Project Controller & Digital Solutions Analyst

Inside the Role

The Project Controlling team is looking for a curious, analytical, and self-driven Project Controller & Digital Solutions Analyst (L6) ready to grow at the intersection of Finance, data, and technology.

This approximately 50/50 role is ideal for a candidate who enjoys turning complex data into business insight—and turning business needs into practical digital solutions.

You will support product projects with financial analysis, cost and funding transparency, and cross-functional decision support while also helping build Power Apps, automate workflows, improve reporting and data models, and explore responsible AI use cases.

Working with Finance, Engineering, Purchasing, Cost Engineering, Product Strategy, and IT, you will gain broad business exposure and hands-on experience shaping both DTNA’s products and the future of Finance. Training, mentoring, and development opportunities will help you grow in both controlling and digital capabilities.

Posting Information

We provide a scheduled posting end date to assist our candidates with their application planning. While this date reflects our latest plans, it is subject to change, and postings may be extended or removed earlier than expected.

We Take Care of Our Team

What You Drive at DTNA

Project Controlling responsibilities

• Lead project controller responsibility for selected Lightnings PARs and smaller PAR projects and act as the primary Finance partner for assigned project teams.
• Represent Project Controlling within the New Option Workstream (NOW) and partner with Product Strategy, Pricing, Engineering, Purchasing, Cost Engineering, and Option Controlling to assess profitability and recommend actions.
• Support cost target setting and tracking, funding management, periodic planning, quality-gate preparation, and PSC/Product Committee presentations.
• Maintain project funding actuals and commitments using CBFC and BEAM
• Partner with Engineering, Purchasing, and Cost Engineering to maintain expected part costs in TRACK and related source systems, support supplier-award decisions, and improve cost transparency through each quality gate.
• Central responsibility for project controlling training methods and documentation.

Digitalization responsibilities

• Identify, prioritize, and translate Project Controlling pain points into clear digital product requirements, process maps, user stories, data requirements, and measurable business outcomes.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, document, and continuously improve business-owned Power Apps solutions, including BEAM, TRACK, and future applications, using Power Platform or other digital solutions.
• Build and maintain reliable data connections and transformation workflows across finance and engineering sources such as CBFC, Mainframe/DB2, SharePoint, Dataverse, and related systems in partnership with IT and data owners.
• Develop self-service analytics, dashboards, and decision-support outputs using Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or comparable tools; reconcile source data and clearly communicate data limitations.
• Evaluate, prototype, and help implement responsible AI and Copilot use cases, such as automated cost analysis, mapping actuals and commitments to plans, project summaries, forecasting support, and process guidance.
• Apply appropriate data quality, access, security, documentation, testing, release-management, and governance practices so solutions are trustworthy, supportable, compliant, and scalable.

Knowledge You Should Bring

• A Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of related experience, or a Master’s degree in Finance, Business, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Engineering, or a comparable field or 6 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Strong analytical and data skills, with the ability to connect information across systems, identify meaningful insights, and explain them clearly.
• Interest in building expertise across both financial controlling and hands-on digital solution development in an approximately equal split.
• A practical problem-solving mindset and the ability to translate business needs into clear requirements, analyses, or digital solutions.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn Power Platform, automation, AI, data modeling, and visualization tools; prior hands-on experience is a plus, not a requirement.
• Strong collaboration, communication, organization, and ownership skills, with the confidence to work across technical and nontechnical teams.
• Commitment to responsible data and AI practices, continuous learning, Inclusion and Belonging, and DTNA’s current and future products.

Exceptional Candidates Might Have

• Hands-on experience with one or more tools such as Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, Power Query, or comparable platforms.
• Experience building, testing, documenting, or supporting an application, automated workflow, data model, dashboard, or AI-enabled solution.
• Exposure to budgeting, profitability analysis, cost tracking, forecasting, project management, or process improvement.
• Familiarity with SAP/CBFC, IMS/Mainframe, ProQ, or other enterprise systems.
• An eagerness to help others adopt new tools, share knowledge, and build sustainable digital capabilities across the team.

Where We Work

This position is open to applicants who can work in (or relocate to) the following location(s)-

Portland, OR US. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Schedule Type:

Hybrid (4 days per week in-office / 1 day remote). This schedule builds our #OneTeamBestTeam culture, provides an unparalleled customer experience, and creates innovative solutions through in-person collaboration.

At Daimler Truck North America, we recognize our world is changing faster than ever before. By listening to the needs of today, we’re building to solve with cutting-edge solutions in sustainability and future driving technology across electric, hydrogen and autonomous. These solutions, backed by years of innovative success and achievement, continue DTNA’s legacy as the undisputed industry leader. Our evolving brand portfolio is second to none, including Freightliner Trucks, Western Star, Demand Detroit, Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner Custom Chassis, and Financial Services. Together, we work as one team towards our envisioned future – building a cleaner, safer and more efficient tomorrow for all.

That is what we are working toward - for all who keep the world moving.

Additional Information

• This position is not open for Visa sponsorship or to existing Visa holders
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work permanently in the country the position is located in at the time of application
• Final candidate must successfully complete a criminal background check
• Final candidate may be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen
• Contractors, professional services, or other contingent workers should confirm with their local agency if they are eligible to apply for FTE positions
• EEO - Disabled/Veterans

Daimler Truck North America is committed to workforce inclusion and providing an environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, marital status, family relationship, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (including transgender and transitioning status), genetic information, or veteran status.

For an accommodation or special assistance with applying for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at 503-745-8982 or toll free 800-206-3369. For TTY/TDD enabled call 503-745-2137 or toll free 866-355-6935.