International Cost & Financial Modeller

International Cost & Financial Modeller

Missions

You will be responsible for developing, managing, adapting and evolving the model(s) necessary to formulate and validate competitive commercial offers for international transport system operation and/or maintenance projects.

Within the teams in charge of the production of offers and in collaboration with the support services (technical, finance, tax, etc.) and the International Costing & Financial Lead, you will integrate the different components of the projects to achieve the implementation of complete models, easily scalable and allowing the production of prices considering all assumptions (technical, finance, tax, risk, working capital, profitability, inflation, cash flows, etc.).

• Development of the models (cost, financial, validation and customer output) for the submission of offers.
• Costing model (operating costs, energy, maintenance, overhead, financing requirements, contingencies related to risk profile, taxes, etc.)
• Financial model for internal evaluation and definition of customer price level (financial statements, profitability)
• Internal validation model for decision‑making committees
• Customer model
• Assumption book & alignment with costing & financial models

Provide effective support to the teams involved in the bid to provide the required reports and respond in writing to any requests for clarification (internal and external). 

Support the team in refining the payment mechanisms and associated risks.

Cooperate with both internal business teams (technical / performance / human resources / finance / legal / marketing ...) and local operational teams in the countries.

Contribute to the preparation of required documents for internal & external committees.

Required Education and Experience

Master's degree (BAC+5) specialized in a related field (ideally Engineer with specialization or experience in finance). Relevant working experience in a similar position (long‑term internship, VIE, etc.). Experience in cost and financial modeling, ideally in rail (light rail, metro, heavy rail) and in the transportation field (Bus, BRT, etc.).

Location

Permanent position located in Headquarter – Paris.

Skills

• Expertise in Costing & Financial modeling
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team
• Interest in public transport & infrastructure
• Understanding of bid production practices, financial/commercial models (Operation & Maintenance, Concession, Brownfield/Greenfield PPP) and intra‑group flows between a parent company and its subsidiaries
• Excellent skills in Excel (macro, variable, sensitivity analysis, etc.) & competency in data treatment and processing (advanced functions of Excel, VBA, R, Python)
• Resilient, strong work capacity, proven ability to adapt, results‑driven
• Open to new cultures
• Fluent in English; a good level in another language (Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, etc.) is a plus