering Center (Product and Manufacturing team) across the United States and Mexico.
• The position will dedicate approximately 60% of its activities to financial controlling, reporting, and budget management, and 40% to purchase order management, executive assistance, and administrative coordination.
• The role will work closely with Engineering leadership, department managers, Finance, HR, IT, Purchasing, and other support functions to ensure accurate financial monitoring and efficient day‑to‑day operations of the Engineering Center.

• Manage and monitor the Engineering Center budget
• Prepare and maintain monthly financial reports and dashboards, including budget versus actual cost analysis.
• Collaborate with the U.S. and Mexico Finance teams to review monthly results, identify cost deviations, and support corrective actions.
• Prepare quarterly financial forecasts and budget reforecasts for the Engineering Center.
• Coordinate the annual budget and strategic planning process with Engineering department heads and Finance.
• Maintain and consolidate headcount, workforce cost, and organizational data for Engineering center
• Monitor Engineering hours booked to projects and cost centers and prepare monthly reporting.
• Control SAP project hours and Engineering cost-center allocations, comparing budgeted hours with actual consumption.
• Support department managers with financial analysis and reporting to improve cost visibility and budget control.
• Develop and maintain financial tracking files, reports, and dashboards using Excel and, when applicable, Power BI.
• Create and manage purchase orders (POs) for Engineering activities, subcontractors, suppliers, and other departmental needs.
• Coordinate purchase requests, approvals, PO issuance, invoice processing, and follow-up payment.
• Work with Purchasing, Finance, Accounts Payable, suppliers, and internal requestors to resolve PO or invoice discrepancies.
• Track Engineering commitments and expenditures to ensure alignment with approved budgets.
• Maintain accurate records of POs, invoices, supplier commitments, and related financial documentation.

• Provide executive administrative support to the Engineering Director and general administrative support to the Engineering organization.
• Coordinate business travel arrangements and related administrative activities for the Engineering Director and support the Engineering team when required.
• Maintain and update Engineering organization charts and department information.
• Coordinate new employee onboarding, working with managers, HR, IT, and other support functions.
• Facilitate coordination among Engineering teams and corporate support functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance,…