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Commercial Finance Manager

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Job Description

About Fluence: Fluence (Nasdaq: FLNC) is a global market leader delivering intelligent energy storage and optimization software for renewables and storage. Our solutions and operational services are helping to create a more resilient grid and unlock the full potential of renewable portfolios. With gigawatts of successful implementations across nearly 50 markets, we are transforming the way we power our world for a more sustainable future. For more information, please visit fluenceenergy.com.

OUR CULTURE AND VALUES


We are guided by our passion to transform the way we power our world. Achieving our goals requires creativity, diversity of ideas and backgrounds, and building trust to effect change and move with speed.


We are Leading

Fluence currently has thousands of MW of energy storage projects operated or awarded worldwide in addition to the thousands of MW of projects managed by our trading platform—and we are growing every day.


We are Responsible

Fluence is defined by its unwavering commitment to safety, quality, and integrity.


We are Agile

We achieve our goals and meet our customer’s needs by cultivating curiosity, adaptability, and self-reflection in our teams.


We are Fun

We value the diversity in thought and experience of our coworkers and customers. Through honest, forthcoming, and respectful communications we work to ensure that Fluence is an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.


Work Location/Schedule: Hybrid in office 3 days per week, commutable distance to one of our offices in Arlington VA, Alpharetta, GA or Houston, TX. Relocations considered.

Region: Americas


Office Locations: Hybrid position in office 3 days per week in either Arlington VA, Alpharetta, GA or Houston, TX.


The Commercial Project Management team is responsible for all commercial and contract aspects related to customer offers in the sales phase. This includes, but is not limited to, driving the process for commercial issues to ensure compliance with company guidelines for contractual, accounting, legal and tax aspects of the offers. The CFM team ensures compliance to applicable regulations (internal and external) during the bidding process and ensures a full and accurate presentation of the risk and financial profiles of each opportunity from the firm offer phase to the contracting phase. The CFM role is crucial and active during customer contract negotiations and ensures a proper balance of the risk/reward relationship for each opportunity. This role requires a background in finance, working with large turnkey projects in the Energy Sector.


Major Duties and Responsibilities


- Runs monthly forecast process for the new orders for revenue, margin and cashflow with the Sub-regional leadership teams, the regional FP&A team, operational sales, regional leadership team and Sr. Director CFM; activities include ensuring timely data submissions from teams, data quality, variance analysis and alignment with Sr. Director CFM before submission to FP&A.


- Runs weekly reporting and analysis of sales proposals including pricing analysis, opportunity development, contracting status and other key information.


- Incorporates, introduces, and trains newly developed commercial/financial tools, strategies, processes to the CFM team and to the relevant CFM sales phase processes.


- General process improvement relevant in the sales phase and ah-hoc analysis on forecast and budget, key commercial TCs at regional level, market trends, and others as needed.


- Coordinates with the sub-regions CFM directors and CFMs for early involvement of key internal functions such as technical accounting, tax, treasury, insurance, and others as applicable and submits contractual info as required.


- Coordinates with Sr. Director CFM, updates and submits relevant information for opportunities in contracting for various internal reviews.


- Assists with audit requests.


- Assists CFM with project handover from sales to execution and services teams


-Conducts the project handover from sales to execution teams.

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