The opportunity
We are seeking a Financial Analysis Lead to drive our management reporting processes and related analytics. This critical role supports the CFO, Head of FP&A and senior leadership by delivering high-quality, timely, and insightful financial analysis and reports to drive informed decision-making. You will manage and develop the team responsible for actual reporting cycles, with a strong focus on accuracy, efficiency, and continuous improvement through technology and automation.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Steer monthly and quarterly management reporting processes, delivering accurate financial results, variance analysis, insights, and high-quality presentations for Finance Leadership, Executive Leadership Team, and Board as required
- Partner with Finance Leadership to support strategic analysis, key deliverables and ad hoc assessments that inform business decisions and external communications
- Build strong relationships with business units and functional finance teams to understand needs, ensure data accuracy, and deliver relevant insights to support decision-making
- Act as a liaison with Headquarters in Tokyo, providing timely reporting, clear communication and responses to inquiries to ensure alignment on performance, strategy and priorities
- Manage, develop, and coach the financial analysis team to ensure delivery of high-quality outputs efficiently and build strong technical, analytical, and business partnering capabilities
- Own FP&A applications in your scope, close collaboration with the IT function
- Support the identification, design and implementation of automation solutions and process improvements to enhance speed, accuracy, and insightfulness reporting outputs
- Role model the adoption and optimization of reporting tools to enable modern, agile finance processes
- Ensure integrity, consistency, and reliability of financial data used in analysis
- Drive and embed changes towards more efficient, technology-enabled reporting processes
Your background
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline; MBA or professional finance qualification (CFA, CPA, CIMA) preferred
- 10+ years experience in FP&A, including deep involvement in planning, forecasting, and management reporting in complex, global organizations
- Proven track record of managing and developing high-performing teams to deliver accurate and insightful outputs efficiently
- Strong technical proficiency in FP&A systems and data visualization tools
- Demonstrated ability to drive process automation and technology-enabled improvements in finance
- Exceptional attention to detail, analytical rigor, and commitment to high standards
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate financial data into clear insights and influence senior stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under tight deadlines
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
