Job Description

At Hitachi Energy our purpose is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation Provide controlling and planning specialist expertise to the COE and its customers within one of the Process Areas as part of the COE service offerings. Your responsibilities

• Overall objective
• Financial planning & analysis (FP&A) – Overall accountability for the analytical services to the business, based on customer requirements. Responsible for automated tools/reports design, implementation and maintenance. Semi-automated and manual analytical services, and one-off (ad-hoc) analytical output.
• Functional Controlling – controlling, budgeting, cost control, charging mechanisms, tax compliance and Business Partnering within respective Function
• Specifically, he/she is accountable to: a) support and drive the execution of continuous process improve-ments; b) ensure process management, standardization and innovation; c) participate in regular process performance validation in order to enable KPI based process performance steering; d) manage key pro-cess stakeholders interactions; e) review the key identified process inefficiencies and misalignments vs. the Process Standards;
• Actively participate in process improvement initiatives, regionally and/or globally. Accountable for end-to-end process management, process performance overseeing and steering throughout the entire finance organization. Facilitates the exchange of knowledge and best practices between the COEs.
• Interacts with the key process stakeholders to ensure that process related guidance is followed and that process related tasks / actions are implemented according to the Process Standards.
• Optimizes own performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions, eliminating
• duplications, coordinating information requirements. Enhance the expertise knowledge in one or multiple processes through coaching.
• Systems and Master Data Governance – charts of account, Business Warehouse tools.
• Knowledge, Skill and Experience
• Function Controlling -Global Support
• Budget & Forecast and decision support
• Responsible for overseeing the business planning process and extending support to the Function heads for evaluating the implications of various business decisions for final target setting.
• Functional performance Contributes to definition of key performance indicators.
• Monitors financial performance of the function, identifies issues and advises management on action plans and operational strategies to resolve.
• Transparency in reporting and ensure data accuracy for function review calls
• Responsible for the data accuracy validation in the monthly financial performance reports and advice for necessary actions required.
• Optimization Leads cross-functional initiatives that support strategic goals
• Ensures continuous improvement in the financial control process in alignment with global standards and local policies.
• Finance business partnering with internal stakeholders
• Ensures timely and efficient communication with relevant Local/Country/Division/Region Controllers, Finance Business Partner or Centers of Expertise, and other internal customers to identify and dis-cuss issues for improvement of operations, work quality and efficiency for area of responsibility.

Your background

• Education:
• Master's Degree in Finance and Accounting or Professional Qualifications (CA or CMA).
• Experience:
• 5 - 8 years of experience in Controlling and Accounting at functional and corporate level with 5+ years of experience in Functional Controlling processes area of matrixed multinational organizations.
• Proven Process Management knowledge and experience (e.g. finance process modelling, Business Process Management).
• Skills
• Robust process understanding from the content and technical (IT) perspective
• Solid understanding and experience with Finance Process Policies
• Very good understanding of any industrial/manufacturing Business set-up and interconnections
• Ability to interact with Process stakeholders at various levels and integrate with other Process Own-ers
• Very good communication and interpersonal skills at all levels
• Very good problem solving and organizational skills and proven ability to prioritize responsibilities
• Demonstrated ability to achieve objectives, focus on details
• Strategic thinker, detail oriented, structured with good analytical skills
• Proficient MS Office, incl. Excel
• Good understanding of IT systems: ERP, Planning & Reporting tools and integrated solutions
• Fluent in English, other languages are a plus

More about us Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 38,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD. www.hitachienergy.com

Publication date

2022-08-22

Reference Number

IN53355971_E9



Basic Info

Location
Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Job type
Full-Time

Type of role
Senior professionals ( > 5 years of work experience)

Contract
Regular/Permanent